HB0340 Summary

• Creates the Local Government Elected Official Recall Act allowing local officeholders elected in general consolidated elections to be recalled by voters.

• Requires recall petition organizers to reside in the officeholder's jurisdiction and file petitions with signatures equal to 25% of votes cast in the last gubernatorial election or 10,000 signatures, whichever is less.

• Restricts recall petition circulation to the 120-180 day period before a general consolidated election, with officeholder required to have served more than one year before recall eligibility.

• Conducts all recall elections during consolidated elections with ballots asking voters whether to recall the official and allowing them to select replacement candidates.

• Prohibits home rule units from regulating recalls of locally elected officials in a manner inconsistent with this Act.