Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-14

the reasons set forth in the petition de.
manding the recall of the official And
~ not more than three hundred words
there shall also be printed II desired by
MIN, the officers Justification of his
course i'm Office
e. Petitions for the recall of any
county township city or town official
or OF any road ovOrBeer or school di-
rector shall be prepared. circulated
signed and verified in the same manner
as herein provided for state officials
put shall be filed with the county cleo
ton commissioners of the county in
winch the official sought to be removed
resides. And the county election COM
| mlsslOners shall certify the regularity
ana sufliciency thereof to the county
ludge who shall fix the date for holding
the election in the same manner as the
i governor Is directed In the case of 6the
recall of state officers, and the COUNTY
eiection commissioners shall certify the
i eIectlon OF candidates elected at any
county, township, city or town recall
| electlon to the governor, who shall issue
commissions in accordance herewith
| provided that in the case of constables,
ROAD overseers and school directors the
| returns snail be certified to the county
| Judge who shall issue commissions i'm
accordance with the certificates of cleo
tion.
T. Proceedings for the recall of any
| omcer shall he deemed to be pending
from the date OF the fling of any recall
Il
omcer shall resign at any time subse-
| quent to the filing thereof, the recall
election shall be held notwithstanding
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 ONCE only until
the person elected at the recall election
I shall qualify
g. Any eiector may be nominated for
the Office which is to be filled at any re-
call election in the following manner:
I l. BY petition signed 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 for
| all candidates for the office which the
incumbent sought to pe removed occu-
/ pies
2. BY the returning boards of prl-
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 candidate to be
elected from 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 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 is to be voted thereat, the follow
ing question: Shall tname of person
against whom the recall petition is
| fled be recalled from the office of (ti-
| tie of office?'), following which ques-
tion shall be the words Yes" and NO
1 on separate lines with a blank space on
! the right of each i'm which the voter
vote for or against said recall On
such ballots under each such question,
| there shall also he printed the names
of those persons who have been nomin-
| ated IS 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
\ ed from said office, The name of the
person against whom the petition is filed
| shall not appear on the ballot as can
didate for the office If a majority Of
! those voting on said question of the re-
call of any incumbent from office shall
1 vote mo" said incumbent shall con-
tinue in said office.
j. 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
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
| 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
tion. Each signer shall add to his sig
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
town. OF WHICH ne Is an elttlOI. EdtU
section of the petition shall bear the
name of the county, township, city or
town, in which ii 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
j, all the signatures to the attached sec
r 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 il
/, 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
a 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
to have been filed when it is shown to
the said election commissioners that the
al requisite number Of electors have signed
: the same.
: m. No recall petition shall be circu-
: lated or filed against any officer until
y he has actually held his office for at
: least six months; save and except, II
: may be filed against any member Of the
- general assembly of the state at any
y time after five days or the convening