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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA En Banc RALPH E. HUGHES,an elector, ) ) Plaintiff/Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) DOUGLAS K. MARTIN, a candidate ) for State Mine Inspector in 2002; ) ) BETSEY BAYLESS, as Secretary of ) State, JESSICA GIFFORD ) FUNKHOUSER, as Elections ) Director, Office of the ) Secretary of State; ) ) APACHE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS) MEMBERS JOE SHIRLEY JR., TOM M. ) WHITE, JR., DAVID A. BROWN AND ) APACHE COUNTY RECORDER JEANNE ) UDALL; ) ) COCONINO COUNTY BOARD OF ) SUPERVISORS MEMBERS PAUL BABBITT ) JR., ELIZABETH ARCHULETS, MATT ) RYAN, DEBORAH HILL, LOUISE ) YELLOWMAN AND COCONINO COUNTY ) RECORDER CANDACE OWENS; ) ) COCHISE COUNTY BOARD OF ) SUPERVISORS MEMBERS PATRICK CALL, ) PAUL NEWMAN, LESLIE E. THOMPSON ) AND COCHISE COUNTY RECORDER ) CHRISTINE M. RHODES; ) ) GILA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ) MEMBERS RON CHRISTENSEN, JOSE M. ) SANCHEZ, CRUZ SALAS AND GILA ) COUNTY RECORDER LINDA HAUGHT ) ORTEGA; ) ) GRAHAM COUNTY BOARD OF ) SUPERVISORS MEMBERS DREW JOHN, ) JAMES A. PALMER, MARK C. ) HERRINGTON AND GRAHAM COUNTY ) RECORDER WENDY JOHN; ) ) Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-02-0222-AP/EL Maricopa County Superior Court No. CV 2002-012304

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GREENLEE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEMBERS DONALD R. STACEY, HECTOR RUEDAS, DIXIE L. ZUMWALT AND GREENLEE COUNTY RECORDER KATIE CLONTS;

) ) ) ) ) ) LA PAZ COUNTY BOARD OF ) SUPERVISORS MEMBERS EUGENE M. ) FISHER, CLIFFORD EDEY, ) JAY HOWE AND LA PAZ COUNTY ) RECORDER PATRICIA L. WALL; ) ) MARICOPA COUNTY BOARD OF ) SUPERVISORS MEMBERS FULTON BROCK, ) DON STAPELY, ANDREW KUNASEK, ) JANICE K. BREWER, MARY ROSE ) GARRIDO WILCOX AND MARICOPA ) COUNTY RECORDER HELEN PURCELL; ) ) MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF ) SUPERVISORS MEMBERS PETE BYERS, ) TOM SOCKWELL, BUSTER D. JOHNSON ) AND MOHAVE COUNTY RECORDER JOAN ) McCALL; ) ) NAVAJO COUNTY BOARD OF ) SUPERVISORS MEMBERS PERCY DEAL, ) JESSE THOMPSON, J.E. DESPAIN, ) LEWIS TENNEY, JERRY BROWNLOW ) AND NAVAJO COUNTY RECORDER ) LAURETTE JUSTMAN; ) ) PINAL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ) MEMBERS LIONEL D. RUIZ, SANDIE ) SMITH, JIMMIE B. KERR AND PINAL ) COUNTY RECORDER LAURA DEAN-LYTLE; ) ) PIMA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ) MEMBERS ANN DAY, DAN ECKSTROM, ) SHARON BRONSON, RAY CARROLL, ) RAUL M. GRIJALVA AND PIMA ) COUNTY RECORDER F. ANN ) RODRIGUEZ; ) ) YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF ) SUPERVISORS MEMBERS GHERAL ) BROWNLOW, LORNA STREET, CHIP ) DAVIS AND YAVAPAI COUNTY ) 2

RECORDER PATSY JENNEY-COLON;

) ) SANTA CRUZ COUNTY BOARD OF ) SUPERVISORS MEMBERS MANUEL RUIZ, ) ROBERT DAMON, JOHN C. MAYNARD, ) JR. AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ) RECORDER SUZANNE SAINZ; ) ) YUMA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ) MEMBERS LENORE STUART, LUCY ) SHIPP, CASEY PROCHASKA, TONY ) REYES, ROBERT McLENDON AND YUMA ) COUNTY RECORDER SUSAN K. MARLER, ) ) Defendants/Appellees. ) ) __________________________________)

_________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the Superior Court of Maricopa County Honorable Mark R. Santana, Judge AFFIRMED _________________________________________________________________ Irvine Van Riper, P.A. By Thomas K. Irvine and Larry Wulkan Attorneys for Ralph E. Hughes Phoenix

Gammage & Burnham Phoenix By Lisa T. Hauser and Cameron A. Artigue Attorneys for Douglas K. Martin _________________________________________________________________ M c G R E G O R, Vice Chief Justice

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