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Elective Office:
Offices to Which Recall Applies.—The office to which recall is applied are designated in th laws as "every elective officer," "every electiy state and county officer," "every elective munici pal officer," or in some other way. Some law (for example, those of Idaho) specifically exclud judicial officers, presumably on the assumption c judicial immunity from this type of action. Ye the law in other states may specify or imply tha judges are subject to recall.Although elections are held for public office, there are no competing candidates. The United States and Britain basically have two-party systems, characterized by strenuous competition for elective office. Lesser parties in these nations usually represent very specialized interests or aim to influence the programs of the major parties.
QUAESTOR, kwes'tor, the title of a class of magistrates in ancient Rome whose primary responsibility was over finance. The office was created in 509 B.C. and was filled by two men appointed by the consuls (the chief executives), but after 449 B.C. it was elective. Early in the republic the quaestors seem to have had judicial powers as well, for certain officials called quaestores parricidii ("investigators of parricide") antedated 449 B.C.
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