Green Valley Heating & Cooling HVAC Service Tech Engineering SEARLES VALLEY MINERALS PROCESS ENGINEER Administrative & Professional ADMIN ASST JEWISH FEDERATION OF SO AZ Trades/Construction CIMETTA ENGINEERING WELDERS Office and Clerical Tucson Residence Foundation Receptionist General Border States Electric Warehouse Associates Health Care Project Insight Asst Program Coordinator Tucson RegionIndian voting faces challengeCapitol Media Services
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 06.26.2008
PHOENIX — A court challenge to the nominating petitions of three legislative candidates could determine what requirements are imposed on reservation residents.
A judge will consider Friday whether to count the signatures of voters who listed only a post office box on petitions. The contention is these do not match the addresses on voter-registration forms.
But Rep. Pete Rios, D-Dudleyville, said there's a good reason for that: Many reservation residents do not have a street address. So their voter forms do things like describe where they live in terms of distances from landmarks.
Rep. Ben Miranda, D-Phoenix, acknowledged that the law does require petitions to contain a street address. But he said that, given the peculiar nature of reservations, courts should instead interpret the "spirit of the law."
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