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Last Updated on Thursday, 3 September 2009 03:33 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 3 September 2009 03:33
From The Arizona Republic:
Arizona Republican Party Chairman Randy Pullen on Wednesday asked state Attorney General Terry Goddard to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate whether Goddard and a Democratic legislator violated the state’s resign-to-run law in recent months.
At the heart of the complaint is a murky, oft-debated law that was approved by Arizona voters in 1980 with the intent of preventing elected officials from spending the bulk of their time in office actively campaigning for a future post.
Unless an official is in the final year of his or her term, they are required to resign before announcing their candidacy for another office.