Harpswell Information

Recall Ordinances

• Dexter: Town of Dexter - rewriting the Town Charter

• Hermon: The Official Website of the Town of Hermon, Maine
  Use edit/find to locate recall

• Sipayik: Passamaquoddy Sipayik - Constitution

• Freeport: Town of Freeport -- Charter

• Madison: Madison Maine Ordinance for Recall of Elected Official

News about Recall Ordinances

• 11/29/04 Norridgewock: Board keeps 1-year terms
  One factor in favor of the current system [one year term for Selectmen) is that the electorate does not have to wait long before voting any selectman out of office, which also allows the town to avoid the need for a recall ordinance.

• 11/29/04 Southwest Harbor: the News@MDIslander.com
  Mr. Marshall calls the proposed ordinance “a tool for voters” that sets forth a “very deliberate procedure” for recalling elected officials.
  “I feel it makes elected officials accountable to the people they serve,” he said.

• 11/29/04 Monmouth News, Maine Townsman, November 2004
  Monmouth: Residents were asked on November 2 to choose among three options for the municipal police services. The choices were: (1) maintaining the department at its (current) full-time status; (2) going to a part-time department with 16 hours of coverage per day; or (3) eliminating the department altogether. Option 1 received 914 votes, followed by option 2 with 719 votes, and 517 votes for option 3. Town voters, by a 2-1 margin, also enacted a recall ordinance at the November election.

• 11/29/04 Buxton Residents Petition for Right to Recall Officials

• 11/29/04 Boothbay Recall petition dead -- for now

• Starks voters support road funds
  Jane Brackett said she was not in favor of it.
  "It is kind of hard to get people to run for these offices to begin with," Brackett said. She said the added threat of a recall drive would only make matters worse.
  Gene Tweedie, however, said the measure should pass.
  "If someone has got, say, a three-year term and they neglect their duties I feel like we should have the option of having them removed," Tweedie said.

Chart:

This chart compares the proposed recall ordinance with other recall ordinances in Maine. The towns were chosen as they appeared in the search.