Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-22

resides. And the county election com missionsrs shall certify the regularity judge who shall fix the date for holding the election in 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 elected at any county, township, city or town recall commissions in accordance herewith: :: provided that in the case Of constables. road overseers and school directors the returns shall be certified to the county judge who shall issue commissions in accordance with the certificates of cleo tion.
 f. Proceedings for the recall of any officer shall be deemed to be pending from the date of the filing of any recall petition against such officer, and if such officer shall resign at any time subse- quent to the filing thereof. the recall election shall be held notwithstanding such resignation, and the vacancy caused by such resignation. or from any other cause. shall be filled as provided by law. but the person appointed to fill such vacancy shall hold his office only until the person elected at the recall election shall qualify.
 g. Any elector may be nominated for the office which is to be filled at any re- call election in the following manner:
 l. By petition signed by the cleo tors qualified to vote at such recall cleo tion equal in number to at least one
 
 cast at the last preceding election for all candidates for the office which the incumbent sought to DC removed occu- pies.
 2. By 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 this state
 h. Nominations of candidates for a state office, or for a candidate to be elected from a district composed of more than one county shall be filed with the state board of election commission CTS not less than thirty days prior to the date fixed by the governor for hold ing the recall election: and 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 county, township, city or town recall election. Provided that candidates for school director at any recall election shall be nominated five days before the election
 l. i. There shall be printed on the re- call ballot as to every officer whose recall is to be voted thereat. the follow ing ,1s. question: Shall tname of person filed) be recalled from the office of (ti- tie of office?"), following which ques- tion shall be the words Yes" and No" on separate lines with a blank space on the right of each. in which the voter shall indicate by placing a cross (X) his vote for. or against said recall. On such ballots, under each such question, there shall also be printed the names of those persons who have been nomin- !ated as candidates to succeed the per- son recalled. in case he shall be remov- ed from office by said recall election; but no vote cast shall be counted for any candidate for said office unless the voter also voted on said question of the recall of the person sought to be recall-
 
 person against whom the petition is filed shall not appear on the ballot as a can didate for the office. If a majority of those voting on said question of the re- l call of any incumbent from office shall vote. No said incumbent shall con- tinue in said office. incumbent shall thereupon be deemed re- moved from said office, upon the quali- fication of his successor. The election officials shall canvass all votes for can didates for said office and declare the result in like manner, as in a regular election. If the vote at any such recall election shall recall the officer, then the candidate who has received the highest number of votes for the office shall be thereby declared elected for the remain der of the term. In case the person voters shall fail to qualify within ten 1 days after receiving the certificate of election, the office shall be deemed va cant and shall be filled according to l law.
 ] k. Any recall petition may be pre- sented and filed in sections, but each section shall contain full and accurate copy of the title and text of the peti- 1 tion. Each signer shall add to his sig i nature his place of residence, giving the street and number if such exists. His election precinct shall also appear on the petition after his signature. The number of signatures appended to each section shall be at the pleasure of the person soliciting signatures to the same. l finl al cR -I.o be competent to solicit such signatures within the county, township, or city, or town of which he is an elector Each ] section of the petition shall bear the name of the county, township, city or or 1 town, in which it is circulated and only qualified electors of such county, town ship, city or town shall be competent to sign such section. Each section shall ! have attached thereto the affidavit of the person soliciting signatures to the same stating his qualifications. and that tion are made in his presence and that | to his best knowledge and belief each signature to the section is the genuine signature of the person whose name it ! purports to be; and no other affidavit 1 thereto shall be required. The affidavit Of any person soliciting signatures here under shall be verified free of charge by | any officer of this state authorized to administer an oath. Such petition so verified shall be prima facia evidence that the signatures thereto appended die Ecnulite ana that the persons sign l ing the same are qualified electors | l. Each section of the petition for the recall of any official shall be filed at the same time whether with the state election commissioners or the county election commissioners as herein pro vided. and any petition shall be deemed 1 to have been filed when it is shown to the said election commissioners that the requisite number of electors have signed the same.
 m. No recall petition shall be circu- lated or filed against any officer until he has actually held his office for at least six months; save and except it may be filed against any member of the l general assembly of the state at any | time after five days or the converting and organization of the legislature after the date of his election.
 h. If at any recall state election the | incumbent whose recall is sought is l not recalled, he shall be repaid from the state treasury any amount legally ex- pended by him as expense of such cleo ton. not to exceed: however. the sum of | three hundred dollars, and the legisla- ture shall provide appropriation for such