Severall readers have asked if Town Officials can be recalled. Section 7.6 of th Londonderry Town Charter covers recall of officeholders.
Section 7.6 Recall of Officeholders
Recall of Officeholders Any individual elected official who has completed at least six months of his term of office or has more than six months of his term remaining may be recalled therefrom by the voters as follows:
A. Ten percent (10%) of the registered voters of the Town may file a request for a recall petition with the Clerk. This request shall include the name of the officer and the grounds for which the recall is sought together with the signature and a legible name and address of each voter.
B. The Clerk shall verify the names of the voters and promptly issue blank petitions for recall. Each petition shall be addressed to the Council, be dated, include the rounds for recall as stated in the request, the name of the voter to whom it is issued, the signature of the Clerk, and the Town Seal. The recall petitions bearing the signatures and legible names and addresses of at least twenty five percent (25%) of the registered voters of the Town shall be returned to the Clerk within twenty (20) days. The Clerk shall
promptly certify the number of voters who signed the petitions.
C. If the petitions are certified to be sufficient by the Town Clerk, the Clerk shall submit them to the Council together with the Clerk’s certification. The Council shall forthwith give written notice of the petition and certification to the officer whose recall is sought. If this officer does not resign within five days after delivery of this notice, the Council shall order a recall election to be held no less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days after the date the Clerk certified the petitions. If, however, any other town election is scheduled within ninety (90) days of the date of the certification, the Council shall hold the recall election on the same date as the other town election. The filing of candidates and the conduct of the election shall be in accordance with the provisions of this Charter and the election laws of the State of New Hampshire.
D. The proposition on the ballot shall be “For the recall of” or “Against the recall of (name of …….officer).”
E. If the incumbent is not recalled he/she shall continue in office for the remainder of his/her unexpired term and may not again during that term be subject to recall. If he/she is recalled he/she shall be deemed removed from office on the day after the certification of the recall election and the vacancy filled as provided by this Charter.
F. A separate recall petition shall be required for each elected official who is the subject of a recall; and, each said official’s recall shall be voted on as a separate question at the recall election.