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TEIIE ATTO-Y GENERAL 

OP TEXAS 

Hon. Frank I. V8aae 

county &torng 

Hediu county 

Hoado, fan8 

Deu Birr opialoa m*o-7sM 

Ret Proeedur8 tq follou 18 plac 

iBgRu8of8udi&teemthe 

O8mral Bbotlor bllet mder 

8tated faet8. 

Your letter of reoent date, requeetiy the opialom of thi8 deprt 

~Wnt om thb que8tiO?a8t8tOd thereiB, ia b pU't .I fO11O"8: 

"Ali of OUT ooan~ offloers run 011 the hdependent Tiok8t a~th.3 gensr81 

eleotlon. Th8 COUnty b,!I&i88iOZ,~r Of R8OiBOt HO. h0 'A8 ,"-Om88d .8 

l oandidate m the Independent ticket for the general 8lsotloa ud ma8 

killed by aocident on August 28th, ti8t, ud th8re 18 no on898 n8188, 

other thu th8 deoeued oom~is8ionor, that dll apw on the general oleotlon ballot. 

-11 it be nso8888ry t-t the deeeased Oormi8siOm8r'8 It- aOR .mu 0l1 

the gsneral sleotioa Iallot? And ou uother sum or other na1w8 be prlnted oa thi8 ballot= OUAdidate8 for th8 OfflO8, 8in08 the la8t d8y Of fllixg 

(Au~lgu8t 24th) has pC%Nd? Or till it k n80088U7 that 8 'rrit8-fa' prooedum lm followed at the. general eleotloa i8 order to l leot l omdidats 

for th8 office?' 

YOU? 18tt8r -1188 to U8 that th8 deoa8sd Oaani88ioll8t bd 

qudif%d 88 u independent or aOn-pUti8U outdidate iOr th0 Of’f%oe of 

ootm* mimil88lona~of prbolaot loi~2 umd8i S8 ~~roriiitm8 6f Art%olw 

5169, Sl60 ud 5162, ~Ol-.tO~‘S‘~O~ti Civil mtUt.8 of TO-a, udrac 

sot the lIoad~88 of aBy polltim party* 

It 18 Out OpiaiOB wtth8 d8Otis.d oad8S1088r'8 - .8 U bd8pmdat or nm-p~Um~~08ndiib for the &ii08 Of O- oand88iow 

of preolaot Eo. 2 8htiuld bplat8d oa the offloW tmllot for a8 gueril 

81OOtiOh Th18,18 *iti, 18 r.qUit-.d v htiOl0 =ls, vd.c.8. Of T-8 

whloh prmide8r 

*If . 8dmO8 di.8 Or dOOll8.8 a BodUtiOB bfOl-0 tb~Ol8OtiO& l d 80 OU 

i8 nomlnatid t0 trb hi8 PhO., th. TO+.8 errt fO= hir 8h.11 k 0orut.d Ud 

returamd~tbreof;ud,lfhe 8hdl hmr8o8imd~pl~l~0fth~ Tot88 

W8t for th8 OffiOO, th8 VXsUlq 8h&1 b8 filled a8 i8 bU8 Of ti TW38Eq OOmmb g 8fter W l leoti~m~~ 
Hoa.RrnkX.Vuoe, page 2 (O-7894) 

It 18 our OpiBiOa thB Pa iad8p8Bd8ti oudidat8 i8 8 ami tith,%X 

the mwnlag of thefor8go5.mg 8*tUtO. Ha 18 the a08dnee of 8t 188t 6$ of the 

VOtU8 Of th8 OOUDW who duly 8igBed hi8 8ppli08tiO8 to the w Judg8 .8 

8m iXdsperd& wdi&t8. A8 iadep8mdeat oudld8t8 who obtala8 tb8 m,qUi8itO 

m&c of qualified rigBatar88 0X hi8 appli88tio8 to the Cow&y Judg8 ~8 u 

ikId8pdOat Or BOq puti8U oudidat.8 for Ooluty OffiO8 18 ooltidered nordim 

nated uad8r -018 6l62, V.&.C.S. of TuU. Purthenmv, &Mole 2876, V. 

A.C.S. of T-8 quoted her8aft8r, oonrid8r8 both pvty mwnime8r ud nomp8rtisaa or iadepudui Oudid8t88 a8 mminted oudid8t88. Theraforu, you 

8r8 adYi88d thd URd8rtb fWtUd 8itU8tiOX YOU hW8 pr8888t8d t0 Ut th. 

nanm dthe dOOM8.d ldop8ad8at oaadibt. rbould b8 print& onthe offloi8l 

billat for th. ~Ol'd 8l8OtiOQ a8 F8qUir8d w kti018 5019, 8UpZ-8. 18 0.X 

la8oh 80 oth8r ooaolu8icr i8 vim of the 018~ ma&&e of k't1018 SOlS. 

