19-207. Notice to officer; statement of
defense
Upon filing the petition as prescribed by section 19-208.03, subsection A, paragraph
1, the officer with whom it is filed shall within forty-eight hours, excluding Saturdays,
Sundays or other legal holidays, give written notice to the person against whom it is
filed. The notice shall state that a recall petition has been filed, shall set forth the
grounds thereof, and shall notify the person to whom it is addressed that the person has
the right to prepare and have printed on the ballot a statement containing not more than
two hundred words defending the person's official conduct. If the person fails to
deliver the defensive statement to the officer giving notice within ten days thereafter,
the right to have a statement printed on the ballot shall be considered waived.
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