The UCP legislation would give citizens the power to initiate a process that could lead to removing and replacing elected officials outside of an election. abgov yyccc
Calgarians will have access to a mechanism to recall municipal officials as soon as next week, city councillors heard from administrators on Tuesday evening.that would give citizens the power to initiate a process that could lead to removing and replacing elected officials, including members of the legislature, municipal politicians and school board trustees.
Each signature must be witnessed by a person 18 years of age or older, and must include a signed affidavit to be reviewed by elections officials.If a petition meets the requirements and is successful, the mayor would be requested to call a special meeting of council at which the elected official in question would be recalled from their position.
According to preliminary data from the city, a minimum of 53 per cent of eligible electors in Ward 11 would be required to sign a recall petition to meet the threshold, the least among all wards in the city. Ward 5, preliminary data shows, would require 99 per cent of eligible electors to provide their signature for a recall petition to be successful.
"Only 62% to get me out," Chabot says. He's referring to this chart showing the number of eligible electors per ward required to meet the required threshold of 40% of the ward population.
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