19-212

19-212. Nomination petition; form;
filing

A. Unless the officer otherwise requests in writing, the name of the officer
against whom a recall petition is filed shall be placed as a candidate on the official
ballot without nomination. Other candidates for the office may be nominated to be voted
upon at the election and shall be placed upon the official recall ballot after filing a
nomination petition that is signed by a number of qualified electors that is equal to at
least two per cent of the total votes cast for all candidates for that office at the last
election for that office. Nomination petition signers shall be qualified electors of the
electoral district of the officer against whom the recall petition is filed.

B. If the officer against whom a recall petition is filed was appointed to the
office or was deemed elected after an election was canceled due to the absence of
opposing candidates as provided in section 15-424, 48-802, 48-1012, 48-1208, 48-1404,
48-1908, 48-2010, 48-2107 or 48-2208, other candidates for the office to be voted on in
the recall election shall be placed on the official recall ballot after filing a
nomination petition that is signed by the number of qualified electors that is equal to
at least one-half of one per cent of the number of active registered voters in the
jurisdiction or district represented by that elective officer as determined on the date
of the last general election with no less than five signatures. Nomination petition
signers shall be qualified electors of the electoral district of the officer against whom
the recall petition is filed.

C. The title and body of the nomination petition shall be substantially in the
following form:

Nomination Petition--Recall Election

We, the undersigned electors, qualified to vote in the recall election
mentioned herein, residents of the precinct indicated by the residence
addresses given, and residents of the county of ______, state of Arizona,
hereby nominate _______, who resides at ____, in the county of _______ to be a
candidate in the recall election for the office of _______ to be held on
__________________________________, and we further declare that

(date)

we have not signed and will not sign any nomination paper for any other person
for such office.

The remainder of the petition shall be substantially in the form prescribed in section
16-315.

D. If recall petitions have been filed against more than one member of a
multimember public body whose members serve at large, the nomination petition and paper
of the other candidates shall state which member they oppose.

E. To each nomination petition shall be appended a certificate by a person who is
qualified to register to vote pursuant to section 16-101 stating that to the best of his
knowledge and belief all the signers of the nomination petition are qualified electors of
the precinct which they give as their residence.

F. Such nomination petition shall be filed not more than ninety days nor less than
sixty days prior to the date of the recall election.