Arizona § 48-2383 Acreage system of voting

Arizona Statutes

§ 48-2383 — Acreage system of voting

Arizona·Title 48 Arizona Revised Statutes·Ch. 17 AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS·Art. 4 District Elections

A.The petition for organization of the district may provide that each owner of land shall have one vote, or may provide for voting on an acreage basis.

B.Except as provided in section 48-2365, subsection D, if the district is or has been organized under a provision for voting on an acreage basis, each landowner possessing the qualifications of an elector shall be entitled to cast one vote at all elections after the organization election on each office to be filled, or each question submitted, for each acre of land within the district owned by him.

C.Except as provided in section 48-2365, subsection D, from and after April 18, 1969 each landowner possessing the qualifications of an elector who owns less than one acre of land within the district shall be entitled to a fractional vote on

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A. The petition for organization of the district may provide that each owner of land shall have one vote, or may provide for voting on an acreage basis.

B. Except as provided in section 48-2365, subsection D, if the district is or has been organized under a provision for voting on an acreage basis, each landowner possessing the qualifications of an elector shall be entitled to cast one vote at all elections after the organization election on each office to be filled, or each question submitted, for each acre of land within the district owned by him.

C. Except as provided in section 48-2365, subsection D, from and after April 18, 1969 each landowner possessing the qualifications of an elector who owns less than one acre of land within the district shall be entitled to a fractional vote on each office to be filled or each question submitted. The fractional vote shall be equal to the fraction of an acre owned by such elector.

D. If land is held in more than one name, each owner otherwise possessing the qualifications of an elector may vote the number of acres or fractions thereof represented by his legal interest or proportionate share of and in the lands.

E. The result of each election shall be determined by the highest number of votes cast as provided in subsections B, C and D of this section.

F. The district shall maintain a record of the persons owning real property within the boundaries of the district as such ownership appears on the records of the county recorder and the number of votes or fractions thereof the owner thereof shall be entitled to vote.

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97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2091, 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2621, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3858 Nichet Smith and Renaldo Fowler v. Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District Board of Directors, of Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District James L. Diller Howard W. Lydic Eldon Rudd Gilbert R. Rogers Clarence C. Pendergast, Jr. Fred J. Ash James R. Marshall Dwayne E. Dobson Bruce B. Brooks William W. Arnett Mark W. Pace Emil M. Rovey Sued in Their Official Capacity as Members of the Council of Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District Roy W. Cheatham Clarence J. Duncan Lester Mowry Lawrence P. Schrader Mario J. Herrera Wayne A. Marietta Kevin J. Johnson Byron G. Williams John E. Anderson Lee Tregaskes John A. Vanderwey C. Dale Willis Orland R. Hatch Ben Butler Elvin E. Fleming Larry D. Rovey Charles D. Copperinger Robert L. Cook Lloyd Lee Banning David Rousseau Dan C. McKinney Jr. Wayne A. Hart Michael K. Gantzel Dale Riggins W. Curtis Dana Edmund Navarro Ann M. Burton Mario J. Herrera William P. Schrader Robert G. Kempton Wayne A. Weiler Sued in Their Official Capacity as Members of the Council of Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District Members of the Board of Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District

109 F.3d 586 (Ninth Circuit, 1997)

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Smith v. Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District

109 F.3d 586 (Ninth Circuit, 1997)

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