PROPOSED STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
S.C.R. 05-005 Recall elections - protests of recall petitions - combining recall and general elections. Amends the provision of the state constitution on recall elections as follows:
● Eliminates the deadlines for filing a protest of a recall petition, fixing a time for a hearing on the protest, holding a hearing on the protest, and refiling an amended recall petition.
● States that protests and hearings on recall petitions shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by law.
● States that, if a general election is to be held between 50 and 90 days after the time for filing a protest has passed and all protests have been finally decided, the recall election shall be held as part of the general election.
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