State v. Macias’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Were we to accept defendant’s argument, anyone in Arizona or elsewhere would be free to run for the office of Mayor of Nogales so long as he or she established residence after the election in time to be a qualified elector before the term of office began. Such political earpetbagging is precluded by the constitutional provision. The statute allowing officials to hold over until their successors qualify is designed to prevent vacancies in office not to allow the unqualified to qualify.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jennings v. Woods