Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-07

N not more than two hundred words :
lne reasons set forth in the petition de
inanuing the recall OF the official And
IN not more than three hundred words
there shall also be printed. IL desired b,
MN, the officers justification of his
course in office
e. Petitions for the recall of an,
county township, city or town official
or or any road ov0rseer or school di
rector shall he prepared circulated
signed and verified in the same manner
as herein provided for state officials
but shall be filed with the county eiec.
tlon commissioners of the county In
winch the official sought to be removed
resides, And the county election com
mlssloners shall certify the regularity
and sufficiency thereof to the county
Iudse, who shall fix the date for holding
the election in the same manner as the
1 governor Is directed i'm the case of the
| recall or state officers, and the county
erection commissioners shall certify the
i erection OF candidates elected at any
county, township, city or town recall
| eIectlon TO the governor who shall issue
| commissions in accordance Herewith
/ provided that in the case of constables
roau oVerseers and school directors the
returns shall be certified to the county
Judge who shall issue commissions in
tion.
f. Proceedings for the recall of any
| OHcer snail be deemed to be pending
from the date of the fling of any recall
petition against such officer, and If such
oHlcer shall resign at any time subse-
quent to the filing thereof, the recall
| election shall be held notwithstandinp
Such resignation, and the vacancy caused
Dy such resignation, or from any other
cause, shall be filled as provided by law
put the person appointed to fill such
vacancy shall hold his onlce only until
I shall qualify.
&. Any elector may be nominated for
the Office which is to be filled at any re-
call election in the following manner:
l. By a petition signed by the el5c-
tors, qualified to vote at such recall cleo
uon, 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 office which the
1 pies.
2. BY the returning boards of prl-
1 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 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
| ers not less than thirty days prior to
the date fixed by the governor for hold
! ing the recall election; and nominations
Tor 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 Tor 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 be printed on the re-
call ballot as to every officer whose
/ q fO hp Cd t,n
ing question: shall tname of person
| against whom the recall petition is
| filed) be recalled from the office of (ti-
\ tie of officeg), 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
voter also voted on said question of the
recall of the person sought to be recall
/ ed from said office. The name of the
1 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-
| call OF any incumbent from office shall
vote mo, said incumbent shall con-
tinue in said office.
! l. If a majority shall vote Yes" said
/ incumbent shall thereupon be deemed re-
moved from said office upon the quail
| fication of his successor. The election
officials shall canvass all votes for can
didat tes 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
/ who received the highest number of
voters shall fail to qualify within ten
| days after receiving the certificate of
election, the Office shall be deemed va
cant and shall be filled according to
law.
k Any recall petition may be pre-
sented and filed in sections. but each
section shall contain a full and accurate
| copy of the title and text of the petit
/ ton. Each signer shall add to his sig
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.
Any qualified elector of the state shall
/ be competent to solicit such signatures
within the county, township, or city, or
l town. of which he is an elector. Each
| section of the petition shall bear the
\ name of the county township, city or
town. in which 1t 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
all the signatures to the attached sec
4 tion are made in his presence and that
TO his best knowledge and belief each
signature 10 the section is the genuine
signature of the person whose name it
4 purports to be- and no other affidavit
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
are genuine and that the persons sign
, ing the same are qualified electors.
Il 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 snail be deemed
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
r least six months; save and except, il
! may be filed against any member of the
, | general assembly of the state at any
= | time after five days or the conveninG
and organization of the legislature after