Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
OROVLRSLLLms
*TTo”I4cY
OPIRAL
Eonorrblo Uill H. Radtord
County At tommy
trn*r county
tmdLfaxar
Dear bira-7 ODiniOll HO. o-7292 _
L’sare in rocalpt 0
quertlng the opinion of thlr de
ter. ,Yo quota rm your 16ttor a
ounty, (a 6lUllp1e
ty In vhich the
, VII-2OmItted,
6 been queatloned
tr ror R~prera.ltatlve.
bwntor ballotm bavr
voted, and VI vould
vhethsr or not ve
h the ballot8 aa prlntrdl
or should do at this tlmo.
, v. A. c. s., provide8 in part:
all general prlmarles #ball be by
t, vhlch shall have printed nt the head
or the party, and under such head the nams
or all candidates, thee for each mlnatlon bolng ar-
n@ged in the order drtmslnad by the varlour conmlt-
tree’ aa horoln provldrd for, bwwath tha title of the
0rrh for vhlch the naolnatlon 1s Bought. The voter
367
&moamblo Will E. Radford - Rg6 2
8hall lm80 or urk
out all name8 he doe8 aot virh to
rot0 for. rho 0rri0m
hilot rhll b0 prlntod b
blink ink upon vhita paper, and bmuth the
It hr born held tht 8tatutorJ provlrlons rlth rerweaca
t0poC+zrti0a 0r the kmt mu6t k 6teioti~ r0ii0vrd. (mm
v, Jo~or, 76 8 U. (2d) 219). Al60 V* Call your lttontlon to
Artielo 3142, Y. A. C. B., vhl6h provideat
“Aax lxooutlro
amltta* or oaaltt66mm or
priarry oriioo), or other porroa herein chargod Vlth
uy duty nlatlvr to the holding of the prlaary 616c-
tion, or the euw18alag, drtrminatlon or daclaratlem
0t th0 nrult thanof, may b0 ccqmlled by ssndamur
to periom tho,8uo in lcoorduwm vlth th.6pr0vl8lona
, of thir title.
fn the QLIO of Skelton v. Yates, 131 Tu. 620, 119 S. V.
(24) 91, th0 %pr0616 Court doniod an lppll0atlon for 16ave to file
vrlt or mandnau6 ~cmmandlng a oouaty 6xecutlro oomultt66 to derlrt
fma printing the n66166or certain p6w6onr on th6 offlclal hallot
for the D6mocratlc run-orf prlmarp and to cortlfy another p6roon
Ln8tord, Qhem lbaentoo ballotFag had begun, on the ground that
upon the oo666oacwnt of lhaoatra hlloting, the elootlaa va6 in
progre8s aad the cam had beccu6 moot. We quote rrm th0 Court6
opinion a6 romv6s
%ndor the rarlou8 rtstutrr of thlm 6kto, lt
1,~ ovidoat that thl8 6a88 Is root. Vader thr lav
abmntoe balloting bar bogus. R. 8. art. 2956,
Y.omom*r Annoktod ClvU Btatut.8 art. 2956. Th*
liea tm 1 8 alrudy a P ~w-**~ lnd a mo M *rQhlc h
thir oowt might eater could be lrrectlve at thl8
lam datr to gown3 6uch rl~otlori. The lppllcatlon
to iti0 th6 petitlon ror manduur 16 racordlngly
onrrulrd. Btorllng v. Forgunon et al. 122 9.x.
122, 53 8. u. (2d) 753.”
in VI*V 0r th0 abovo knd romgoing, It 16 0u opinion
th a tl oouatf 6xrcutir6 oanlttro UT k oazmllod by mandew
Sonolrble Will It. rbdr0rd - Peg8 3
otatutory
- _. &at?-vith ?OS~Ot to primtlry On the
benoath the umao of aaadl-
dater Sor ltate and dlotrlot oIZloe8, provided tho proorodlug lr
tlmoly broqht. Hwovor, irr tho oltuatian laqulnd about, vho.ro
uador tbo lav absent00 votlw h6 bogus, In rlw 0r WI. holding
ln tho abow oitod -60, It 16 our opirrion that th8 quostloa a6
to vhothm naauuo vi11 lie td compel tbo o o wttylxaontivo ocm-.
mlttoo to print the couuty of tho rooldonoo benutb the aam. of
0umdat00 ior di6triot 0rri000 0p0a Lb0 blioto ror th0 rim
prlmary to ba hold July ?7, 1946, has nw boo-0 moot.
