The Van Buren press., 1912-06-08
FOR AMENDMENT NO. IA.
AGAINST AMENDMENT no. IA.

AGAINST AMENDMENT no. IA.
BE It Eenacted by the People Of the
state Of Arkansas.
Every elective public officer In the
State Of Arkansas may be removed from
office by the electors entitled TO vote
for successor Of such incumbent
through the procedure and I'm the man
ner herein provided for, which proceed
ure shall be known as the recall and is
in addition to any other method OF re-
moval provided by law.
a. To effect the removal OF an cleo
tive state officer. a petition signed by
the electors entitled to vote for sue
cessor TO the incumbent sought to be
removed equal I'm number to twelve per
centum of the entire vote cast at the
preceding election for all candidates for
the office which the encumbent sought
to be removed occupies demanding the
election Of a successor to the officer
named in said petition, shall be address
ed to the state board of election com
missiOners. provided said petition shall
be circulated in not less than five coun-
ties in the state and shall be signed in
each Of such counties by electors equal
in number to not less than one per cen
tum Of the entire vote cast in each OF
said counties at said election, as above
estimated Such petition shall contain
a general statement Of the grounds upon
which the removal is sought which
statement is intended solely for the in
formation Of the voters. and the sufTi-
cheney of which shall not be open TO re
view,
b. When such petition shall be filed
with the state election commissioners
they shall submit the same together
with a statement of its sufiiCienCy, to
the governor, who shall Immediately
order and fix a date for the holding Of
the election, which shall take place not
OF. 10, nd 81,
eighty days from the date Of fling the
petitions and certificate with the GOV
ernor If, by the prayer OF the petit
TONERS II is the governor whose removal
is sought the petition and certificate
before mentioned shall be filed with the
auditor of state who shall proceed in
the form and manner as prescribed for
the governor
c. In the event the officer sought to
be removed is the governor secretary Of
state. or attorney general, officials now
comprising the state board of election
commissioners. either official sought to
be removed shall be disqualified as a
member of said state BOARD Of election
commissioners for the purposes herein
provided and such vacancy or vacancies
on said state board of election commits
sioners shall be filled by other state Of
fcials in the order named following.
T. The auditor of state.
Q The state treasurer
3. The commissioner Of mines. man
ufacturers and agriculture,
T. The superintendent Of public In
struction.
s. The justices Of the supreme court
in the order Of their seniority as such.
d. The governor shall make or cause
to be made publication or notice for the
holding Of such election, and the cleo
ton commissioners Of the various cOun-
ties of the state shall make arrange
&c For ne "a m "a
shall be conducted. returned and the re-
suits thereof declared, in all respects as
in other state elections on the official
ballot Ia such election shall be printed,
in not more than two hundred words,
the reasons set forth in the petition de-
handing the recall Of the official And
in not more than three hundred words
there shall also be printed, If desired by
him, the officers justification Of his
course In Office.
e. Petitions for the recall Of any
county, township, city or town official,
rector shall be prepared, circulated,
signed and verified in the same manner
as herein provided for state officials,
but shall be filed with the county cleo
ton commissioners Of the county IN
which the official sought TO be removed
resides. And the county election COM
missioners shall certify the regularity
and sunlcienCy thereof 10 the county
Judge who shall fix the date for holding
the election I'm the same manner as the
governor is directed In the case Of the
recall Of state officers, and the county
election commissioners shall certify the
election Of candidates elec<d at any
county township, city or town recall
election TO the governor who shall issue
commissions I'm accordance herewith;
provided that In the case OF constables,
road Ovcrsocrs and school directors the
Ia "a he
Judge who shall issue commissions IN
ton
+ Proceedings for the recall Of any
officer shall be deemed 10 be pending
from the date Of the fling OF any recall
petition against such officer, and II such
officer shall resign az any time subse.
uuout 10 the fling thereof. the recall
election shall be held Notwithstanding
such resignation and the vacancy caused
by such resignation or from any other
cause. shall be ullcd as provided by law,
but the person appointed 20 IN such
vacancy shall hold his ONCE only until
the person elected at the recall election
shall qualify
g. Any clcctor may be nominated for
the Office which IL 10 be nllcd at any re-
call election I'm the following manner,
l. by a petition sipscd by the cleo
tors. qualified TO vote at such recall cleo
tion, equal IN number 20 at least one
per centum OF the total number of votes
cast at the last preceding election for
all candidates for the once which the
incumbent sought TO pG removed occu-
pies,
@ ny the returning boards OF pri-
mary election
g. by the certificate OF the chairman
and secretary Of the convention OF any
regularly organized political party In
thiE state.
h. Nominations Of candidates for n
state office or for n candidate 20 be
elected from district composed Of
more than one county shall be filed with
the state board u election commission.
ors not less than thirty days prior TO
the date fixed hy the governor for hold.
INK the recall election, ana nominations
FOR candidates for county township city
or town offices shall be filed with the
county election commissioners not less
than Fifteen days before the date fixed
by the county Judge for holding the
county township, city or town recall
election. Provided that candidates for
school director ut any recall election
shall be nominated five days before the
election,
There shall be printed ON the re-.
call ballot az 10 every officer whose
recall is 10 Doe voted thcrcat, the follow
Ing question, shall tname uf person
against whom the recall petition iH
filed be recalled from the ONCE OF OiH
tlo Of Officer. following which ques.
ton shall be- the words yes and mo
on separate lines with u blank space ON
tho right Of each I'm which the voter
shall Indicate by placing u cross ,Nl his
vote Tor ur umlnat said recall on
such ballots under each such question,
there shall also be printed the names
Of those persons who have been numlnr
atod us candidates TO succeed the per
sOu recalled iu case No shall be- fcmoy
ed from office by said recall election,
but mo- vote east shall ho counted FOR
any candidate for said office unless the
voter also voted ON said question " the
recall " the person sought to ho recall
pureun against whom the petition In filed
shall not appear on the ballot uH "A can.
didnte Tor the office II a majority ~
those voting ON said question Of the re.
call Of any incumbent from office shall
vote NO. said incumbent shall con.