Any public official who is elected to countywide office or appointed to an elective countywide office, including county attorney, county sheriff, county auditor, county recorder, county treasurer, soil and water conservation supervisor, county commissioner elected or appointed from a commissioner district or a soil and water conservation district supervisor elected or appointed from a supervisor district
Recall may not be commenced in the 180 days immediately preceding a general election for the office which is held by the officer subject to the recall.
Grounds for recall are malfeasance or nonfeasance in the performance of official duties during the current or any previous term. Prior to circulating a petition, there must be a court hearing to determine if there is probably cause for the grounds for recall.
No time limit for gathering signatures.
Signature requirement is number equal to 25% of the persons who voted in the last election for the office which is held by the official named in the petition
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http://ros.leg.mn/bin/
getpub.php?pubtype=STAT_CHAP&
year=2006§ion=375#stat
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Minn. Stat. Ann. §351.14 - 351.23
Any public official who is elected to countywide office or appointed to an elective countywide office, including county attorney, county sheriff, county auditor, county recorder, county treasurer, soil and water conservation supervisor, county commissioner elected or appointed from a commissioner district or a soil and water conservation district supervisor elected or appointed from a supervisor district
Recall may not be commenced in the 180 days immediately preceding a general election for the office which is held by the officer subject to the recall.
Grounds for recall are malfeasance or nonfeasance in the performance of official duties during the current or any previous term. Prior to circulating a petition, there must be a court hearing to determine if there is probably cause for the grounds for recall.
No time limit for gathering signatures.
Signature requirement is number equal to 25% of the persons who voted in the last election for the office which is held by the official named in the petition
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/
legismgt/elect/
localrecall.htm
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