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5.2.10.010 Recall Elections.

(a) Recall elections shall be conducted in accordance with the ELECTIONS AND VOTING provision SECTION 4. REMOVAL AND RECALL of the Agreement which states:

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The people reserve the power to subject any member of the Council or the Governor to a recall election, and the Election Commission shall hold a Recall Election upon a petition signed by at least fifty percent (50%) of the voters. A simple majority of the votes cast shall decide the outcome of the Recall Election. No more than two Members of the Council can be subjected to a Recall Process at one time, and any resulting vacancy shall be filled before any subsequent Recall Election can be held.

(b) Upon written request, the Election Commission shall issue an official Recall Petition form to a petitioner. A recall petition shall include a legible name and date of each person signing such petition. A completed Recall Petition shall be filed with the Election Commission.

(c) Petitioners have forty-five (45) days to submit a completed petition to the Election Commission.

(d) For purposes of determining the validity of the recall petition, fifty percent (50%) of the eligible voters means fifty percent (50%) of all of the eligible voters of the Pueblo who are eighteen (18) or older at the time they signed the petition, and does not mean the number of voters who voted in the last election.

(e) An individual who voluntarily places his or her signature on a petition shall not be allowed to later withdraw or remove their signature from the petition.