Two attempts to recall D.C. council members over crime in the District of Columbia failed in recent months, but no signatures were submitted for one of the petitions.
Groups aimed to recall D.C. council members Charles Allen and Brianne Nadeau after crime spiked in the capital over the past year. While the group seeking to recall Allen announced in August that it had submitted signatures (though below the threshold to qualify for the ballot), the group seeking to recall Nadeau reportedly did not even submit signatures by the Tuesday deadline.
The Washington Post reported that the D.C. Board of Elections did not receive petitions by the Oct. 1 deadline after previously reporting that the organizers behind the recall effort had “acknowledged serious challenges.”
The effort to recall Allen, who represents Ward 6, came roughly 700 signatures short of its 6,225 signature goal by its August deadline. The recall efforts against Allen and Nadeau were launched after crime in D.C. reached a fever pitch in 2023, requiring multiple emergency measures to be taken by both the council and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.