1-25-9. Recall; signatures.
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A. No signature may be signed on the petition prior to the initiation date.
B. Signatures are valid for a maximum of ninety days from the date of initiation.
C. Each signer of a recall petition shall sign but one petition for each named official of a local jurisdiction in which the signer is registered to vote.
D. The signature shall not be counted unless the entire line is filled in full and is upon the form prescribed by the Recall Act.
E. A signature shall be counted on a recall petition unless there is evidence presented that the person signing:
(1)is not a registered voter of the local jurisdiction listed on the face sheet of the petition, and in the case of a named official serving in a districted position, is not a registered voter of that district within the local jurisdiction;
(2)has signed more than one recall petition page seeking to recall the same named official or has signed one petition page more than once; or
(3)is not the person whose name appears as a signer of the recall petition.
History: 1953 Comp., § 77-4A-10, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 308, § 10; 1985, ch. 169, § 6; 1978 Comp., §22-7-10, recompiled and amended as § 1-25-9 by Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 167.