Electors shall have the power to remove from office, by recall election, any elected official of the Municipality. After an elected official has served six (6) months of his term, a petition demanding his recall and removal may be filed with the Clerk of Council. Such petition shall be signed by at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the total electors who voted for the office of the elected official who is the subject of the recall, at the last Municipal election at which an official for that elective office was elected.
Within ten (10) days from the date of filing such petition, the Lorain County Board of Elections (the "Board") shall determine the sufficiency thereof. If the Board shall find the petition insufficient, the Board shall promptly certify the particulars in which the petition is defective and deliver a copy of the Board's certificate to the person who filed the petition with the Board and such person shall be allowed twenty (20) days from the delivery of such copy of the certificate in which to make the petition sufficient. If the Board shall find the petition sufficient, the Board shall promptly so certify such fact to the Council and to the officer whose removal is sought, and if the officer does not resign within five (5) days thereafter, the Council shall thereupon order and fix a day for holding a recall election, not less than thirty (30) nor more than forty (40) days from the date of the Board's certificate of sufficiency.
(Amended 11-5-91; 11-7-95; 11-3-98; 11-2-99)