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Committee considers tightening recall rules for city officials; cities say changes would reduce nuisance recalls
Summary
Senate Bill 22-69 would raise signature thresholds and sponsor counts for municipal recall petitions and allow canceling a recall election if the incumbent is the only candidate. City officials and the League of Cities backed the bill as a way to prevent recall campaigns launched by very small groups.
Senator Kristen Rohrs (District 27) asked the State and Local Government Committee to consider Senate Bill 22-69, which would increase the signature thresholds and sponsor-count requirements to initiate a recall of a city governing-body member and would allow a city to avoid the cost of holding a recall election if the incumbent is the only candidate who files.
Rohrs said she drafted the bill after requests from Horace city leaders and after seeing several recalls in that community. The proposal would raise the required number of petition sponsors from five to 15 and increase the required…
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