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AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS,ARIZONA,AMENDING THE TOWN CODE,
CHAPTER 2,MAYOR AND COUNCIL,BY CREATING A NEW ARTICLE
2-9,PETITION CIRCULATORS;INCLUDING TWO NEW SECTIONS,2-9-
1, QUALIFIED ELECTOR; DEFINITION; AND 2-9-2, PETITION
CIRCULATORS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the Town Code, Chapter 2,Mayor and Council, is hereby amended by creating
a new Article 2-9, Petition Circulators, including two new Sections 2-9-1, Qualified Elector;
definition, and Section 2-9-2, Petition circulators, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2-9 PETITION CIRCULATORS
2-9-1 Qualified elector; definition
2-9-2 Petition circulators
Section 2-9-1 Qualified elector; definition.
A. Every resident of the Town is qualified to register and vote in Town elections if he or she:
1. Is a citizen of the United States;
2. Will be eighteen (18) years of age or more on or before the date of the next Town
election following registration;
3. Will have been a resident of the Town and registered to vote prior to midnight of the
twenty-ninth (29th) day preceding the date of the next Town election;
4. Is able to write his or her name, or make a mark, unless prevented from doing so by
physical disability;
5. Has not been convicted of treason or a felony, unless restored to civil rights; and
6. Has not been adjudicated an incapacitated person as defined by A.R.S. § 14-5101,or
its successor statute.
B. For the purposes of this Article, "resident" means an individual who has actual physical
presence in the Town, combined with an intent to remain. A temporary absence shall not
result in a loss of residence if the individual has an intent to return following his or her
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absence. An individual has only one residence for purposes of this Article.
Section 2-9-2 Petition circulators.
All circulators of nomination petitions for mayor or town council member and all circulators of recall,
referenda or initiative petitions or petitions for other measures, shall be qualified Town of Fountain
Hills electors,who must have been a resident of the Town,as defined in Section 2-9-1 ofthis Article,
for not less than twenty-nine (29) days next preceding the circulation of any petition.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Common Council of the Town of Fountain
Hills, Arizona this 31 day of December, 1998.
FOR THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS: ATTESTED TO:
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haron Morgan, Mayor Cassie B. Hansen, Town Clerk
REVIEWED BY: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Paul L ordin, Town Manager 7//<.j1,64.4,y:
William E. Farrell, Town Attorney
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