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CHAPTER 20.

CHAPTER 20.
| fChapter "a Session Lows Special
Session First State legislature
AN ACT.
To Provide for Primary Elections In
the State of Arizona, and to Pro-
vide Penalties for Violations There
of.
Be it Enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Arizona:
Sec. l. On the eighth Tuesday
prior to any general or special cleo
ton, at which candidates for public
office are to be elected, there shall
be a primary election at which each
and every political party entitled, and
| intending, to make nominations for
the said ensuing general or special
election shall, if such party desires to
have the names of its candidates
printed on the official ballot at said
election, nominate their candidates
for all elective, or advisorily elective,
Senatorial, Congressional, State,
county, and precinct offices to be
filed at such election; provided, that
nominations emitting candidates to
have their names printed on the
official ballot for any special cleo
ton held for the purpose of filling a
vacancy in any office or offices,
caused by death, resignation, or re-
mova1, may be made by delegate con-
vention, it,, in the Judgment of the
Secretary of State and the Attorney
General, the time is too short in which
to hold primary election, or the
cost of holding the same would be
excessive or unnecessarily burden
some; and provided further, that
such primary election for the nomina-
ton of candidates emitting such
nominated candidates to have their
names printed on the official ballots
at municipal elections in incorporated
cities and towns shall be held not
less than thirty 900 days prior to
said election.
Sec. 8. Any person desiring to be-
come candidate at primary cleo
ton, as herein provided, for a poll
teal party nomination or non-par-
tisan nomination, shall II he desires
to have his name printed on the
official ballot at such primary cleo
lions, not less than twenty (2O) days
nor more than sixty (60) days be-
fore said primary election, file
nomination petition as hereinafter, pro-
vfded. Such petition shall be signed
by the candidate, shall give his place
of residence and his postoffice ad-
dress, shall name the party of which
he desires to become a candidate, shall
at which he desires to become a
candidate; provided, that if. he desires
to- become a bipartisan candidate
this fact shall be- stated in his petit
ton. All such nomination petitions
of candidates for the office of Presi-
Dental Elector, United States Senator,
representative in Congress, or for
State office, excepting members of the
Legislature and Superior Judges, and
all other offices for which the cleo
tors of the entire State, or a SUBJ
division thereof greater than coun-
ty, are entitled to vote, shall be filed
with the Secretary of State. All
such nomination petitions of candid
ates for members of the Legislature,
Superior Judges and for county and
precinct officers which the electors
of county or a subdivision
of county, other than an
incorporated city or town, are entitled
to- vote shall be filed with the Clerk
of the Board of Supervisors. All
such nomination petitions of candid
ates for city or. town offices shall be
filed with the City or Town Clerk
j Sec. 4. In addition to the Domin-
alton petition as provided in the; fore
going section, every candidate desfr-
inc TO have his name printed upon the
official ballot to be used at any pri-
mary election shall, not more than
sixty 900 days nor less than twenty
/ (20) days prior to such. primary cleo
| ton, file a nomina ton paper, if he
be a candidate for Presidential Elec-
tor, United States Senator, Represen
tatiye in Congress, or for any State
office, with the Secretary of State,
if for a county office, including men,
bers of the Legislature and Superior
Judge, with the Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors: and if for city or
town office with the Clerk of the city
or town. Said nomination PAPERS
shall follow substantially the follow
ing form:
81, the undersigned, a qualified cleo
tor of the. -. precinct of the county
of. ......, State of Arizona, and
a member of the. party, hereby
nominate. who resides at. 49,.
| in the county of. for the
PARTY nomination for the office of
to be voted for at the primary
election to be held
as representing the principles of said
party and l further declare that
have not signed and will not sign
any nomination paper for any other
person for said office Cor in case said
candidate is candidate for posi-
ton for which more than one candid
ate is to be elected, for more than
the number of candidates necessary
to fiji all of said offices at the next
ensuing election
(Heading in case of Cities.)
Names of Signers Name of City
Street No.
Date of Signing
(Heading in case of Preeincts.)
Name of Signers Post Office
Date of Signing
All nomination papers shall have
substantially the foregoing form,
written or printed, at the top there.
Of No signature shall be counted un.
less it is upon a sheet having such
written or printed form at the top
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