Voters in one Poway City Council district will decide Tuesday whether their representative, who is facing felony charges in San Diego County, should remain in office or be removed.

Elected last year to the city's second council district, Tony Blain is the subject of a formal recall over what backers say are unethical actions.

A U.S. Army Reserve doctor, Blain has been accused of vote trading, threatening recalls against colleagues and attempting to use law enforcement to silence critics.

Blain earlier described the recall effort as "political backlash ... designed to block me from fully participating in council meetings and to punish me for asking the tough questions taxpayers deserve to have answered."

As of Oct. 28, Blain was deployed overseas and unavailable to comment, according to

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