19-234. Recommendation of candidate by
electors; filing by candidate of pledge to recall
A. When a vacancy occurs in the office of a United States district judge for the
district of Arizona, the electors may, by advisory vote, endorse and recommend to the
president and the senate of the United States an appointee to fill the vacancy.
B. There shall be printed upon the ballot at the next primary, special or general
election held throughout the state after the vacancy, the words: "For United States
district judge (recommendation to the president and senate for appointment)," and below,
the names of persons filed with the secretary of state by petition of five per cent of
the electors not less than forty days before the election. If Congress will convene
before the election at which the vote can be taken, the governor shall, on petition of
fifteen per cent of the electors, call a special election for such purpose to be held not
less than thirty nor more than sixty days after filing the petition.
C. Prior to the election a candidate for the office of United States district judge
for the district of Arizona may file with the secretary of state a statement that he
deems himself under obligation to resign, as provided in article 2 of this chapter as it
pertains to a member of Congress, and the statement shall likewise be published on the
ballot.
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