Franklin Bruce Ross, Petitioner/appellant v. Ken Bennett

Summary

The court affirmed the judgment upholding the recall petition for Senator Pearce and concluded that the petition substantially complied with Arizona’s constitutional and statutory requirements. It reaffirmed a liberal substantial-compliance standard for recall petitions, rejected challenges to the circulators’ affidavits and the stated grounds for recall, and declined to invalidate entire petition sheets absent evidence of fraud. The challenge to transient voters was moot because enough valid signatures remained even if all disputed signatures were excluded.