Brooks v. Branch

Sears-Collins, Justice.

The appellants sponsored applications for petitions for the recall of five Lowndes County School Board members (the appellees), under the Recall Act of 1989, as amended in 1991 (OCGA § 21-4-1 et seq.) (the “Recall Act”). Each of the applications alleged the following statutory grounds for recall:

That the official . . . [h]as committed an act or acts of malfeasance while in office; . . . [h]as violated his or her oath of office; . . . [h]as committed an act of misconduct in office; [and] [i]s guilty of a failure to perform duties prescribed by law[.] [OCGA § 21-4-3 (7)…