Commission approves 7-year disqualification for officials removed for misconduct
The commission voted to increase the disqualification-from-service period from two to seven years for individuals removed under the removal provisions (Section 9.04), tying the longer bar specifically to removals for misconduct rather than to ordinary electoral defeat.
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Commissioners approved an amendment to Section 9.05 to lengthen the period that a person is disqualified from serving after removal from two years to seven years when the removal arises from the misconduct reasons enumerated in Section 9.04. The motion was discussed at length: one member argued seven years provides a stronger deterrent; others proposed limiting the longer ban to misconduct-based removals rather than general electoral defeats.
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