The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06
FOR AMENDMENT NO. IA.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. IA.


AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. Il.
| Be Il 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 in 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 a 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 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 I'm the state and shall he 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 suff-
| 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 sufficenCy, to
| the governor. who shall Immediately
| order and fix 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
| Pprtifig-t with no
| ernor II 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
! commits sstOners. 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;
| l. The auditor of state.
! .. 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
! I'm 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
mcnts for such election and the same
! shall be conducted. returned and the re-
suits thereof declared in all respects as
! I'm other state elections. on the official
! ballot in such election shall be printed,
! I'm 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, II desired by
| him, the officers justification of his
course in office
g. Petitions for the recall Of any
! county, township. city or town official,
| or Of any road overseer or school d.
/ rector shall be prepared circulated,
/ sigHed and verified in the same manner
/ as herein provided for state officials,
! but shall be filed with the county cleo
] tiOn commissioners Of the county in
/ which the official sought 10 be removed
/ resides And the county election COM
/ mlssioners shall certify the regularity
! and sutliCicnCy thereof 10 the county
| Judge who shall fix the date for holding
| the election I'm the same manner as the
| governor is directed I'm the ease Of the
| recall Of state officers, and the county
/ election comm issioners shall certify the
election Of candidates elec<'d at any
/ county township, city or town recall
election TO the governor who shall issue
commissioES I'm accordance therewlth;
/ provided that In the case OF constabes,
| road Ovcrsecrs and school directors the
/ returns shall be certified 10 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 10 be pending
! from the date OF the ming OF any recall
petition against such officer and II such
| officer shall resign al any time snhse.
/ uucnt TO the fling thereof the recall
| election shall be held Notwithstanding
| such resignation and the vacancy caused
10y such RESIGNATION or from any other
cause. shall Doe filled as provided by law,
but the person appointed to fil such
vacancy shall hold his once only unul
the person elected at the recall election
shall qualify
& Any ccctor may be nominated for
| the office which is TO be nllod at any re-
call election I'm the following manner
T. By q petition sigSed by the cleo
tors, qualified to vote AT such recall cleo
ton, equal IN number TO at least one
per centum Of the total number OF votes
cast at the last preceding election Tor
all candidates for the once which the
incumbent sought 20 ne removed occu-
pies,
Q Ry the returning boards Of pri-
g. By the certificate Of the chairman
ana secretary OF the convention Of any
regularly organized political party In
this state
Il, Nominations % candidates FOR n
state office or for candidate 10 De
elected from district composed of
more than one county shall be filed with
the state board of election commission.
ors not loss than thirty days prior to
the date fixed by tho governor for hold
Ink the recall elections and nominations
Tor candidates for county township cly
or town offices shull be filed with the
county election commissioners not loss
than Fifteen days before the date fixed
10y 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.
l. There shall bo printed on tho re.
! call ballot us tu every olilcot whose
recall ls tp ho voted thorcat the follow
ing question. 'SHNl tuHmo of person
against whom the recall pouUon la
| fllod) be recalled from tho o0lco of tua
tlo Of, olfIro"l following which. Qgcr,
tIon shall ho the words "Nos' ana "No'
ON separate lines with blank npNco on
tho right of clph IN which the voter
shall Indicate hN placing y GROSS lND hls
vote Cor or against said rccoll on
such ballots, uudur each such question
there shall also ho printed tho names
uf those persons who have been uomlua
utrd uH tanliduiua TO succeed the per
aln recalled. ln rUan he shall ho remora
cl from office by said recall elections
hut mo- vote cast Hnnll ho counted for
any candidate for Htld office unless the
voter also voted uu anld question of tho
rccull of the person sought TO hc recall
eel from buld utlIuu The nNWr ut the
person against whom the petition In filed
shall not appear uU the ballot uH a puns
didHte for the office. VI u majority of
those voting ON said question uf the re-
call OF any Incumbent from ufticr shall
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