§ 28.

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§ 28. Recall of elected officers

(a)Any elected officer identified in section 22 of this charter may be removed from office by recall according to the following procedure:

(1)A petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the Town’s registered voters requesting a vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed from office shall be filed with the Selectboard.

(2)The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting, to be held within 45 days after its receipt of the petition, to vote on the question of whether the elected officer shall be removed from office.

(3)The elected official shall be removed from office if:

(A)not fewer than the number of voters of the Town who actually voted in the election in which the officer was elected or not less than one-third of the registered voters of the Town, whichever is greater, cast ballots at the special Town meeting; and

(B)a majority of that applicable number of voters votes to remove the officer from office.

(b)If the Town votes to remove an elected officer, the office shall immediately become vacant, and the Selectboard shall fill the vacancy as provided in section 25 of this charter.

(c)The vote on a recall petition shall be by Australian ballot. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)