Graham guardian., 1911-01-13
THE CONSTITUTIONS
AS Adopted by the. Conven.
tion Held in the City
of Phoenix
CONTINUED from Last Week.

Sec ID No fee shall ever be re-
quired in order to have the name
of any candidate placed on the Of
fetal ballot for any election or pri-
mary.
Sec. Is. Every male person elec.
ted or appointed to any Office of
trust or profit under the authority
of the State or of any political divis-
ion of the State, or any male depu-
ty of such officer, shall be quail
fed elector of the political division
in which said person shall be elected
or appointed.
Sec. 16. The legislature, at its
first session, shall enact a law pro-
viding for general publicity, be.
fore and after election, of all cam
paign contributions to, and expen-
ditures of campaign committees and
candidates for public office.
ARTICLE VIII.
REMOVAL FROM OFFICE.
i. RECALL OF PUBLIC OFFICERS.
Sec. l.. Every public officer in
the State of Arizona, holding an
elective office, either by election or
appointment, is subject to recall
from such Office by the qualified
electors of the electoral district from
which candidates are elected to such
office. Such electoral district may
include the whole State. Such mum.
ber of said electors as shall equal
twenty-five per centum of the mum,
ber of votes cast at the last preced.
ing general election for all of the
candidates for the Office held by
such officer, may by petition, which
shall be known as a Recall Petition,
demand his recall.
Sec. 2. Every Recall Petition
must contain a general statement,
in not more than two hundred
words, of the grounds of such de.
mand. and must be filed in the office
in which petitions for nominations
to the office held by the ipeumbent
are required to be filed. The sigma.
lures to such Recall Petition need not
all be on one sheet of paper. but
each signer must add to his sigma.
ture the date Of his signing said pc,
tition, and his place of residence,
giving his street and number, if
any, should he reside in town OF
city. One Of the signers of each
sheet of such petition, or the person
circulating such sheet, must make
and subscribe an oath on said sheet
that the signatures thereon are gen.
uine,
Sec. 5. If said officer shall offer
his resignation it shall be accepted,
and the vacancy shall be filled as
may be provided by law. If he
shall not resign within five days
after a Recall Petition is filed, q
special election shall be ordered to
be held, not less than twenty, nor
more than thirty days after such
order, to determine whether such
officer shall be recalled. On the
ballots at said election shall be
printed the reasons as set forth in
the petition for demanding his re-
call, and, in not more than two hun.
dred words, the officers justifica.
ton of his course in office. He shall
continue to perform the duties of
his Office until the result of said
election shall have been officially
declared.
Sec. 4. Unless he otherwise re-
quest, in writing, his name shall be
placed as a candidate on the official
ballot without nomination. Other
candidates for the Office may be
nominated to be voted for at said
election. The candidate who shall
receive the highest number of votes,
shall be declared elected for
the remainder of the term. Un.
less the incumbent receives the
largest number Of votes, he
shall be deemed to be removed
from office, upon qualification of
his successor. In the event that his
successor shall not qualify within
five days after the result of said
election shall have been declared,
the said Office shall be vacant, and
may be filled as provided by law.
Sec. 5. No Recall Petition shall
he circulated against any officer
until he shall have held his office
for period of six months, except
that it may be filed against a mem
Der of the Legislature at any time
after five days from the beginning
of the first session after his election.
After one Recall Petition and elec-
ticn, no further Recall Petition shall
be filed against the same officer dur
ing the term for which he was elec-
ted, unless petitioners signing such
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