The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1912-11-02

shall sucn petition, but such review
ma. araii De mad and determined fortbwi,r
ms ne suiiiclency. OF the determinatIon 81
t He sui iiclency, of the petition referred
cor g. I'M, .nis section shall not be held or
srounds assigned in such petition FOR The
IeShil OF the incumbent sought to he re-
cai,ed from office thereby. ~
otsnneh such petition is sufficient. the
oIllcer with whom such recall ne,It inn
, MAS liied, shall forthwith submit said ne
s ,,t9h, together with a certificate of its
tbereunnTny 70 the Governor who shall
ndoiulng the election not less than thirty
d ayy NOR more than sixty days from the
u va OF submission of said petition: Pro-
niuta II general election Is to be held
within ninety days after the date OF sub
mission or said petition, the recall cleo
o ION shali be held as part of said general
section B.. II such officer shall offe,
~, ms resignation, 1t shall be accepted. and
o,.e vacancy caused by such resignation
as provided by law; but the person n
pointed to fill such vacancy shall hold
ms Office only until the person elected
at d., the recall election shall qualify. II
Sucn oillcer snail not resign within five
Gays after the sufficiency of the recall
petition shall have been sustained the
GonV,e,rnor shall make or cause to be made
publication of notice for the holding of
such erection, and officers charged by
Jaw with duties concerning elections
e sihai make all arrangements for such
,'NN'bii. anu the same snail be m
Quoted, returned and the result thereof
declared in all respects as in the case of
general elections.
On the official ballot at such election
small De printed in not more than 200
words. the reasons set forth in the petl.
ton for demanding his recall, and in not
more more than tnree hundred words there
the officers justification of his course
in office. II such officer SHAH resipt
az any time subsequent to the filing
shereoi, the recall election shall be called
Notwithstanding such resignation
There shall be printed on the official
naliot as TO every officer whose recall
Is to be voted on the words. "Sham
ulafne OF person against whom the recall
petition is fled be recalled from the of
lice of tite of the Officer" Following
such question shall be the words Yes"
and No" on separate lines with a blank
space at the right of each, in which the
voter shall indicate, by marking a cross
(A2. his vote for or against such recall
On such ballots, under each question
there shall also be printed the names
of those persons who have been nomi-
mated as candidates to succeed the per-
son sought to be recalled: but no vote
cast shall be counted for any candidate
Tor such office. unless the voter also
voted for or against the recall of such
person sought to be recalled from said
office. The name of the person against
whom the petition is filed shall not ap-
pear on the ballot as candidate for the
office.
U
question of the recall of any incumbent
from office shall vote mo-" said incum-
bent shall continue in said office; II a
majority shall vote yes" such incum-
bent shall thereupon be deemed removed
from such office upon the qualification
of his successor.
If the vote had In such recall elections
shall recall the officer then the candi-
date who has received the highest num-
Der of votes for the office thereby va
Gated shall be declared elected for the
r.ayfN Ind Of f1nn 20
of election shall be forthwith issued to
him by the canvassing board. In case the
person who received the highest number
of votes shall fail to qualify within fif-
teen days after the issuance of a certifi-
cate of election, the office shall be
deemed vacant. and shall be filled accord
ing to law.
Candidates for the office may be nomi-
mated by petition. as now provided by
law. which petition shall be filed In the
office in which petitions for nomination
not less than fifteen days before such
Section 1. No recall petition shall be
circulated or filed against any officer
until he has actually held his office for
at least six months. save and except 1t
may be filed against any member OF the
of the legislature after his election.
After one recall petition and election,
no further petition shall be filed against
the same officer during the term for
which he was elected, unless the petit
TONERS signing said petition shall equal
fifty per centum of the votes cast at
the last preceding general election for
all of the candidates for the office held
by such officer as herein above defined
II at any recall election the incumbent
whose recall is sought IL not recalled. he
shall be repaid from the State treasury
any money authorized by law and actu-
ally expended by. him as expenses Of
such election: and the Legislature shall
provide appropriations for such purpose
II the governor is sought to be re-
called under the provisions Of this arti-
shall be performed by. the Lieutenant
Governor: and If the Secretary Of State
Is sought to be recalled, the duties here
in imposed upon him. shall be performed
by the State Auditor.
The recall may also be exercised by
the electors of each county. city and
county. city and town of the State. witt
reference to the elective officers there
of, under such procedure as shall be pro-
vided by law.
Untii otherwise provided by law. thu
legislative body OF any such county, city
and county, city and town may provide
for the manner of exercising such recall
powers in such counties. cities and coun-
ties cities and towns. but shall not re-
oure any such recall petition to- be
signed by electors more In number than
twenty-five per centum of the entire vote
cast at the last preceding election: as IN
Section / hereof more particularly set
forth for all the candidates for otfice
which the Incumbent sought TO be re-
called occupies. as herein above defined
Every person having authority to exer-
else or exercising any public or govern
mental duty. power or function, shall be
an elective officer. or one appointed.
drawn or designated in accordance with
law by an elective officer or ottlcers' OF
by some board. commission, person or
persons legally appointed by an elective
officer or officers, each OF which said
elective officers shall be subject 10 ths
nrpytgipn of this gOnAillullbug pIO-
vided that subject to regulation by Jaw,
any person may. without compensation
therefor, file petitions, or complaints IN
courts concerning crimes, or 10 ponce
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