Bee v. Day

OPINION

BALES, Justice.

¶ 1 This case concerns elector Wesley Kent’s challenge to the nomination petitions of Keith Bee, a candidate seeking to become the Republican nominee for Pima County Justice of the Peace for Precinct 5. Bee appealed from a superior court judgment invalidating his nomination petitions and striking his name from the ballot. We issued an order reversing the superior court and stating that Bee’s name will appear on the primary ballot. This opinion explains our reasoning.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

¶ 2 In 2007, Jim Green resigned from his position as Pima County…