43-219. PETITION — FORM. Recall petitions shall be printed on single sheets of paper of good writing quality including, but not limited to, newsprint not less than eight and one-half (81/2) inches in width and not less than fourteen (14) inches in length. No petition may be circulated or signed prior to the approval of a ballot synopsis by the magistrate court. Such petitions shall be substantially in the following form:
WARNING
Every person who signs this petition with any other than his true name, or who knowingly (1) signs more than one (1) of these petitions, (2) signs this petition when he is not a legal voter, or (3) makes herein any false statement, may be fined, or imprisoned, or both.
Petition for the recall of (here insert the name of the person whose recall is petitioned for) to the (here insert the name and title of the secretary of the irrigation district with whom the charge is filed).
We, the undersigned citizens and legal voters of (the irrigation district’s official name), respectfully direct that a special election be called to determine whether or not (here insert the name of the person) be recalled and discharged from his office; and each of us for himself says: I have personally signed this petition; I am a legal voter of the state of Idaho in (the irrigation district’s official name) and county written after my name, and my residence address is correctly stated, and to my knowledge, have signed this petition only once.
Each and every signature sheet of each petition containing signatures shall be verified on the face thereof in substantially the following form by the person who circulated said sheet of the petition, by his or her affidavit thereon, as a part thereof:
State of Idaho )
) ss.
County of )
I, ……………….., swear, under penalty of perjury, that every person who signed this sheet of the foregoing petition signed his or her name thereto in my presence. I believe that each has stated his or her name and the accompanying required information on the signature sheet correctly, and that the person was eligible to sign this petition.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ….day of …….., …..
(Notary Seal)
History:
[43-219, added 1989, ch. 337, sec. 1, p. 852; am. 2007, ch. 90, sec. 23, p. 260.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS
Chapter 2 - ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Section 43-201 - ELECTION, TERM OF OFFICE, NOMINATIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS.
Section 43-201A - WHEN ELECTION NOT REQUIRED.
Section 43-202 - DIRECTOR’S OATH AND BOND.
Section 43-203 - INCREASING OR DECREASING NUMBER OF DIRECTORS — PETITION.
Section 43-204 - INCREASING OR DECREASING NUMBER OF DIRECTORS — HEARING AND ELECTION.
Section 43-204A - INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS.
Section 43-204B - BYLAW LIMITING DIRECTOR LIABILITY AUTHORIZED.
Section 43-205 - INCREASING OR DECREASING NUMBER OF DIRECTORS — PROCEDURE FOLLOWING ELECTION.
Section 43-206 - NOTICE OF ELECTION — APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES.
Section 43-207 - CONDUCT OF ELECTION.
Section 43-208 - CANVASS OF RETURNS.
Section 43-210 - VOTING AND COUNT OF BALLOTS.
Section 43-211 - DISPOSAL OF BALLOTS.
Section 43-212 - INFORMALITIES DISREGARDED — POSTPONEMENT OF CANVASS.
Section 43-213 - STATEMENT OF RESULT.
Section 43-214 - INITIATING RECALL PROCEEDINGS — STATEMENT — CONTENTS — VERIFICATION — DEFINITIONS.
Section 43-215 - PETITION — WHERE FILED.
Section 43-216 - BALLOT SYNOPSIS.
Section 43-217 - DETERMINATION BY MAGISTRATE COURT — CORRECTION OF BALLOT SYNOPSIS.
Section 43-218 - FILING SUPPORTING SIGNATURES — TIME LIMITATIONS.
Section 43-219 - PETITION — FORM.
Section 43-220 - PETITION — SIZE.
Section 43-221 - NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED.
Section 43-222 - CANVASSING PETITION FOR SUFFICIENCY OF SIGNATURES — NOTICE.
Section 43-223 - VERIFICATION AND CANVASS OF SIGNATURES — PROCEDURE.
Section 43-224 - FIXING DATE FOR RECALL ELECTION — NOTICE.
Section 43-225 - RESPONSE TO PETITION CHARGES.
Section 43-226 - DESTRUCTION OF INSUFFICIENT RECALL PETITION.
Section 43-227 - INVALID NAMES — RECORD OF.
Section 43-228 - CONDUCT OF ELECTION — FORM OF BALLOT.
Section 43-229 - ASCERTAINING THE RESULT — WHEN RECALL EFFECTIVE.
Section 43-230 - ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS — MANDAMUS — APPEALS.