Any elected official, as defined in Section 11.01, may be recalled and removed from office by the qualified voters of the Town as provided herein.
On the written petition of a number of voters
equal to at least 20% of the number of qualified voters who voted
in the most recent gubernatorial election, the Board of Selectmen
shall, by order, call for a Special Town Meeting for the purposes
of holding a recall election as provided herein.
Petition procedures shall be those set forth
in 30-A M.R.S.A. §§ 2102(3) and (4), or any successor
statute, except:
(a)
The required wording in Subsection 3.B(1) shall be
as follows:
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"Town of Wells"
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"Each of the undersigned voters respectfully
requests the Board of Selectmen to provide for a special election
on the question of recalling and removal of (insert name and address)
from the office of __________________."
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(b)
This required wording is to be followed by a statement
of the reason(s) why recall and removal is sought.
(c)
Any notice required to be furnished to the petitioners'
committee must also be given to the elected official whose recall
is sought, by the same means and in the same time frame.
Within 20 days of receiving the Town Clerk's
certificate of sufficiency, or of the Board of Selectmen's determination
of sufficiency, the Board of Selectmen shall, by order, call for a
Special Town Meeting for the purposes of holding a recall election.
Said election shall not be held earlier than 45 days nor later than
60 days after the determination of sufficiency has been made, unless
another Town Meeting is already scheduled to occur within 90 days
of said determination. In such a case, the recall election may be
postponed, at the Board of Selectmen's discretion, to the date of
such scheduled Town Meeting.
The question submitted to the voters shall be
in substance as follows:
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"Do you favor recalling and removing (name and
address)
from the office of ____________________?" YES
NO
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For any elected official to be recalled and
removed from office, both the following criteria must be satisfied:
No elected official shall be subject to more
than two recall elections in any term.
