State v. Macias

OPINION

LIVERMORE, Presiding Judge.

In this appeal from a quo warranto proceeding removing defendant Mary Macias as Mayor of Nogales, she contends that the trial court erred in finding that she was not a resident of the City of Nogales at the time of her election and in refusing to find that she had cured any disqualification from holding office before she was removed. We affirm.

Under Ariz. Const, art. 7 § 15, to be eligible to be elected mayor of a city one must be “a qualified elector of the ... municipality in which such person shall be elected.” By A.R.S. §§ 16-121 and 9-822, one is a…