19-208.03. Disposition of petition; date of filing
A. Within five days, excluding Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays, after the county recorders have certified the number of qualified signatures to a petition, or sooner if a sufficient number of signatures have been certified to qualify for placement of the recall on the ballot, the filing officer shall total the number of signatures certified, and:
1. If the number equals or exceeds the minimum number required by the Constitution of Arizona, the filing officer shall immediately officially file the petition and notify the governor and each county recorder affected, stating that no more signatures need be checked, and the recall shall be placed on the ballot in the manner provided by law.
2. If the number is insufficient to qualify for calling a recall election the filing officer shall follow the procedure prescribed by section 19-208.01, subsection C.
B. The date of filing the petition as provided for in subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section is the date of filing referred to in sections 19-207, 19-208 and 19-209.
Structure Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 19 - Initiative, Referendum and Recall
§ 19-101 - Referendum petition; circulators; violation; classification
§ 19-101.01 - Legislative findings and intent; strict compliance
§ 19-102 - Initiative petition; circulators
§ 19-102.01 - Initiative petitions; standard of review
§ 19-111 - Number for petition; training materials
§ 19-111.01 - Text review; legislative council; recommendations
§ 19-112 - Signatures and verification; attachment
§ 19-113 - Withdrawal of petition signature; payment of remuneration; violation; classification
§ 19-114 - Prohibition on circulating petitions by certain persons; statement of organization
§ 19-114.01 - Prohibition on signing petition for profit; classification
§ 19-115 - Unlawful acts; violations; classification
§ 19-116 - Signing petitions; coercion; intimidation; false description; classification
§ 19-117 - Initiative and referendum petition; changes; applicability
§ 19-118 - Registered circulators; requirements; violation; classification; definition
§ 19-118.01 - Signature collection; prohibited payments; violation; classification
§ 19-119 - Deceptive mailings; civil penalty
§ 19-119.01 - Petition signature fraud; classification; list of prohibited persons
§ 19-119.02 - Initiative, referendum and recall handbook; secretary of state
§ 19-121 - Signature sheets; petitions; form; procedure for filing
§ 19-121.02 - Certification by county recorder
§ 19-121.03 - Judicial review of actions by county recorder; venue
§ 19-121.04 - Disposition of petitions by secretary of state
§ 19-121.05 - Special fund for reimbursement of county recorders
§ 19-123 - Publicity pamphlet; printing; distribution; public hearings
§ 19-124 - Arguments and analyses on measures; cost; submission at special election
§ 19-124.01 - Judicial information
§ 19-126 - Counting and canvassing votes; governor's proclamation
§ 19-127 - Preservation and publication of approved measures
§ 19-129 - Destroying, suppressing or filing false initiative or referendum petition; classification
§ 19-141 - Initiative and referendum in counties, cities and towns
§ 19-142 - Referendum petitions against municipal actions; emergency measures; zoning actions
§ 19-143 - Initiative petition in cities; action of council; amendment of charter
§ 19-161 - Challenges to legislative referenda
§ 19-201 - Officers subject to recall; number of petitioners
§ 19-201.01 - Legislative finding and intent; strict compliance
§ 19-202 - Recall petition; limitations; subsequent petition
§ 19-202.01 - Application for recall petition
§ 19-203 - Recall petition; contents; submission for verification; nonacceptance
§ 19-204.01 - Sample recall petitions; strict compliance
§ 19-205 - Signatures and verification
§ 19-205.01 - Registered circulators; requirements; violation; classification; definition
§ 19-205.02 - Prohibition on circulating of petitions by certain persons
§ 19-205.03 - Prohibition on signing petition for profit; classification
§ 19-205.04 - Withdrawal of petition signature; payment of remuneration; violation; classification
§ 19-206 - Coercion or other unlawful acts; violation; classification
§ 19-207 - Notice to officer; statement of defense
§ 19-208 - Resignation of person
§ 19-208.02 - Certification by county recorder
§ 19-208.03 - Disposition of petition; date of filing
§ 19-208.04 - Judicial review of actions by county recorder
§ 19-208.05 - Special fund for reimbursement of county recorders
§ 19-209 - Order for special recall election; officer in charge of election; definition
§ 19-210 - Reimbursement for county expenses in conducting special recall election
§ 19-212 - Nomination petition; form; filing
§ 19-213 - Form and contents of ballot
§ 19-214 - Recall election board; consolidation of precincts
§ 19-215 - General election laws applicable
§ 19-217 - Recall petition; changes; applicability
§ 19-221 - Statement on recall
§ 19-222 - Pledge to resign subject to recall
§ 19-231 - Petition for election to request resignation of district judges
§ 19-233 - Canvass of vote; effect of results
§ 19-234 - Recommendation of candidate by electors; filing by candidate of pledge to recall