§ 23.9-902. Recall Procedures.

   A. A recall of a Council member shall be initiated upon petition, clearly designated as a recall petition and signed by registered electors comprising thirty (30%) percent of the registered electors of the district in the recall of a district Council member or the Township at large in the recall of a Council member at large.

 B. Each elector signing a recall petition shall state his residence, election district, and date of signing. Signatures on a recall petition may be on separate sheets, but each sheet shall have appended to it the affidavit of the circulator thereof not necessarily a signer of the petition, that to the best of the affiant’s knowledge and belief the person whose signatures appear on the sheet are registered electors of the district or the Township at large, that they signed with full knowledge of the contents of the petition and that their residences are correctly given.

 C. A recall petition shall be tendered for filing to the Board of Elections of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Upon tender to the Board of Elections, the petition shall be available for examination by any interested person. Within fifteen (15) days after tender of the petition, the Board of Elections shall pass upon the validity of the petition and the validity and number of signatures required thereon. No signature shall be counted as valid which is dated more than sixty (60) days prior to the date the petition is tendered for filing. The decision of the Board of Elections shall be subject to review by the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on appeal filed within thirty (30) days of the date of the decision of the Board of Elections.