Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Hon. 0. H. Slaughter
Comfy Attorney
%rtln County
Stanton,Texas
Dear Sir:
We are In re ccent letter re-
questingthe opinion o ment touohlngthe
sllgibllityOS pabl%o oiiio who
will have reel eolnat or2 unlol-
pallty In whlo s oandidate,#ix
ensraleleotlon,
ing the party.~
ed Oh11 Statutesoi Texas,
be ellglbleto any
ot or municipalotfice
‘unlesshe shall be ellglblo
e under the Constitutionof
ad unlesshe shall hare resld-
State for the period ot twlre
sir months in the oounty,pre-
unialpallty,in whleh he offers
himeelias a oandldate,next precedingany
generalor speolalelection,and ahall have
been an aotual bona fide citizenof said
oounty,preolnot,or munlaipalltyior more
than six months. Ko pereon inellglbleto
hold otfioe shall ever have his na%8 placed
upon the ballot at any general or speolal
eleotlon,or at any primaryeleetlonwhere
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oasdldatssare seleotsdunder primaryelso-
tlea laws of this State) and ao such lnellgi-
bls oandldateshall ever be voted upon, nor
hare totes oountsd for him, at any such gen-
eral, speolal,or primary sleotloa.a
It Is observedthat the term *generalor sps-
olal elsotlonw,only, appears In the first sentenceOS
the statute;whereas,thereafterin the statutetouohlng
a differentbut relatedmatter appear the terms *any
snsralor spsoialeleotlon,E at any primarysleotlon*.
femphasisours) Clearly,therefore,the employmentof
the term wgsneralor speolal slsotlon.w,pertainingto
the sir months rssldenoeand oltlsenshiprsqulrements
was not intendedto lnoludeprimary elections.
The generalhlsotion is held in llovanber~ sps-
olal slsotlonsare held.at suoh times and plsoes as tlx-
sd by law. Article2930, Revised Cl~il Statute?,as
amended.
A *primaryeleotlongts one held by the mem-
bers or an organizedpolltloalparty for the purpose oi
for suoh party to be voted Sor
nominatingthe~tiandldatss
at a generalor spsolalsleotlon. Artlols5100,.Rsrlssd
Civil Statutes.
It has been repeatedlyhsld,bythis department
that, under Article2929, supra, aparQ.irWI!
other nsosss-
ary quallfloatlons, an individual1s s.llglbleto hold a
publio ofilosif he has reslded ln, and bestia bona tide
sitiasnof, the county,prse%not or muniolpalitysix
months prior to the generalsleotionor speolalelections
fixed by law.
Ths.SupremsCourts& Tsxad ii.the oass sf.Iloy
vs. Sohnslder,110 Teer.S69,~2lSSW 279, 221 S.W. 880, held
that the term weleotlonwae wed la the Constitutiondoes
not comprehendprimarysleotions.
Acoordlngly,you ars advisedthat It Is the
opinion of this dspartmnt that Art10182929, supra, in
Eon. 0. R. Slau@ter, Page 3
its six months rssldenoeand oitlzsnshlprsqulrsmsnts,
refers to the generalsleotioaor speolalelsotloas
fir; by law, and doss not refer to party primary eleo-
.
Yours very truly
ATTORHEYC2ZEZAL OF TFXAS