White has served as county executive since 2016. Tens of thousands of signatures were gathered to trigger the special election, which White believes was called illegally.

Jackson County residents have voted to recall County Executive Frank White Jr. and remove him from office effective immediately. This is the first time in the county’s history that voters have recalled an executive.

DaRon McGee, the chair of the legislature, is now in charge of appointing White’s temporary replacement who can serve for up to 30 days. Then the full legislature will vote on an interim executive who will serve until White’s term is up in November of next year.

McGee is one of three people being publicly considered to take on the role. In an interview with The Beacon , he said he didn’t believe it woul

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