The Council of its own motion may submit any measure or proposition
for repeal or amendment of a measure to the voters at any regular
or special Town election.
If two or more proposed measures passed at the same election
contain conflicting provisions, only the one receiving the greater
number of affirmative votes shall take effect.
Any individual elected official who has completed at least six
months of his term of office or has more than six months of his term
remaining may be recalled therefrom by the voters as follows:
A. Two hundred fifty or more voters may file a request for a recall
petition with the Town Clerk. This request shall include the name
of the officer and the grounds for which the recall is sought, together
with the signature and a legible name and address of each voter as
verified by the supervisors of the checklist.
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B. The Town Clerk shall certify the names of the voters and promptly
issue blank petitions for recall. Each petition shall be addressed
to the Council, be dated, include the grounds for recall as stated
in the request, the name of the voter to whom it is issued, the signature
of the Town Clerk, and the Town Seal. The recall petitions bearing
the signatures and legible names and addresses of at least 750 voters
shall be returned to the Town Clerk within 20 days. The Town Clerk
shall promptly certify the number of voters who signed the petitions.
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C. If the petitions are certified to be sufficient by the Town Clerk,
he shall submit them to the Council together with his certification.
The Council shall forthwith give written notice of the petition and
certification to the officer whose recall is sought. If this officer
does not resign within five days after delivery of this notice, the
Council shall order a recall election to be held no less than 30 days
nor more than 60 days after the date the Town Clerk certified the
petitions. If however, any other Town election is scheduled within
90 days of the date of the certification, the Council shall hold the
recall election on the same date as the other Town election. The filing
of candidates and the conduct of the election shall be in accordance
with the provisions of this Charter and the election laws of the State
of New Hampshire.
D. The proposition on the ballot shall be "For the recall of" or "Against
the recall of (name of officer)."
E. If the incumbent is not recalled, he shall continue in office for
the remainder of his term and may not again during that term be subject
to recall. If he is recalled, he shall be deemed removed from office
on the day after the recall election and the vacancy filled as provided
by this Charter.
F. A separate recall petition, requiring 250 signatures to initiate
and 750 signatures to be certified, shall be required for each elected
official who is the subject of a recall, and each said official's
recall shall be voted on as a separate question at the recall election.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Charter, this article shall not apply to Article
V of this Charter or any actions taken pursuant thereto.