Recall elections: successors.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details on what happens in statewide recall elections beyond clarifying existing provisions, so this information was removed from the explanation.

Recall Elections: Successors

AB-94 updates recall election rules by preventing a recalled local officer from being appointed to fill their own vacancy and clarifies the process for statewide recall elections.

What This Bill Does

• Prevents a local official who is removed through a recall vote from being appointed to replace themselves in the same position.

Who It Names or Affects

• Local government officers who might be involved in recall elections

Terms To Know

Recall Election

A special election where voters can remove an elected official before their term ends.

Successor

The person who takes over a position after the previous holder leaves it, either through recall or other means.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what happens if no one is appointed to fill a local office vacancy.
• Clarifying changes do not provide specific details on how the new rules will be implemented in statewide elections.

Official Summary Text

AB 94, Bennett.
Recall elections: successors.
(1) Existing law specifies procedures for the recall election of a local officer. Under existing law, if a majority of the votes on a recall proposal for a local officer are in the affirmative, the officer is removed and the office remains vacant until it is filled according to law.
This bill would provide that when the local officer is recalled and removed, that officer may not be appointed to fill the vacancy.
(2) Existing law provides that if at a statewide recall election an officer is recalled, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for the office shall be declared elected for the unexpired term of the recalled officer.
This bill would make clarifying changes to the above provision.

Current Bill Text

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