OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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301~ art K. Rerron 

ccunty Auditor 

Aroher City, Tsxaa 

rion. xlllard L. Thrwt; 

County.AttOriaeY 

Aroher City, Texas . 

&mron, County Auditor and 

in Archer County, Texf45, 

"I. ~uestlon. Am I rrqulrd to place the nenm 

of h'ellir l?avl5 ae nomlnrr or thr rmmooratio Farty 

for tha otfloe of DirtriOt Clark oa the Ooosrrl 

Elootion BallOt? : ; 

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Hon. Bert X. Brron, lion. Eillard L. Threat, pa@ e 

“2. ,:.uooticn. Am I m&rod to plaoe the 

zxmo of Garvay ::elugln ns nonines of the Derwcratlo 

Farty for tho 0rfiCe Of Dintrict an4 County Clerk 

on th @morn1 zleotion Ballot? . . ." 

':;e are llkowlse in reoaipt oi a oommnloatlon from 

:Ir, Threet, County Attorney of Aroher County frcm whioh urn 

quot8 a8 r0liowf3; 

"f!mre were a3verel votes tabulotod for Dlrtrict & C.mnty Clerk in thm July Frbry, aa a 

joint orfica, which said votos wore counted and 

c+rtlflad along, with other nanem, to tho County 

Clark. should the County Clork plaoe the name of 

tb3 ncmlnec for the ,!oint cfti~ee Of District k 

County Clerk on the Cendral Flsotion Ballot?w 

In Opiclon No. O-2591, to Eonoroblo 2. D. Allen, 

Distriat Attorney, Mohita falls, TSX~R, thfo dup3rtmnt 

ruled "that ths attempted ncnlantioa by tho voters ot krchsr 

/c- County or ii28 rroach ‘ap.d Jsck L!erodlth to thd office of 

County clerk and xrs. Nell10 Davis to the GffiCe of distrlot 

olark w%a in acch CGE~ 1Peffeotlve 8~ a zominctlxi to any 

,,i&:>.:::i ofrloe sub:eot to being flUed by the votero at the fGrthcotinr, ~onox11 olaotlon* and tbat tho attczpt of uovon ~voterr 

of Arhier County to no*&atr Carvey Xelu&n to the one oriice of county nr?d dlctrlot clerk by wrltlw In both tb3 

t:tlo or the orfioo and the name GS such ptreon vm likewise 

inerrCOtiV43 86 4.3 nG?SfnatiOn Of t#UCh pWJOn t0 the OmOe Ot OOuaty and dietrict olsrk Of Archer COWty, Tc)xM.~ 

Copies OS thi8 opinion are being enolormI,‘hrrwlth, 

for your lqformatloa. i 

It iollows iroE the ruling thus 1~53 that these 

reopeotive atttmptad nominations aro or n0 roroo an4 dr0ot 

and the individuals involved should neither be oertliied by 

the County Desocratio Zxroutive Committee aa. the ncmlaees 

or the defoorntio ,mrty aor their aamem ~plizosd on the &en- 

: era1 elootlon ballot. 

As dobisred in our opinion No, O-%391, the respootive ofrioe# OS oounty alerk ml district olerk of Aroher 

Oouaty &~a nob efrtarr rubjeo0 te bein filled by tha qual- 

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Con. Cert X. Fiorrcn, i?on. Xillard t. Throet, Pa&e 3 

lflod voters nt the forthocnlng gczoral eloctlon; In lieu 

t;?uroor, there is only the one orriO 6.i oounty and dlotrict clcr\l to be flllod. In the abeonce of legal noalneoa thercfor, mnifoctlr only the title cf the office 

MT be printed on the gmeral olootlofi ballot, 

Iro tru&t tha foregoing will clmffy ths ancmlour 

sltuatioh existiN in your oountg with roferonoo to these 

lxtters. 

~dvortl~ to the epooiiio quoatlons oekcd by Xx. 

Throet , County Attoraay, and i!r. Rorron, County Auditor, quote4 

herolnnbovo, we quote as follows from the caao oi Couoh et al 

v, FAll, County Clerk, et al; 10 9. :7. (cd) 170, 172 (error 

diemlsrod) I 

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"So is it contended by appellants that the 

duty of tha county clark to publish'appollantr~ 

nccos aa the noninoee oi the Ropubllcon Party for 

the offices thoy sook, and to print those name8 

on the orricm ballot, was purely mldotorlal in 

its chsrsotor; that the olork 18 clothed v;lth no 

disOrcti0n in the matter; and that upon roooipt 

Gf Fer;u&on's OertiflCato, the duty we6 absolutely 

mndotory u?on the olork to publish appellants' napiB8 

and place t!m on the .orrlolal ballot. %'o overrule ells contoatlon. The olerk's du tp 1s to publish the zmoo in the oortlrlcote, and print them 

on the ballet, w>:en these nar~o6 ara of lcaadldatee 

w30 have recoivod the necessary votes to aorzlnatef 

then (article 3129) and when thoee ntmor *have been 

lawfully certified to bin' (ortlols 3132). The orrlolal ballot shall omtain the names of those only 

*whoso n0min9tione r0r on slootlvo 0rric0 hay0 been 

duly aede and properly cortiflod~ (article 2970), and 

*no naz.e shall appear on the official ballot except 

that of a condldate who waa actually nominated . . . 

in accordance with the prOYisiOa8 Oi.thia title' 

tartiC 29781. In view or those movielone. and a# 

a preotioable'&attor basidee, it ib Olear thit the 

county clerk must not blindly ,publleh and prlnton 

J&&j,& &e t 90 

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E;n. Eert %. iiorrcn, ?Ton. Killed L. Threet, l%ge 4 

1xr.in~3, but cud pr0c3ea cnutlouely satlerylng 

FXK?SiY ns to the authcrlty uf t;:g siirzxz cljrtlThe Cutp ot the oounty olrrk in the l ituatloa at 

hand 1s thus fully not out.. 

Your8 YSly truly 

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