KANSAS OFFICE of
  REVISOR of STATUTES

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25-4301. Officers subject to recall; exceptions. All elected public officials in the state, except judicial officers, are subject to recall by the voters of the state or the political subdivision from which elected.

History: L. 1976, ch. 178, ยง 1; April 14.

Law Review and Bar Journal References:

"Recall of Local Elected Officials in Kansas," Rich Smith and Theresa Nuckolls, 70 J.K.B.A. No. 8, 18 (2001).

Attorney General's Opinions:

Grounds for recall of elected officials; sufficiency; petition; alleged violations of open meetings act; county commission district boundary change. 90-120.

Grounds for recall of elected officials; determination of sufficiency of grounds by county or district attorney; constitutionality. 91-59.

Recall of elected officials; application of act; applicability to congressional members. 94-35.

Recall of elected official; number of signatures on petition. 1999-38.

Recall of elected officials; procedure when more than one is sought to be recalled. 1999-52.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Statutes require specificity when stating grounds for recall of public officer. Unger v. Horn, 240 Kan. 740, 741, 742, 732 P.2d 1275 (1987).

2. Cited; there is no authority for damages against county officials for invalid determination under recall act. Collins v. Hoeme, 40 Kan. App. 2d 93, 95, 97, 189 P.3d 566 (2008).


 



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