Is Representative Recall a good thing?

[Lincoln]

Representative recall

The Canadian province of British Columbia has representative recall. In that province, voters in a provincial riding can petition to have a sitting representative removed from office, even a Premier presently leading a government. If enough voters sign the petition, the Speaker of the legislature announces before the House that the member has been recalled and a by-election follows as soon as possible, it gives the opportunity to replace the politician in question. Fourteen United States states have similar measures in their constitutions — and many more municipalities — but generally these measures fail to operate more readily than in British Columbia, which in January 2003 achieved a record twenty-two such recall efforts (all but one of them, excluding the recall of Paul Reitsma, ultimately failed, however).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recall_election

I think it's a great idea and if practiced properly would be very effective to keep governments in check.

[Lincoln]

No thoughts at all? I guess if it's not about Muslims or conspiracies people don't care.

[Mo Z. Dizzle]

if i understood it correctly, it sounds pretty good

so what Rep. Recall basically is that if ppl feel a a rep isnt doing they're job, ppl can petition to try and vote another member in?
or is it something different from what i wrote?

[Lincoln]

if i understood it correctly, it sounds pretty good

so what Rep. Recall basically is that if ppl feel a a rep isnt doing they're job, ppl can petition to try and vote another member in?
or is it something different from what i wrote?

No, you got it right on.

[Mo Z. Dizzle]

if i understood it correctly, it sounds pretty good

so what Rep. Recall basically is that if ppl feel a a rep isnt doing they're job, ppl can petition to try and vote another member in?
or is it something different from what i wrote?

No, you got it right on.

alrighty, it's a pretty good idea then; i don't think a lot of ppl are aware of it either
i think they should introduce it in Ontario too (assuming it isn't here), it'll prolly get politicians to keep their main promises instead of backin out on them

[Lincoln]

if i understood it correctly, it sounds pretty good

so what Rep. Recall basically is that if ppl feel a a rep isnt doing they're job, ppl can petition to try and vote another member in?
or is it something different from what i wrote?

No, you got it right on.

alrighty, it's a pretty good idea then; i don't think a lot of ppl are aware of it either
i think they should introduce it in Ontario too (assuming it isn't here), it'll prolly get politicians to keep their main promises instead of backin out on them

Yeah we should have that in Ontario, unfortunately only BC has it.

Rep. Recall is part of an essay I'm writing, I'm using that argument. I figure if Legislators are recalled for promise-breaking it will be an inducement to keep promises.