Opinion ID: 2612392
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: sufficiency of the signatures

Text: Archer claimed that Lehrling had an insufficient number of valid signatures to qualify for the primary ballot. Although we do not have a transcript of the hearing before the trial judge, we have reviewed the trial court's minute entry. The record shows that the trial judge considered the facts and the law and that all interested parties had an opportunity to be heard. The court concluded: The court finds there are not enough valid signatures on the petitions to nominate Terry J. Lehrling for the office of constable to be voted upon at the primary election to be held on the 11th day of September 1990. IT IS ORDERED that the plaintiff have judgment for the relief requested in the complaint enjoining defendant The Board of Supervisors of Pima County from placing the name of Terry J. Lehrling as a candidate for the office of Constable, Pima County Justice Precinct No. Five, on the 1990 primary election ballot.       The evidence before this court does not show that the trial court erred in finding that Lehrling had an insufficient number of valid signatures to be a candidate in the primary election. Absent a transcript, this court will presume that evidence presented to the trial court was sufficient to maintain its evidentiary findings. Brousseau v. Fitzgerald, 138 Ariz. 453, 457, 675 P.2d 713, 717 (1984).