Due Saturday, September 26, 2026 · 5:00 PM
In person only, on official City-issued papers. Registered McKinney voters. No online signing.
Why this recall
Signing the petition does not remove anyone from office.
It gives McKinney voters the lawful opportunity to review their leadership and decide the question for themselves.
Statement of grounds
“A loss of public confidence in the ability of the officers named herein to faithfully represent the citizens of the City of McKinney.”
Named in the petition
Bill Cox
Mayor
Ernest Lynch
At-Large 1
Geré Feltus
District 3
Justin Beller
District 1
Over the years
The opposition would like this to be about a single night, a single project, a single vote, because one item, taken alone, is easy to wave away. But the case for returning these offices to the voters was not built in a night. It was built over more than a decade, by many residents, across many decisions. No single item is the grounds for recall. The grounds for recall are the pattern they form.
Consider the pattern on its own terms.
In 2015 and again in 2023, residents were asked to fund a commercial airport with their bonds. Twice they declined, the second time by nearly fifty-nine percent. The project advanced regardless, financed through other means. One may favor the airport and still hold that a ballot result is a decision, not a suggestion.
The city's own approved goals commit it, in writing, to public meetings and to full transparency. Yet a multi-year airline contract was signed with no public meeting, no agenda item, and no disclosure, withheld from residents until the Attorney General of Texas ordered it released.
When residents challenged the airport's financing in court here in Collin County, the city did not answer at home. It filed its own case in Travis County, two hundred miles away, in a proceeding that named every McKinney taxpayer. The Attorney General's office reviewed it and sided with the taxpayers.
That is the pattern: elections treated as advisory, records treated as secrets, and residents answered with a lawsuit. Set beside the city's own words and the city's own goals, it raises one question, and it is not whether any rule was broken.
The City of McKinney must answer to the Citizens
We hold that the answer is its residents. A recall petition removes no one; it returns that question to the people to whom it belongs, to be settled the lawful way, at the polls. We ask only that they be allowed to answer.
Today is where you can sign today. Later this week lists weekday drive-thrus that still need volunteers, then confirmed stops that are not today.
Today: Places you can sign today — open now or later today.
Request a visit
No public tables right now. Two ways to sign today:
Request a visit. We will come to you. A trained circulator brings the official petition paper to your door.
See the next open locations.
Drop the pin, add the date and time, and confirm you have permission to set up. The private roster must verify your training and official-page custody before anything can publish. If a check is missing, the request stays private for field-team review.
The website coordinates people; it does not collect petition signatures. Eligible McKinney voters sign in person on official City-issued pages with a trained circulator present.
Sign in person on an official City-issued page with a trained circulator present.
Check City District on the voter card before you go. A McKinney address is not the test.
The county lookup opens the official voter card. Registration and updates remain available through VoteTexas.
Official paper, registered McKinney voters, trained circulators, and a 45-day collection window. A valid signature helps qualify the recall for an election. It does not remove anyone from office by itself.
The McKinney City Charter authorizes residents to petition on a loss of public confidence in elected officers. The petition alleges no criminal offense and imposes no predetermined result. The question it presents is whether the voters should be afforded the opportunity to decide. The committee will conduct that process on the facts, peaceably, and without personal attack.
Every signature must be written in ink on City-issued numbered paper in the presence of a circulator who executes a sworn circulator affidavit.
Five registered McKinney voters executed the notarized Affidavit of Intent on August 11. It was filed with the City Secretary on August 12, 2026.
Only numbered, dated petition papers signed and issued directly by the City Secretary can be used for signature collection.
Qualified McKinney voters sign official papers in person, with a trained circulator present, during the 45-day window.
For everyone who has asked how to support the recall effort: McKinney Recall is now approved and live to accept contributions.
We value every contribution—time, talent, resources, and financial support. So many people have already stepped forward, and every contribution is seen and deeply appreciated.
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Common questions
Short answers based on the filed affidavit, the McKinney City Charter, and Texas petition rules.
The campaign reports that the City Secretary set the requirement in writing at 5,805 valid signatures from registered McKinney voters. The Charter requires signatures equal to at least 30% of the votes cast at the last regular municipal election, with a minimum of 1,000. The campaign collection target is 7,500 to provide a practical buffer. The City Secretary’s written instructions and official petition pages control.
This is a plain-language campaign summary, not legal advice. Official forms and instructions from the City Secretary control.
Last reviewed: August 16, 2026. Each answer links to the controlling public source available for that topic.
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