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(a) Circulators who are not residents of this state must be registered as circulators with the secretary of state before circulating petitions.
(b) The circulator, before whom the signatures were written on the signature sheet, shall:
(1) Certify that the circulator is qualified to register to vote in the State of Arizona.
(2) Certify, if the circulator is not a resident of Arizona, that prior to circulating the petition the circulator registered as an out of state circulator with the Secretary of State.
(3) Certify that each of the names on the petition was signed in the circulator's presence on the date indicated.
(4) Certify that in the circulator's belief each signer was a qualified elector who resided at the address given as the signer's residence on the date indicated.
(5) Circulators must sign the petition and type or print the circulator's name under the circulator's signature.
(6) Type or print the circulator's actual residence address or, if no street address, a description of the circulator's residence location.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)
Qualified electors wishing to withdraw their signatures from a nomination petition may do so by notifying the city clerk by a signed, written statement any time prior to the time the petition is filed with the city clerk.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)
(a) Any person desiring to become a candidate for any city office shall be qualified pursuant to section 12-64 of this code and shall file the following with the city clerk at the city clerk's office, or at a location specified by the city clerk:
(1) Nomination paper in a form prescribed by the city clerk stating the exact manner in which the candidate desires to have their name printed on the official ballot.
(2) The declaration including facts sufficient to show that, other than the residency requirement provided in subsection (a) of this section and the satisfaction of any monetary penalties, fines or judgments as prescribed in subsection(d) of this section, the candidate will be qualified at the time of election to hold the office the person seeks, and that for any monetary penalties, fines or judgments as prescribed in subsection(d) of this section, the candidate has made a complete payment before the time of filing.
(3) Financial Disclosure Statement covering the preceding twelve (12) month period.
(b) The nomination paper, declaration and financial disclosure statement must be filed together, not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days before the primary election day.
(c) A person who does not file a timely nomination paper, declaration and financial disclosure statement that comply with this section is not eligible to have the person's name printed on the official ballot for that office.
(d) Except in cases where the liability is being appealed, the city clerk shall not accept the nomination paper of a candidate if the person is liable for an aggregation of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in fines, penalties, late fees or administrative or civil judgments, including any interest or costs, in any combination, that have not been fully satisfied at the time of the attempted filing of the nomination paper and the liability arose from failure to comply with or enforcement of this code.
(e) If, after the verification of the qualifications pursuant to section 12-64(d) of this code, it is determined that the individual is not qualified pursuant to sections 12-64(a-c), the city clerk shall reject the nomination paper, declaration and financial disclosure statement of the individual.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)
(a) Any person desiring to become a write-in candidate for any city office shall be qualified pursuant to section 12-64 of this code and shall file a nomination paper, declaration and financial disclosure statement together at the city clerk's office, or at a location specified by the city clerk.
(1) The nomination paper shall be in a form prescribed by the city clerk stating that the candidate is qualified to hold the office they seek.
(2) The declaration shall include facts sufficient to show that, other than the residency requirement provided in subsection (a) of this section and the satisfaction of any monetary penalties, fines or judgments as prescribed in section 12-69(d) of this code, the candidate will be qualified at the time of election to hold the office the person seeks, and that for any monetary penalties, fines or judgments as prescribed in section 12-69(d) of this code, the candidate has made a complete payment before the time of filing.
(3) The financial disclosure statement shall cover the preceding twelve (12) month period.
(b) A write-in candidate shall file the nomination paper not later than 5:00 p.m. on the fortieth (40th) day before the election.
(c) Any person who does not file a timely nomination paper shall not be counted in the tally of ballots.
(d) Except in cases where the liability is being appealed, the city clerk shall not accept the nomination paper of a write-in candidate if the person is liable for an aggregation of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in fines, penalties, late fees or administrative or civil judgments, including any interest or costs, in any combination, that have not been fully satisfied at the time of the attempted filing of the nomination paper and the liability arose from failure to comply with or enforcement of this code.
