Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes a primary for recall elections, effective retroactively January 1, 2013.

Highlights:

• Amends the procedure for recall elections to include a both a primary and a general election (Sec. 1).

• Requires the officer against whom a recall is called to appear both on the ballot for the primary election and on the ballot for the general election, regardless of whether or not the officer wins the primary (Sec. 2).

• Requires the candidates who win the primary to appear on the general election ballot (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes a primary for recall elections, effective retroactively January 1, 2013.

Highlights:

• Amends the procedure for recall elections to include a both a primary and a general election (Sec. 1).

• Requires the officer against whom a recall is called to appear both on the ballot for the primary election and on the ballot for the general election, regardless of whether or not the officer wins the primary (Sec. 2).

• Requires the candidates who win the primary to appear on the general election ballot (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text