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September 24, 2007

Smithfield recall vote on council president is Nov. 13

SMITHFIELD -- The town’s Board of Canvassers has picked Nov. 13 as the date for a special election that will decide whether Stephen G. Tocco remains a member of the Town Council.

The canvassers acted on Friday, just hours after a Superior Court judge declined to intervene and force the special election to take place Nov. 3.

Under the terms of the town Charter, if Tocco is voted out of office, the Town Council will pick a successor because Tocco would have served more than half his two-year term. If the election had been scheduled for Nov. 3, with the same result, he would have served less than half his term and thus would be replaced at a townwide special election.

Tocco, president of the council, is a Democrat. The Charter requires the council to pick another Democrat if he is voted out.

Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis's office today said Smithfield filed the necessary paperwork today to hold the special election.

-- Journal staff writer Thomas J. Morgan

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