Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-04-17
NEW LAW TO RECALL
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
10 BE VOTED UPON
Dishoness or unit official May Be
Called Out OF ONCE by Pctition a
the People Under Amendments e
Be Voted Upon In juno offcnf.
ing Official Given q Chance 20 VIM
dictate Himself by Second Election

The thirteenth In the list OF 10 pro-
posed initiative and referendum
measure to come before the people
at the June election In the recall
amendment to the constitution. The
measure will appear on the ballot In
the following form:
Proposed BY Initiative Petition
For an amendment to article 3 OF
the constitution, giving the voters
power to call q special election at
any time to discharge any public Of
ficer and elect his successor. Vote
yes or not. s3t, yes; S2b. no.
The measure as Il has been sub
mitted TO the voters Ia an follows:
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT,
Article II Of the constitution OF the
state OF Oregon shall be. and hereby
is. amended by adding thereto at the
end of said article a new section,
which shall be numbered section IS
OF said article II and shall be as fol-
lows:
Section Is, Every public officer In
Oregon Is subject. as herein provided.
to recall by the legal voters OF the
state or OF the electoral district from
which he is elected. There may be
required 2S per cent, but not more,
of the number Of electors who voted
In his district at the preceding cleo
tion for Justice OF the supreme court
to file their petition demanding his
recall by the people, They shall set
forth in said petition the reasons for
said demand. II he shall offer his
resignation. II shall be accepted and
take effect on the day II Is offered,
and the vacancy shall be filled as may
be provided by law. II he shall not
resign within five days after the petit
ton Is filed. a special election shall
be ordered to determine whether the
people viii recall said officer. On
the sample ballot at said election shall
be printed in not more than two hum
dred words, the reasons for demand
ing the recall OF said officer as set
forth in the recall petition, and In
not more than two hundred words
the officers justification of his
course in office.
He shall continue to perform the
duties of his office until the result OF
said special election shall be officially
declared. other candidates for the
office may be nominated to be voted
for at said special election. The can
didate who shall receive the highest
number of votes shall be deemed
elected for the remainder of the
term, whether 1t be the person
against whom the recall petition was
filed. or another.
The recall petition shall be. filed
with the officer with whom a petition
for nomination 10 such office should
be filed, and the same officer shall
order the special election when It IL
required. No such petition shall be
circulated against any officer until
ne has actually held his office six
months, save and except that 1t may
Do filed against a senator or repre-
In the legislative assembly |
It any time after five days from the |
beginning of the first session after |
lis election. After one such petition |
md special election, no further, recall
hall be filed against the same Off
lected unless such further petition
RS shall first pay into the public
reasury which has paid such special
election expenses, the whole amount |
4 its expenses for the preceding spe.
ial election.
Such additional legislation as may
i'd the operation Of this section shah
'e provided by the legislative assem-.
ly. including provision for payment
y the public treasury of the reason
bic special election campaign exs
ensea Of such officer.
But the words "the legislative as
embly shall provide" or any other,
Imilar or equivalent words in this
onstitution or any amendment there
,, shall not be construed to grant to
ne Legislative assembly any exclusive
over Of law-making nor in any way
limit the initiative and referendum
overs reserved by the people.
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