This amendment increases the signature requirement for recall petitions, clarifies voter eligibility, simplifies the recall election process, and restricts when and how often recalls can be filed.
- Increases the required petition signatures from twenty-five percent (25%) to forty percent (40%) of electors, and specifies that only electors who were entitled to vote for the officer at the officer's most recent election are counted. (Page 2, lines 2-5)
- Changes the petition language from demanding 'an election of a successor' to 'the removal' of the officer. (Page 2, lines 7-8)
- Clarifies that the governing body fixes a date for holding 'a recall' election rather than just 'the' election. (Page 3, lines 10-11)
- Adds language requiring that the ballot present the question of whether the officer should be removed from office. (Page 3, lines 13-15)
- Replaces the existing election procedures with new provisions that: (1) prevent recall petitions from being filed until the officer has served at least nine months of their term and no less than six months before the next election; (2) limit recall elections to one per officer per term; and (3) specify that if a majority votes for removal, the officer is removed and the vacancy is filled according to W.S. 15-1-107. (Page 3, lines 17-32)
- Deletes the entire section of the parent bill that established procedures for special primary elections to select a successor candidate and the mechanisms for the incumbent to become a candidate for their own seat. (Page 4, lines 1-23)
- Deletes the remaining concluding language from the original bill. (Page 5, lines 1-2)
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