The voters of the Municipality shall have the power to recall and remove from office the Mayor or any member of Council before the expiration of his office. A recall may be started by the filing with the Clerk of a petition signed by qualified voters equal in number to twenty-five (25) percent of those who cast ballots for Mayor in the last preceding Municipal election, requesting that a Mayor or Councilmember, named in the petition, be removed from office. The Clerk, upon finding the petition sufficient, shall immediately certify to the Board of Elections of Montgomery County, to be placed on the ballot at the next succeeding Municipal, general, or primary election occurring not less than thirty (30) days thereafter, the question: "Shall (name of Mayor or Councilmember) be allowed to continue as (name of office) in the Municipality of Englewood? Yes No" If, at the election, a majority of the votes cast on the question shall be in favor of recall, the official shall forthwith retire from office, and the resulting vacancy filled in a manner prescribed in this Charter. No recall petition shall be filed against an official during his first six months in office. If an official against whom a petition is filed is continued in office by the vote of the election, no further recall petitions may be filed against him for a period of one year.
(Amended 11-4-80.)