43-216. BALLOT SYNOPSIS. (1) Within fifteen (15) days after receiving a petition, the secretary of the district shall formulate a ballot synopsis of not more than two hundred (200) words.
(2) The synopsis shall set forth the name of the person seeking to be recalled and if any charges have been filed in the petition, a concise statement of the elements of the charge. Upon completion of the ballot synopsis, the secretary shall certify and transmit the exact language of the ballot synopsis to the person filing the petition and the director subject to recall. The secretary shall additionally certify and transmit the charges, if any, and the ballot synopsis to the magistrate court of the county in which the director subject to recall resides and shall petition the magistrate court to approve the synopsis and to determine the sufficiency of the charges, if any.
History:
[43-216, added 1989, ch. 337, sec. 1, p. 851.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS
Chapter 2 - ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Section 43-201 - ELECTION, TERM OF OFFICE, NOMINATIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS.
Section 43-201A - WHEN ELECTION NOT REQUIRED.
Section 43-202 - DIRECTOR’S OATH AND BOND.
Section 43-203 - INCREASING OR DECREASING NUMBER OF DIRECTORS — PETITION.
Section 43-204 - INCREASING OR DECREASING NUMBER OF DIRECTORS — HEARING AND ELECTION.
Section 43-204A - INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS.
Section 43-204B - BYLAW LIMITING DIRECTOR LIABILITY AUTHORIZED.
Section 43-205 - INCREASING OR DECREASING NUMBER OF DIRECTORS — PROCEDURE FOLLOWING ELECTION.
Section 43-206 - NOTICE OF ELECTION — APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES.
Section 43-207 - CONDUCT OF ELECTION.
Section 43-208 - CANVASS OF RETURNS.
Section 43-210 - VOTING AND COUNT OF BALLOTS.
Section 43-211 - DISPOSAL OF BALLOTS.
Section 43-212 - INFORMALITIES DISREGARDED — POSTPONEMENT OF CANVASS.
Section 43-213 - STATEMENT OF RESULT.
Section 43-214 - INITIATING RECALL PROCEEDINGS — STATEMENT — CONTENTS — VERIFICATION — DEFINITIONS.
Section 43-215 - PETITION — WHERE FILED.
Section 43-216 - BALLOT SYNOPSIS.
Section 43-217 - DETERMINATION BY MAGISTRATE COURT — CORRECTION OF BALLOT SYNOPSIS.
Section 43-218 - FILING SUPPORTING SIGNATURES — TIME LIMITATIONS.
Section 43-219 - PETITION — FORM.
Section 43-220 - PETITION — SIZE.
Section 43-221 - NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED.
Section 43-222 - CANVASSING PETITION FOR SUFFICIENCY OF SIGNATURES — NOTICE.
Section 43-223 - VERIFICATION AND CANVASS OF SIGNATURES — PROCEDURE.
Section 43-224 - FIXING DATE FOR RECALL ELECTION — NOTICE.
Section 43-225 - RESPONSE TO PETITION CHARGES.
Section 43-226 - DESTRUCTION OF INSUFFICIENT RECALL PETITION.
Section 43-227 - INVALID NAMES — RECORD OF.
Section 43-228 - CONDUCT OF ELECTION — FORM OF BALLOT.
Section 43-229 - ASCERTAINING THE RESULT — WHEN RECALL EFFECTIVE.
Section 43-230 - ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS — MANDAMUS — APPEALS.