§ 10. Recall of elected officials
(a) Any elected official may be removed from office for just cause as follows: A petition signed by not less than 30 percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Selectboard requesting a vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed from office. The date of signing by each voter shall be indicated in the petition and such date shall not be earlier than 30 days prior to the filing of the petition. The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting, to be held within 45 days of receiving the petition, to vote on whether the elected official shall be removed. The official shall be removed if at least one-third of the registered voters of the Town vote and two-thirds of the number of votes is cast for removal.
(b) If the Town votes for removal of an elected officer, the office shall thereupon become vacant and the Selectboard shall call a special meeting, to be held within 45 days of the vote for removal, to fill the vacancy until the term of the officer so expires. The votes for removal and to fill the office removed shall be by Australian (secret) ballot. (Added 2013, No. M-8, § 2, eff. May 23, 2013.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters
Chapter 162 - Town of Woodford
App § 2. Authority of citizens
App § 3. General law; application
App § 5. Reservation of powers to the Town
App § 9. Duties of elective officers
App § 10. Recall of elected officials
App § 12. Relationship between and among Town officers
App § 16. Specific prohibitions
App § 17. Announcing a conflict
App § 18. Determination of conflict by other than the Town officer
App § 19. Appointment of alternate officers
App § 20. Notice of vacancy during an expired or unexpired term
App § 21. Newspaper publication
App § 24. Ordinances; adoption by Selectboard
App § 27. Compensation of Selectboard members; appointees
App § 28. Nonapplicability to zoning and subdivision
App § 30. Application of general law