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Order: That the City submit to the legislature for passage An Act Relative to the Recall of Elected Officials in the City of Malden
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Ordered: That the City submit to the Massachusetts legislature for passage in substantially the following form:
An Act Relative to the Recall of Elected Officials in the City of Malden
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled and by authority of the same as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 24 of Chapter 169 of the Acts of 1881, as most recently amended by Chapter 114 of the Acts of 2011, is hereby further amended by adding a new section as follows:
24H. Recall of Elected Officials
(a) Application--Any elected city official, with more than six months remaining of the term of office, may be recalled from the office, by the voters, in the manner provided in this section.
(b) Recall Petitions--Twenty-five or more voters may file with the board of registrars of voters an affidavit containing the name of the officer whose recall is sought and a statement of the grounds upon which the petition is based. If the officer is elected at large, the names on the affidavit shall be from the city at large. If the officer is elected by and from a ward the names on the petition shall be voters of the said ward. The board of registrars of voters shall deliver to the said voters petition blanks demanding said recall, printed forms of which they shall keep available. Said forms shall be addressed to the city council and shall contain the names of the persons who have filed the affidavit and the grounds for recall as stated in the affidavit; they shall demand the election of a successor to the office; and they shall be dated and signed by the board of registrars of voters. A copy of the petition shall be kept on file by the board of registrars of voters.
The recall petitions shall be returned and filed in the office of the election commissioners within thirty days following the date th...
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