Grounds for recall
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State of Alaska, Office of Lieutenant Governor, Division of Elections and Director Gail Fenumiai, in an official capacity v. Recall Dunleavy (2021)
Most recently applied in State of Alaska, Office of Lieutenant Governor, Division of Elections and Director Gail Fenumiai, in an official capacity v. Recall Dunleavy (July 2021)
L. 1976, ch. 178, § 16; L. 1987, ch. 130, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 105, § 8; L. 2003, ch. 127, § 1; July 1.
(a) Grounds for recall are conviction of a felony, misconduct in office or failure to perform duties prescribed by law. No recall submitted to the voters shall be held void because of the insufficiency of the grounds, application, or petition by which the submission was procured.
(b) As used in this section, the term "misconduct in office" means a violation of law by the officer that impacts the officer's ability to perform the official duties of the office.
Official source: Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Kansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.