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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 23, 2025

Amid an argument over jettisoning Memphis school board members, state Rep. Torrey Harris, D-Memphis, is sponsoring a measure that would allow voters to recall local elected leaders, based largely on discontent with an official. Harris filed HB1448 this week to create a process for the removal of officials such as mayors, county commissioners, school board members and other county officials based on voter discontent with an official. The bill has had mixed reaction. State Sen. London Lamar, D-Memphis, said she would not support the bill, saying, “We already have a system for holding elected officials accountable. It’s called an election.” Tennessee Lookout has more on the proposal.