Backup - Item 5 - Summary of Recall Work Group Recommendations — original pdf

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2024 Charter Review Commission Meeting, 1/18/24 Item 5 - Summary of Recall Work Group Recommendations Notice of Intent Presented and signed by 5 qualified voters in Austin, providing sufficient information to confirm their voter status Phone number and email address to provide to the public Indicate petition type Proposed ordinance language or ballot language Short (1 sentence) summary of the intended purpose Campaign finance filer ID Date of election that petition initiators intend to get item on the ballot Sworn statement attesting to validity of information on Notice of Intent Clerk indicates date received Clerk indicates date that voter status of 5 presenters was verified by Clerk's office Clerk indicates a final date by which sufficient valid signatures must be received in order to appear on the ballot for the intended election Clerk indicates a safe harbor date by which signatures should be presented to give Clerk's office enough time to verify signatures Clerk assigns short identifier or number for Notice of Intent Clerk posts Notice of Intent on website Signatures are valid for 90 days after date Notice of Intent was accepted by Clerk + 90 day extension available Standardized Petition Forms Space to indicate type of petition Contact information provided on Notice of Intent Contact information for Clerk's office URL on COA website where Notices of Intent are posted QR code directing to COA website where Notices of Intent are posted Identifier assigned to Notice of Intent Short (1 sentence) summary of the intended purpose Space for valid signatures, as already defined in Charter Available in Spanish and English by default Available in other common languages upon request Signatures Number of valid signatures required Distribution of signatures Recall of Council Member Recall of Mayor Residents of relevant council district    N/A  N/A    N/A N/A              TBD     N/A  N/A    N/A N/A              10% of qualified voters citywide At least 5% of total number of signatures collected must come from each council district Qualified voters of relevant council district Page 1 of 2 Campaign Finance File campaign treasurer appointment Adherence to limits on campaign contributions and expenditures (City Charter, Art. III, Sec. 8) Recall Election (City Charter Art. IV § 7)   Clerk certifies petition within 20 days of receipt of signatures If Council Member/Mayor does not resign within 5 days, Council orders recall election Unchanged Unchanged   Unchanged Unchanged Recall Ballot (City Charter Art. IV § 8) "Shall (name of council member) be removed from the office of city council member?" Options are "For the recall of (name of council member)" and "Against the recall of (name of council member)" Results of Recall Election (City Charter Art. IV § 9) If "Against" receives majority of vote, council member continues in office If "For" receives majority of vote, office is immediately vacated and special election is called to fill vacancy Recalled council member may not be a candidate in the special election to fill the vacancy resulting from their recall Limitation on Recall (City Charter Art. IV § 10) No recall within 6 months of council member taking office No more than 1 recall attempt per term in office Additional: Review recall petition process every 10 years. Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Page 2 of 2