The Board of Elections does not have the November, 2005 vote totals posted. As soon as I get that information we can get the total number of signatures required which you see is 25% of the total. If anyone has that information, please post it here. Thank you.
SECTION 8.07. INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM, RECALL.
(3) Recall. The electors of the Municipality shall have the power to remove from office by recall election any elected official of the Municipality. If an elected official shall have served six (6) months of the term, a petition demanding removal may be filed with the Municipal Clerk, who shall note thereon the name and address of the person filing the petition and the date of such filing, and deliver to such person a receipt therefore and attach a copy thereof to said petition. The petition may be circulated in separate parts, but the separate parts shall be bound together and filed as one instrument. Each part shall contain the name and office of the person whose removal is sought and a statement in not more than two hundred (200) words of the grounds for the removal. Such petition shall be signed by at least that number of electors which equals twenty-five (25) percent of the total number of electors voting at the last preceding regular Municipal election.
Within ten (10) days after the day on which such petition shall have been filed, the
Municipal Clerk shall determine whether or not it meets the requirements hereof. If the Municipal Clerk shall find the petition insufficient, the Clerk shall promptly certify the particulars in which the petition is defective, deliver a copy of the certificate to the person who filed the petition, and make a record of such delivery. Such person shall be allowed a period of twenty (20) days after the day on which delivery was made in which to make the petition sufficient. If the Municipal Clerk shall find the petition sufficient, the Clerk shall promptly so certify to the Council, shall deliver a copy of such certificate to the official whose removal is sought, and shall make a record of such delivery.
If such official shall not resign within five (5) days after the day on which delivery shall have been made, the Council shall thereupon fix a day for holding a recall election, not less than sixty (60) days nor more than seventy-five (75) days after the date of such delivery. At such recall election, this question shall be placed upon the ballot: ''Shall (naming the official) be allowed to continue as (naming the office)?'' with provision being made on the ballot for voting affirmatively or negatively on such question. If a majority of the votes cast at such election shall be voted affirmatively, such official shall remain in office. If a majority of the votes cast shall be voted negatively, such official shall be considered as removed, the office shall be declared vacant, and such vacancy shall be filled as provided by this Charter. The official removed by such recall election shall not be eligible for appointment to the vacancy
created thereby.
SECTION 8.07. INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM, RECALL.
(3) Recall. The electors of the Municipality shall have the power to remove from office by recall election any elected official of the Municipality. If an elected official shall have served six (6) months of the term, a petition demanding removal may be filed with the Municipal Clerk, who shall note thereon the name and address of the person filing the petition and the date of such filing, and deliver to such person a receipt therefore and attach a copy thereof to said petition. The petition may be circulated in separate parts, but the separate parts shall be bound together and filed as one instrument. Each part shall contain the name and office of the person whose removal is sought and a statement in not more than two hundred (200) words of the grounds for the removal. Such petition shall be signed by at least that number of electors which equals twenty-five (25) percent of the total number of electors voting at the last preceding regular Municipal election.
Within ten (10) days after the day on which such petition shall have been filed, the
Municipal Clerk shall determine whether or not it meets the requirements hereof. If the Municipal Clerk shall find the petition insufficient, the Clerk shall promptly certify the particulars in which the petition is defective, deliver a copy of the certificate to the person who filed the petition, and make a record of such delivery. Such person shall be allowed a period of twenty (20) days after the day on which delivery was made in which to make the petition sufficient. If the Municipal Clerk shall find the petition sufficient, the Clerk shall promptly so certify to the Council, shall deliver a copy of such certificate to the official whose removal is sought, and shall make a record of such delivery.
If such official shall not resign within five (5) days after the day on which delivery shall have been made, the Council shall thereupon fix a day for holding a recall election, not less than sixty (60) days nor more than seventy-five (75) days after the date of such delivery. At such recall election, this question shall be placed upon the ballot: ''Shall (naming the official) be allowed to continue as (naming the office)?'' with provision being made on the ballot for voting affirmatively or negatively on such question. If a majority of the votes cast at such election shall be voted affirmatively, such official shall remain in office. If a majority of the votes cast shall be voted negatively, such official shall be considered as removed, the office shall be declared vacant, and such vacancy shall be filled as provided by this Charter. The official removed by such recall election shall not be eligible for appointment to the vacancy
created thereby.
