CHARTER
Section 8-1 Recall.
A. Any elective officer of the City is subject to a recall
election.
B. A recall election shall be instituted by a petition
seeking the recall of an elective officer, filed with the City Clerk in
compliance with this Article. The petition shall:
1. In the event of a proposed recall of an elective official
elected from the City at large, be signed by registered voters in a number more
than twenty percent of the number of voters who voted at the previous regular
municipal election, or
2. In the event of a proposed recall of an elected official
elected from a district be signed by registered voters of that district in a
number more than twenty percent of the number of voters who voted at the
previous regular municipal election in that district.
C. Upon receipt of a recall petition which complies with this
Article, the City Commission shall call a special recall election within sixty
days, unless the regular municipal election occurs within sixty days, in which
case the qualified electors shall vote on the recall at the regular election.
Registered voters shall be eligible to vote in the recall election either at
large, or by district, depending upon the manner of selection of the elective
official to whom the recall petition is directed.
D. If a majority of the votes cast at the recall election
favor recall, the office in question is declared vacant. If an officer is
recalled, he shall not be eligible for reelection until the term for which he
was originally elected has expired. If the recall election results in a failure
to secure the votes necessary to recall, the officer in question shall not be
subject again to recall until six months have elapsed from the date the previous
recall election was held.
E. A vacancy created by a recall election shall be filled in
the same manner as other vacancies on the City Commission are filled. If all
Commissions are recalled at the same election, the Municipal Clerk, or if there
is no Municipal Clerk, the District Court, shall within three days call an
election as provided in this Chapter for the election of seven
Commissioners.
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