(e) A candidate may not file pursuant to this section if any of the following applies:
(1) For a candidate in the primary election, the candidate filed a nomination petition for the current primary election for the office sought and failed to provide a sufficient number of valid petition signatures.
(2) For a candidate in the general election, the candidate ran in the immediately preceding primary election and failed to be nominated to the office sought in the current election.
(3) For a candidate in the general election, the candidate filed a nomination petition for the immediately preceding primary election for the office sought and failed to provide a sufficient number of valid petition signatures.
(4) For a candidate in the general election, the candidate filed a nomination petition for nomination other than by primary for the office sought and failed to provide a sufficient number of valid petition signatures.
(5) The candidate is not qualified pursuant to section 12-64(a-c).
(f) A write-in candidate shall not be declared nominated unless the candidate receives a number of votes equivalent to at least the same number of signatures required for nominating petitions for the same office.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)
Any qualified elector who is not a registered member of a political party that is recognized pursuant to A.R.S. §§ 16-801 through 16-804 may be nominated as a candidate for public office otherwise than by primary election or by party committee pursuant to this section.
(a) Any person desiring to become a candidate for any city office shall be qualified pursuant to section 12-64 of this code and shall file nomination petitions with the city clerk at the city clerk's office, or at a location specified by the city clerk.
(b) The nomination petition shall conform as nearly as possible to the provisions relating to nomination petitions of candidates to be voted for at primary elections.
(c) The number of valid signatures must be at least three percent (3%) of the total number of registered voters who are NOT members of a qualified political party. For council member candidates, the total is calculated using the total number of registered voters in the ward for which the candidate is seeking office.
(d) The percentage of registered voters necessary to sign the nomination other than by primary petition shall be determined by the total number of registered voters as of March 1 of the year in which the general election is held.
(e) The nomination paper, declaration and financial disclosure statement must be filed together, not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days before the primary election day.
(f) Except in cases where the liability is being appealed, the city clerk shall not accept the nomination paper of a candidate if the person is liable for an aggregation of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in fines, penalties, late fees or administrative or civil judgments, including any interest or costs, in any combination, that have not been fully satisfied at the time of the attempted filing of the nomination paper and the liability arose from failure to comply with or enforcement of this code.
(g) If, after the verification of the qualifications pursuant to section 12-64(d) of this code, it is determined that the individual is not qualified pursuant to sections 12-64(a-c), the city clerk shall reject the nomination paper, declaration and financial disclosure statement of the individual.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)
(a) Any person desiring to become a candidate for any city office shall be qualified pursuant to section 12-64 of this code and shall file nomination petitions with the city clerk at the city clerk's office, or at a location specified by the city clerk. Nomination petitions shall be in a form prescribed by the city clerk containing the required number of signatures of qualified electors. Nomination petitions shall be filed not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days before the primary election day.
(b) The nomination petitions shall be in substantially the following form:
(1) Petitions shall be on paper eleven (11) inches wide and eight and one-half (8 1/2) inches long.
(2) Petitions shall be headed by a caption stating the purpose of the petition, followed by the body of the petition stating the intent of the petitioners.
(3) There shall be ten (10) lines spaced one-half (1/2) of an inch apart and consecutively numbered one (1) through ten (10).
(4) The signature portion of the petition shall be divided into columns headed by the following titles:
a. Signature.
b. Printed name.
c. Actual residence address, description of place of residence or Arizona post office box address, city or town.
d. Date of signing.
(5) A photograph of the candidate may appear on the nomination petition.
(c) The following shall appear on the petition:
Instructions for circulators
(1) All petitions shall be signed by the circulator.
(2) Circulator is not required to be a resident of this state but otherwise must be qualified to register to vote in this state and, if not a resident of this state, shall register as a circulator with the secretary of state.
(3) Circulator's name shall be typed or printed under the circulator's signature.
(4) Circulator's actual residence address or, if no street address, a description of residence location shall be included on the petition.
(d) The city clerk will not accept supplements to nomination petitions.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)
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