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1954 Arizona Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1954)

handle is hein.sag/sagaz0075 and id is 1 raw text is: January 7, 1954
Opinion No. 54-1
TO:          The Honorable Morris K. Udall
Pima County Attorney
Courthouse
Tucson, Arizona
RES          Deputy Rogistration Officers
QUESTIONS:   (1) Can the county recorder
appoint or commission deputy
registration officers without
the recommendation of the
county chairman of the various
political parties and, further,
can the county recorder appoint
deputy recorders to register
qualified electors?
(2) If no political party submits
names for appointment, may the
county recorder appoint deputy
registration officers without
precinct qualifications?
Article XII, Section 3, of the Arizona Constitution created
the office of county recorder. The Constitution also in Article
XII, Section 4, mandated the legislature to create the powers and
duties of this office.
Pursuant to this constitutional provision, the legislature
in 1953 enacted Section 55-202, A.C.A. 1939, as amended, giving
the county recorder the power and duty to register qualified elec-
tors. This statute reads as follows
55-202. Registration by county recorder and
justices   f                  -th p e naT -rte  uary
:7T93QTand continuously thereafter, the
county recorder of each county shall register
WiThout chargo and in accordance with the
provisions of this 1rticle any qualified
elector who presents hirself for such purpose.
Qualified electors may in like manner register
before any justice of the peace, or deputy
54-1
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