§ 1-25-2. Definitions

As used in the Recall Act: A. “ canvasser ” means a person who circulates a petition and collects signatures; B. “ county clerk ” means: (1) the clerk of the county in which the local jurisdiction is situate; (2) in the case of a multicounty jurisdiction, the clerk of the county in which the primary administrative office of the local jurisdiction is situate; and (3) the clerk of each county containing any precinct in which votes may be cast for or against the recall of a named official; C. “ face sheet ” means the first page of a petition containing the information required in the Recall Act; D. “ filing date ” means the date on which the county clerk receives signed petitions for the recall of one or more named officials; E. “ initiation date ” means the date on which the district court stamps the face sheet of the petition after entering an order finding that probable cause exists to proceed with the recall process; F. “ malfeasance ” means wrongful conduct that affects, interrupts or interferes with the performance of official duties; provided that if the act is discretionary, the act was performed with an improper or corrupt motive; G. “ misfeasance ” means performing a legal act in an improper or illegal manner and the conduct evinces an improper or corrupt motive; H. “ named official ” means an elected official of a local jurisdiction subject to the Recall Act and who is named on a petition; I. “ petition ” means a document consisting of a completed face sheet or exact duplicate thereof and as many subsequent pages as are necessary for signatures; J. “ petitioner ” means a person, group or organization initiating the petition; K. “ subsequent page ” means the pages in a petition after the face sheet; and L. “ violation of oath of office ” means to refuse or neglect to perform, without any just cause, any of the duties that are or shall be required by law of the named official.