Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN aa?* m rugprr so OouMZa oAadi6nt.8. for any oounty or preolnet oftiw, tttaero8 rJorlty vets 18 retwired to oaka aalnhioa~ bat at 8uChlooond?rlmOr~, ~&+%@a twe 0Onadatw b e~b l& b a nurabor wh o tr o r lr r th t OS voter lt. tho a8nOr01prhu for tha #amaorfloor r&ml1 bra tholra8848 pI.od O>OII thr ofilrlrl &al- lot, . . .* In rlow or Artlola sits 4d Article 8106, rwrn, it 1s qataroat Chatt&e owmty rroeutl** oemaltt44 48n doelda whothorthe asmlmtloao? eouatyend prooiaaet ofrleur rim11 Qo by ujmlty or pbualfty ‘IWoe (Pior tho folJ.oti~%444a1: Cllott v. I~lllarr8, 99 8, 6, (SM)&to;An6ouoa v. AldrlQh, UC 8. W, (fd)6081Dunaaav. Jeml, t4 8. 5. (Cd)8191w8g- uu 'I.Yatar,119 z. R'.f2d) 197blSnttln v. Bud~oa, 148 23. K. Ma) err.1 "It fr 4148r thst whstr tli6 8rmoutiro OOP- titter, lt the progrrtImo804 priorto thr rlrrt primary,,prorld4sfor tbr aoaiaotlcm of count mu pree?n0t lffloua by EaJotitr rote (Attl0i 0 SUM, R. A., 192b) no j?arMn 484 br bos]Jro6 to bo Oha n4Bb88 of hlr m-9 for 8 4OU0tt OF gU4ilMt Offi44, W&1088 tht pUMtA ??rC8iT48 8 rJorltr OS' the tote8 la rha fir5t grlw?." After oer*iuUy A?tiOh 31.06, 6oatidOTti6 8U@f@,and the lBWI Rsatianrd O&Sal, it 18 OUt @pi*108 t&t tke @OPntr . rreoutlv8 eoluitt00 18 not suthorimr4 to pro*140 rm thr noa- in8thn o f lODO c o unty na 4 p r ulmt o illo U@ in l OOUDt9by rJorlty tot0 8oa rurtaer providrs r0r tb n0m:a8tlon of.other county 8nd proalmt orrloars of 88i6 c o unty. by l plrr8lltr rota I InlAH? to lour pubrtion, a6 rt8td above, it ia At?~ opinion thnt thr eolptyeuoutlrr oommlttor must dosldo and 68tU8iAC whotim Or 5Ot t&e AQbDtfOn Of l&l OOMtf Md &WO- OtnOt Offl8~8 ehul @o by l rJorUy or a plUralit VOter . : 4 .’ Itoaarablr C. t. httorooa, P8gr s rU1 bo no neor8rity tor l lr o mdprimry, lxorptlo ths pm- olnot matload, whlohbm8 d&t caadldator tor a praclnot ottiao,although tha oounty oroeatlve aodttor gmnlda that norrlmtlon for all eountr asd praclnet OcfiO8r8#hallbr by 8 rrrtorlty rok; k1410~4?, lo oonosotlaa wltt #e torogolta& and with rrt.raaW to a 844Oad $ sr iM lr184tiOO y for 8-b 0fri0Or8, 4t0..wo dirOotYOU 4ttO5tioa to SUI opiD50aHO. 04440, sbd ~01oro a copy or the #ame. Ardollsllliamr Asrlrtaat