Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes requirements for filling vacancies in elected offices.

Highlights:

• Requires that if the election of the successor is a partisan election, and the incumbent was affiliated with a political party when the incumbent was elected, only an individual who is affiliated with the same political party may be nominated as a successor (Sec. 2).

• Establishes procedure for filling a vacancy in the governing body of a municipality in the absence of a quorum of the body to specify when a vacancy occurs (Sec. 3-8).

• Authorizes the governing body to appoint an eligible elector or call a special election within 60 days and specifies that if the governing body lacks sufficient members to reach a quorum, the clerk of the governing body is authorized to call a special election to fill any vacancies (Sec. 3-8).

• Amends several requirements for municipal elections, including (Sec. 9-11):

• Requiring members of the committee designated to represent the signers of a recall petition to be registered electors residing in the municipality;

• Clarifying the number of signatures required for a recall petition for a person holding an office filled by more than one person;

• Requiring signers to include their municipality and county with their address when signing a recall petition;

• Clarifying the effect of disassembly of a recall petition;

• Repealing requirements to send a copy of a protest to the county clerk and recorder and for the county clerk and recorder to prepare a list of registered electors for the protest;

• Clarifying deadlines and processes for petitions and protests;

• Requiring that nomination petitions for successors be circulated and filed within 20 calendar days after the date a recall election is set;

• Clarifying procedures for voting by absentee ballot in recall elections;

• Providing that if the incumbent is not recalled, the votes for a successor are not recorded and any unofficial results of the vote on a successor shall not be disclosed; and

• Clarifying ballot requirements and election standards for a recall election in which more than one officer is sought to be recalled.

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