Doug Clark v. Jimmie Munoz, Jr.

Chief Justice BALES,

opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Jimmie Muñoz, Jr. filed a timely appeal of the trial court’s order removing his name from the ballot for the office of Constable for the Downtown Justice of the Peace Precinct of Maricopa County. On June 27, 2014, we entered an order affirming the judgment of the trial court and stating that a written decision would follow. This is that decision.

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¶ 2 Doug Clark, the incumbent constable, challenged the sufficiency of Muñoz’s nominating petitions. As one of two alternative bases for its order, the trial court held that several of Muñoz’s petition…