Any holder of an elected office in the town may be recalled
therefrom by the voters of the town as herein provided, except the
maximum number of members of a multiple-member body that may be recalled
is a majority.
The incumbent shall continue to perform the duties of the office
until the recall election. If said incumbent is not recalled, the
incumbent shall continue in office for the remainder of the unexpired
term subject to recall. If recalled, the official shall be deemed
immediately removed and the office vacant. The vacancy created thereby
shall be filled under part VIII of this charter for filling vacancies
in such office. A person chosen to fill the vacancy caused by a recall
shall hold office until the next regular town election. Should the
person filling the vacancy be a candidate in the subsequent election,
that person shall not be allowed to have "candidate for re-election"
appear on the ballot at such election.
Ballots used in a recall election shall submit the following
propositions in the order indicated:
For the recall of (name of officer).
Against the recall of (name of officer).
If the majority of the votes cast upon the question of recall
are in the affirmative, and provided at least fifteen percent (15%)
of the total number of voters that were registered as of the date
of the most recent town election have participated at such recall
election, the recall is affirmed.
In the case of an officer subjected to a recall election and
not recalled thereby, no recall affidavit shall be filed until at
least one hundred and eighty (180) days after the election at which
the officer's recall was submitted to the voters.