The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-11

tod to- the qualified voters for
election. and the candidate re-
ceiving the majority Of votes at
such special election. for the
place or office for which he was
e candidate. shall be declared
duly elected"
II was pointed out by the speaker
that in the first place this section
provides FOR the election of three
commissioners to be designated as
commissioner No. I. commissioner No.
o and commissioner No. O.. However.
iu the event that there should not
Doe a majority of the votes east for
any one candidate. then the charter
provides that another election shall
Ice held within ten days. at which spe-
cial election the names only Of the
I'VE candidates receiving the highest
number Of votes at the regular cleo
ton shall be printed ON the ballot.
II might he possible, Mr.. Marion said,
that no candidate had received a ma
iurity of the votes In the first in
stance. aud should such an anomalous
condition arise the special election
would result IN voting ON two com
m%issioucrs. instead of three as pro-
vided FOR in the first part Of section
8. In other words. the clause is con
Trajectory, providing for three ron
missioners on one ease and two la
the other case.
Section I of the same article reads
Section g. The commission
shall be- the Judge of the election
ana qualification of its members
Mr. Marion stated that It was de-
cidcdly Objectionable TO have the
commission pass upon the election
and qualification II is members.
Article g. section / reads.
Section T. tdl Amy elective
officer at the city shall be sub
icct to e recall election at any
time. except rs hereinafter pro-
Vidyd The petition for the re-
call must be signed by a number
of qualified voters equal In num-
hvr tu o. per cent Of the total
number of votes east at the cleo
ton 81 the officer whose recall
Is proposed The election must
hc held within thirty DAYS OF the
filing of the petition. unless o
regular city election occurs with
iu sivty days. i'm which case the
voters shall vote IN the recall at
the regular election. In either
ease there shalt be e special bal
lot containing the names of the
officer. the position which he
holds. and the dates Of the be-
rI.FtUr .tT .ru,ft,utI.n 81 It9
official term. Below the name Of
the officer shah hc the two
phrases. For the Recall and
Against the Recall one below
the other with a space after zach
Tor the placing of "a cross where
desired Il "a majority Of the
ballots aud "a number equal To "a
majority Of the ballots east M
the election ot the officer whose
recall ~ proposed, show u vote
Tor the recall, the office lu uucs-
ton shalt bc thenCeforth vacant
"tbl II an officer H. recalled as
provided for above, ne shall not
Ice eligible Tor recollection until
the term Tor which he was origi-
ually elected shalt have expired.
"tcb II q recall election results
BOO e failure to secure u majority
of votes M favor Of the recall.
the officer IN question shall not
again hc subjected To recall until
after the expiration Of six months
from the time az which the first
recall election was held.
cd Hac1ncies created hy "a re-
cJli election shall he filled iu the
same manner as is provided Tor
the filling ~ vacancies Ia the
governing body due GO other
causes
The recall provision was quite via
urouslN denounced bv the spcake
who claimed hat within fifteen mil
utcs after am election u pcti;io
might be circulated demanding u Nut
ON the recall OF some one or "a
Of the commissioners. WIN not 81,
them ume-three months or n
months To- show what they can do
asked Mr Marion ALLOW them a
opportunity tu familiarizo thcmselv,
with their duties and demonstral
their fitness CO.. unfitness FOR the Off,
10 which they have been elected
he said Under this charter. n adop
cd. anybody could ~ down at a dies
and draw up q recall petition an
the commissioners would have to Ca
an election. Mr. Marion contcnde,
and this cunld be done immediatel
following e regular election n IL fe.
d~isgruntlod voters so Wiiled.
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