TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Feb 16, 2023

A bill that would allow voters to recall Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert more easily has cleared a state House subcommittee, the Daily Memphian reports.  The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, reduces the number of signatures needed to hold a recall election from 15% of registered county voters to 1%. White presented the bill last fall amid the controversy over a backlog of car titles and other work in Halbert’s office. Twice in a month, Halbert closed the office for a week to catch up on that work. She received harsh criticism after she vacationed to Jamaica during the first of those shutdowns. The measure cleared the House Elections and Campaign Finance Subcommittee this week and goes next to the House Local Government Committee.