The Van Buren press., 1912-06-22
FoR AMENDMENT NO. IA.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. IA.

FOR AMENDMENT NO. IA.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. IA.
Be II 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 a 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 in 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 he 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 suffi-
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 suficiency, to
the governor. who shall Immediately
order and fix a date for the holding of
the election, which shall take place not
less than sixty days and not more than
eighty days from the date of filing 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.
Q. 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
ficials in the order named following:
/. The auditor of state.
2. The state treasurer.
3. The commissioner of mines, man
ufacturers and agriculture.
4. 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 he made publication or notice for the
holding of such election, and the cleo
tion commissioners Of the various coun-
ties of the state shall make arrange
ments for such election, and the same
shall be conducted, returned and the re-
suits thereof declared, in all respects as
in other state elections. on the official
ballot in such election shall be printed,
in not more than two hundred words,
the reasons set forth in the petition de-
manding 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
or of any road oVerseer or school dl-
rector shall be prepared, circulated,
sigaed and verified in the same manner
as herein provided for state officials
but shall be filed with the county elec-
ton commissioners OF the county IN
which the official sought TO be removed
resides And the county election COM
missoners shall certify the regularity
and sufliciency thereof to the county
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 eleckad at any
county township, city or town recall
election to the governor, who snail issue
commissions In accordance therewlth;
provided that in the case of constables,
road overseprs and school directors the
returns shall be certified to the county
Judge who shall issue commissions In
accordance with the certificates Of cleo
tion.
T. Proceedings for the recall OF any
officer shall be deemed to be pending
from the date OF the fling OF any recall
petition against such officer and II such
officer shall resign AT any time suhse.
quent to the hling thereof, the recall
election shall be held Notwithstanding
such resignat ton and the vacancy caused
by such resignation, or from any other
cause, shall he filled as provided by law,
but the person appointed to I'll such
vacancy shall hold his once only until
the person elected at the recall election
shall qualify
x Any eiector may be nominated for
the Office which Is TO be filled at any re-
call election In the following manner
|, BY petition sighed by the cleo
tors qualified TO vote at such recall cleo
tion equal In number to 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 ne removed occu-
pies,
2. BY the returning boards of pri-
mary election.
3. 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 n
state office, or for n candidate 70 be
| elected from n district composed OF
more than Que county. shall be filed with
the state board OF election commission
crs not less than thirty days prior 70
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
| by the county judge for holding the
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.
There shall be printed on the re.
| call ballot as TO every officer whose
| recall " TO be voted theregt, the follow
| ing question; Shall name OF person
! against whom the recall petition IL
| fled be recalled from the olllce OF ttl'
| Tie OF offlroTl, following which quea.
! tlon shall be the words "Yes" and mo
! on separate lines with n blank space on
! the right OF each In which the voter
shall indicate 10y placing y cross tN) hls
! vote for or against said recall on
such ballots, under each such question
| there shall also ho printed tho names
Of those poraons who have been nomin'
Htcd as candidates 60 succeed the per
son recalled IN case he shall bo fcmov'
ed from office by said recall election
| but no vote cast shall be counted foi
any candidate for said office unless IN,
voter also voted on said question of the
| recall OF the person sought 90 ho recall
ed from said office The name OF IA,
| shall not appear ON the ballot aH a can
| dldnle for the office, If n majority ol
those voting on said question OF the re