Updated 2:45pm 31 May 2012

Campaign to win ‘recall’ power

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to give voters the power to sack MPs by signing a petition to “recall” them.

The recall proposal being advocated by the 38 Degrees organisation would force MPs to seek immediate re-election if a certain number of constituents signed the demand.

It is modelled on systems already in place in US states, including California, where Arnold Schwarzenegger won the governorship in a 2003 ballot triggered by a petition demanding the recall of Gray Davis.

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