Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN e~O”ERSLLLLRS *~O”HmYGm4IRAL Ah $2 Hoaombl. L. L. Biakorro~ oount7 Auditor 4f Iblkt6-rf hUit7 Ooarce, Tour D8ar sir1 oploiorr, 60. 0.72’15 Your requert for an oplnsoa ha8 08rOfull~ ~Oli8idOl’Odb7 thl8 %ti& %r t,l8 tO11OW81 9h.r. are tro voti e&08 Of CbtellPiLlillg hOV mOny Of thS b8t OleCtiOkl for ~V8l'flOl' Article 666-32 Vernoon~s Panotated Penal Code of Texar reada, ln part, aa follour: 74 188lme rbll r1thIo 8 aftor the &to of 188~0 Oarirriowrr Oourt Oi a8 Yn7 l8 t.a (lO$) Of lY rueh.)mt jU8tlOa prurlwt, Iaeorporated tom OS rIt7, with a mtatloa &Wry thm zmI&owe lddmrr Of tb WI6 8l&wI., tw tb VOt@ Sfo r 6OWF Wr lt th 8la r t nredily *wral ltat1ooo at +hArh tIm0 -81. d*Bthl 0p.OtOr8 VON O&Ok& l8 th# k818 for dOt.niW the7 nrId8 to dotrralw rbther or wt the algaerr oi 8Wh titiOa Ar@ lm fbOt q~&liried wt8?8 Or th8 OOUQt7 or p0E t1Oal 8PbdiV1810~at tb tiw r&oh p8titiOo 18 pl'O8Mt.6, ati t0 OOFtiiJ tb th. 6WBi88iOW,r8 OOUFt tiU nWb.E Of QWliftid VOtOr8 844fAhQ 8U8h mtition.' Uo quot. Vol. 16, 98n8 h?18pWbW, ~860 2l, A8 fool- 1OW8: Qf th8 lw direotr an dtloor or OmOOr8 to ardor a a lleotioa rh8a l oertalo aub8r or ptmliflo~ totor hAv0 jolwd la l petition for the maw, it 18 ude th8 duty 0r th8 officer8 to ucortala rhothmr or not the re- qUl8lte UUdW Of TOt8P8 &vO jOiWd 10 th8 ptitiOti arid Whether they 8F8 qwmed. 6OUeWr, the OfriCid8 ~111 b8 lllouecl to axerclre their own di8CretloR 1~ thlr mat- t8r, provided that tbsir d8ClriOn 18 based Up9Q F8a8Ofl ati f&irWll, sod 18 Iiot lmpellsd by fraud Or C4prlO8,' It 18 OLW OpiniOn that tb COUIItJ 018Fk, VhsWV8r l &X%tl- tioa called for under Article 666-32 18 prswnted to hb, may lopt any means he deem@ uecsasary 8nd proper to determine vhcther or not the signers of ruch a petition are qualified voters of the county or political subdlvlrloa and to a8c8rtaln the aqmber oi qunllfied voter8 signing the sama. 75 m HJ Of 8U&6.8tiOa, TO k1i.V. -t th. 8OuOtf 8Urk. -7, by obokl4 the oortifiadli8tr of qmllflad rotor8 for &ha two VOtlll#b-8 Of th. oit7 Or OOWOO for tb u8t 6OWNl e&O- lt uhloh ;$ tt tU ?W8idOnttil l&OtW8 WI’@.&8tOd lti llirla- the Vot4S @48t b7 glr8Oo, ?O8id1 OUt8m Or tb 8OrpOmtO bo Ier OS Uomoe, lo*rWIm tb 8 Of vOt.8 Oa8t by 8ODI rUridi4 Uithilr tb .Ommt. bOrudulO# Ot haZOO at tiu 0r 8kt0h lk0ti0a. %a think that the ten ‘qumlirlea voter’ a. mod ita Artid 666-32,8wO W-8 thO8. rho We Wliitid t0 vOt0, wr tb O0lMtftlltloP &id 8tOtUtOB 08 thl8 tow8 vmry trel7 ATTonm76Bnmull