By David Ahumada | Arizona Daily Independent
On Thursday, Pima County Superior Court Judge Gus Aragon heard the second day of testimony in a lawsuit brought by Oro Valley resident Don Bristow against recall election candidates Joseph Winfield and Doug Burke. Bristow claims that Winfield and Burke submitted invalid nomination petitions.
If the judge finds the petitions were invalid they should not have appeared as candidates on the November 3, 2015 recall election ballot. In a highly unusual move Pima County Elections Department printed and mailed ballots out before the statutory 10 days in which a candidate nomination can be challenged had lapsed.
