Florence, Arizona
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Florence Snapshot
Florence, Arizona is located in Pinal County. It is the 5th oldest town in Arizona. It is also home to the nations oldest Junior Rodeo, which is held every Thanksgiving.
- Population 2005: 20,530
- Economic Activities: Florence is home to both the Pinal County government complex and the Arizona Sate Prison. Agricultural products from the area include cotton, cattle, grains, and grapes.
- Largest Private Employers: Coorection Corporation of America, Correctional Services Corporation
- Major Public Employers: Arizona Department of Corrections, Florence Unified School District, Pinal County, Town of Florence, US Department of Homeland Security
- Point of Interest: Just north of Florence during WWII was located a large prisoner of war camp for German and Italian prisoners of war, mainly captured during the North Africa campaign.
City Governence
Initiative, Referendum and Recall
FLORENCE, ARIZONA
Sec. 6-5. Initiative and referendum.
This section shall comply with and be automatically updated to current applicable Arizona Revised Statutes to include A.R.S. §§ 19-124, 19-141 and other relevant sections as they may apply.
- (1) Power reserved; time of election: There is reserved to the qualified electors of the town the
power of the initiative and the referendum as prescribed by the state Constitution. Any initiative or referendum matter may be voted on at the next ensuing primary or general election, or at a special election called by the mayor and council.
- (2) Time of filing:
- a. Initiative petitions shall be filed at least one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the election at which they are to be voted upon.
- b. Referendum petitions shall be filed within thirty (30) days of the adoption of the ordinance or resolution to be referred. If the town clerk is unable to provide petitioners with a copy of the ordinance or resolution at the time of the application for an official number or on the same business day of the application, the thirty-day period shall be calculated from the date such ordinance or resolution is available.
- (3) Sample ballots and publicity pamphlets: The following procedures relating to sample ballots and publicity pamphlets are hereby adopted for conducting elections at which an initiative or referendum is to be voted upon:
- a. A publicity pamphlet, containing the entire text of the official ballot shall be mailed by the town clerk to each household within the town in which a registered voter resides, not less than ten (10) days prior to the election to which the sample ballot pertains.
- b. The pamphlet shall contain the proposition as it will appear on the ballot together with a summary of each proposition. Each summary shall be followed by any arguments supporting the proposition followed by any arguments opposing the proposition.
- c. Arguments supporting and opposing the propositions appearing on the ballot shall be filed with the office of the town clerk not less than ninety (90) days prior to the election at which the propositions are to be voted upon. Arguments supporting or opposing propositions appearing on the ballot shall meet the following requirements:
- 1. Arguments must relate to the propositions proposed by the initiative or referred by referendum which will appear on the ballot.
- 2. Arguments must identify the proposition to which they refer and indicate whether the argument is in support of or opposition to the proposition.
- 3. Arguments may not exceed three hundred words in length.
- 4. Arguments must be signed by the person submitting them. Arguments submitted by organizations shall be signed on behalf of the organization by one (1) executive officers of the organization authorized to take such action, or if a political committee, by the chairman or treasurer. All persons signing documents shall indicate their residence or post office address and a telephone number.
- 5. No person or organization shall submit more than one argument for each proposition to be voted upon.
- 6. Each argument shall be accompanied by a deposit in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200.00) to offset proportional costs of printing. This requirement shall not be waived on any account. (Ord. No. 334-03, §§ 1, 3, 4, 3-3-03)
Sec. 11-3. Circulation of initiative and referendum petitions.
- (a) No person shall circulate an initiative or referendum petition relating to a municipality
issue unless that person is qualified elector within the municipality.
- (b) In determining the number of signatures required to file an initiative petition, the
computation shall be based upon the total number of electors of the municipality registered to vote on the date that the initiative petition is filed with the municipality clerk. (Ord. No. 263-98, 9-21-98) Secs. 11-4--11-25. Reserved.
External links
- City Code
- Florence Website
- Florence, Arizona Wikipedia Article