tiitbmr a nno e to th eprOpOOltlw l6 to vhethor the
raiium of the ovutitf lxeoutlve ofmlttoo to print upon the hl-
tot6 tha ootuaty 61 th. noldeaco benorth the lIu.6 Or OUldidAtOS
ror distriot OrmOB vould lnralldat. tho lloCtlOn, Ye 0al1
rour attratloa to thm follovlog goners1 ~16 6trt.d la p9
Corpuo Jurir beouadu, Beotloa 173, pe 248:
gTochlrical
orron wi the wrt of orfioom aharged
vlth the pnprntlon of offlclal klloto ~111 not
dO6tPOf tho lffla aof c y
the hlbt6 aor lnvalldat~
th mllectioti~nlO66 the 6-tUt6 6Xpro661~ BBk.6 a
SpOCiriC lrrogulotlr7 fbkl, un1060 it rppmaro thbt
the 6Il6t&kO6 in:faot-have operated to pnV.nt l ftvQ
a a honrrt
d lloctlon,’
In the -60 Of t&SOY
5. Y. 2d, 757 (vrlt roiIuod) it
._ _ :a: .absrot
a
- ovidonco
__ of imud, unf'alm6rr in
tno no uuugor or Ca mp er lawith
a a lia o t~o n, g the
ballot6 Or POtumS, th 0OQU?tS Of th i0
Stat* b a ta
unlfoml~ h6ld that klloto O0ot by lo@11 qu811-
Hoaomblo Will il. FmdZord - Page t
I
of Il060661t~ tb@ holdlag Or Such llaa-
tlw ;?i iad lwt k iatrurtod to thO60 not llvarr
ranwnbnt vlth tho mmorow provlolonr or the lev
FOgUutitliJ SW. AS a mOUit, ail Of Such pr~lOl~6
a n leldfu oapllod vlth in ova pmtloular. But
it 16 lqWlly tN0 th t lWh fal ‘I UFO6 Qo tho prt Of
llWtiOSO A r r iC%& 661d0m
iS dOrUt b fab lXp P 6 6OlOa
or the popular ~111. Ybore they do not, tho COUrtS
Mvo km likrrl ia ouo~lnln& tho nrult. Tumor
Y. Teller (Tu. Cl*. App.) 275 8. lf. 115. l&err
OUOh d~?OiiOtl~6 Of th0 liOOtiOU OfflCi@iS h8Ve in-
t*rrond vlth or prevontod 6Uoh a fair lXp~601Orr,
or vhero three 16 aar rwooaable indlutlon that such
va6 the lWSUlt, th. COlJttShAV0 6.t tha l6ldo.m
.In'the C&66 0r tiVi6 v. Stab, 75 Tex. 420, 12 s. Y. 957,
it WI6 polakd out tbt tha failtIm Of the C~iSSl``rS' Court to
PSrfOm its duty vlth rospoat to rtiing voting prealnatr vould aot
lavalldato an llootlon vhon it h&d not beqn rhwn that the Cam-
mlsrlonor6~ Court had acted ulth a fraudulent DWDOS~. In this
care the Court raidt
'ThO Will dOsign Or 011 6lOCtiOa till6 16, Ol'
should be, to S~CW'O a fair l~pre66lOn Of the popu-
lar ~111, In the SpMdieSt and most convsnloat man-
nerj ard ve think l failure to oomply vlth provlsloar
not l66Mti~l to attain that objrct should sot avoid
the lleotion, la the absence of a olsarly rkiou-
lmplied that such I188 the inLoatloa.
a It my be raid that tho w@ of the
crrtlol; ir’not p6m~rlvr loroly, but i8p0606 upon
the court M lmerstlvo duty. tit It be concoded.
It d066 not r0ii0w
--I_-- that a ridlure to mrrorm the
&I& maker && action
--. roxd.
I)
It WL~ b# uld that tho US6 Or tho VOrd
‘Sh811’ ;hbrr t-t th. pW3ViSiOSl 16 MBdstO~. That
it 16 lemuad t0 the COUi66iOnO~6' OOU.?tU)' k
grantedj but it 40.6 not rOiiW th4t It 16 BMdatory
&norrbl* Ml11 8. Mford - Pegv 5
in the rondo that it wk.8 a aompll~cv vlth thr pro-
Vi8iORl
888Onttil t0 th. lO@litr Of th 0
lleCtiOll.”
( u ndw8o o or ur
ing81
tfe POitbt OUt hW0 thAt than l8 DO prOV181V8 in htiCl8
)I09 vblah ZVquiFO8 thRt hllOt8 not promred ln confomity vlth
the pX'OV18iO?48t?W'Wf 8hdl not k oountrd QP the vlwction avoided.
fn ViOV Of the above W&d tOngoin& JOU an rdvl8ad that
in the rb8WIce of imud, the hilun of the aouatT oxooutlve CQ-
mlttee to have prlntrd upan tbo kllOt8 the oountr of the nrldence
beneath the IWO of uch candidate for dlrtrlet of?imr vould not
dlrfrWAOhi8. the voter8 or nullIQ thm electloo, unlq88 ruch der-
lllctiOn b88, inr’fact, interfered vlth Or pP0vent.d * fair lXpr+8-
ai Of the Vi11 of the VOtOP8.
x.. We tPU8.t that the above md foregoing vi11 be of 8M
•88ilt8&C~ in COlUl+ZtbUl Vith the 8itUktiOli mentioned in JOUr ht-
tar.
Your8 wry truly
JAB-bv
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