Elections: recall of local officers.

Existing law provides for the recall of local officers. Existing law requires a recall petition to contain, among other things, a copy of the notice of intention that includes the names of at least 10 recall proponents that appear on the notice and that are selected by the proponents. Existing law requires the elections official to verify the signatures on the recall petition and, if the elections official finds the signatures to be sufficient, to submit a certificate as to the sufficiency of the petition to the governing body at its next regular meeting. Within 14 days after the meeting at which the governing body receives the certificate of sufficiency, existing law requires the governing…