Plain English Breakdown
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Recall Elections: Successors
This law stops a removed local official from being appointed back into their own job and makes clarifying changes to how statewide recall elections work.
What This Bill Does
- It states that if voters remove a local officer in a recall election, the office stays vacant until it is filled according to existing laws.
- The bill prevents a recalled local officer from being appointed to fill their own vacancy.
- In statewide recall elections where an officer is removed, the candidate with the most votes wins the rest of that term.
Who It Names or Affects
- Local government officials who face a recall election
- People involved in filling vacancies for local offices
- Voters and candidates in statewide recall elections
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not specify the exact process or timeline for how long a vacancy must remain open before being filled.