16-314

16-314. Filing and form of nomination
petitions; definition

A. Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election and to have the
person's name printed on the official ballot shall file, within the same time and with
the same officer as provided by section 16-311, a nomination petition in addition to the
nomination paper required.

B. For the purposes of this title, "nomination petition" means the form or forms
used for obtaining the required number of signatures of qualified electors, which is
circulated by or on behalf of the person wishing to become a candidate for a political
office.

C. Nomination petitions shall be captioned "partisan nomination petition" or
"nonpartisan nomination petition", followed by the language of the petition in
substantially the following form:

Partisan Nomination Petition

I, the undersigned, a qualified elector of the county of ______________,
state of Arizona, and of (here name political division or district from which
the nomination is sought) and a member of the _______________ party or a
person who is registered as no party preference or independent as the party
preference or who is registered with a political party that is not qualified
for representation on the ballot, hereby nominate _______________ who resides
at _______________ in the county of _______________ for the party nomination
for the office of _______________ to be voted at the primary election to be
held _______________ as representing the principles of such party, and I
hereby declare that I am qualified to vote for this office and that I have not
signed, and will not sign, any nomination petition for more persons than the
number of candidates necessary to fill such office at the next ensuing
election. I further declare that if I choose to use a post office box address
on this petition, my residence address has not changed since I last reported
it to the county recorder for purposes of updating my voter registration file.

Nonpartisan Nomination Petition

I, the undersigned, a qualified elector of the county of
_______________, state of Arizona, and of (here name political division or
district from which the nomination is sought) hereby nominate _______________
who resides at _______________ in the county of _______________ for the office
of ______________ to be voted at the _______________ election to be held
_______________, and hereby declare that I am qualified to vote for this
office and that I have not signed and will not sign any nomination petitions
for more persons than the number of candidates necessary to fill such office
at the next ensuing election. I further declare that if I choose to use a post
office box address on this petition, my residence address has not changed
since I last reported it to the county recorder for purposes of updating my
voter registration file.

D. The nomination petition of a person seeking to fill an unexpired vacant term for
any public office shall designate the expiration date of the term following the name of
the office being sought.