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An effort to recall Dale Washam from his position as assessor-treasurer of Pierce County, Washington, was launched in 2010 by county resident Robin Farris.^[1] On March 3, 2011, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that Farris could begin collecting signatures.^[2] In September 2011, the recall effort fell short when supporters failed to turn in enough signatures to force a recall election.^[3]

Background

Farris, a retired naval officer, said that her motivation for launching the recall effort was three county investigations that took place in 2009 and 2010.

These investigations asserted that Washam "retaliated against employees, wasted government resources, abused his power and hindered the inquiries."^[1]

Washam said that the investigations should be ignored because, "Said purported investigations were conducted in a biased process, without any due process rights given to the elected Pierce County Assessor-Treasurer, nor did the proce