Your 88oond qumtioa i8~ 8A8d ou 8noth8r n8m or other -8 be 

printed 08 thi8 ballot a8 caadid8tsr for the offio8, 8inoo tls la8t day of 

filing (Auprt 24th) b8 p.88Od?" 

k-t1018 2976, v.kC.8. 'oi T X88 , OlOU4 d8ternda.38 the .-8 Of 

orndldate8 to be printd upoa the ofaiotil ballot for the g8mril 8leotloa. 

eOZ8 thi8 8fPtUtO,W8 qUOt0 in p&C 

“At the fop OP the offloi8.l ballot 8h811 b8 priXtOd im lWg8 btt8r8 the word8 

~Offloi8l B8llot.~ It 8lmll oont8ir.thO priat8d 888838 of 8lloandidate8 

who88 kmi~tion8 for u eleotlv8 offlo h8v8 be88 duly nmde 8ad properw o8rtified. Th8 nm188 shall thea 8ppur oB th8 ballot uader th8 head of the p8rty 

that 80,8i&!8t88 th8111, 8X0@ 88 Oth8ni88 provided bgthl8 title. BO X8lW 

8h811 .pm m th8 offloiti b8llOt 0X08@ that Of 8 08Xdid8tO who W88 

aOtUa1~ noldSd& (8ith8r 88 8 e ZlonimO8 Or U R rOXWmi8U m id3- 

pendart orndidak) ia EOOOrdmOO with th8 prOTisiOa8 Of th18 title.8 

mimuoh .8 your btt8r idol%8 U8 thd th8I-O *Ib 10 Oth~‘,OlKk&888 

for the OffiOe Of OOmty OOmmi8aiOner Of bOirrOt a. 2 mmfi th8 i8m%8nt 

0&8~iOnw llho qu8lifl8d a8 u lnd8pw3emt or ZIO~parbi881 Madld8t8, ad 

who ha8 81~00 died, udthat the tim8 for fili8g a petitian to qualw u 18 

i,ld8pdat or no&-prtlru o83dldat8 b8 6xpbzud dthmt Othsr imdependrt 

or ao-prti8U OWidi&tO8 80 fili.Bg ud qUrlifyb& it i8 alOar that u8d8r 

the provision8 of &r'tioti 2976, 8Up, PO a- OthU thUth8 m8B8 Of +8 

deoO888d ind8pend8nt oadldate cll 18@4 be &Wb+XJd Up08 th8 OffiOiti 

Imllot Pa0 th8 greral l leotioa a8 oa~didh8 for the offli# of oormty om 

Pi88iOS8r Of &WiDOt Ik. 8. 

It i8 id1 to p0i.d OUt thrt th0 VOtW8 m mrk thFOUf$ th8 @Bt8d Mm0 Of th8 dewa8ed iSd8p.dOlt omdldrti, Rd *it+-i%* im tb8 pTOp8r 

8mO8 8,SOtbr =W .8 their ohaid iOr OOW Oori881aCC Of *8OiBot Ib. 

2. &ould, hwwu, the doe*8od iBdop88dat oadidat8 r8Ooiv8 8 plur8liw 

of the Vote8 OUt forth8 Offio., OOUBtiBlJ valid %l-it+ia" VOt.8, th. 

Offie. .fOOw Od88iC.a Of hWOi8Ot 4 .2muldbraout,bgrlrtuo 
Hoa. Rm8k x. vuo, page s (o&4) 

Of ,X'tiO,.. 3081, 8U&U-.. HeWCJVW, if th. P-8031 Z'.WiVi~ th. pltU=di~ 

of rot08 or8t fortho offloe 18 not the doomrod iadopembrt oudidato, 

btlt 18 arrite-ia oudldatm, Umt pwmn,if otherwin qualifiad,rill 

b8 81OOtsd OOUU@ 0~88iOEOr Of pr8OiBiot ]lO. 4 a8 proridad w kt,101.8 

2960, 2961, ud 6038, V.A.C.S. of -8. 

Twtlagthttho foregbiag fully umru8 yonri~uizy,wo 

renia 

APPROVBD 6BP 25,1946 

/a/ Carlo8 A8hl8y 

FIRST ASSISTANT 

ATTORIBY QFiliBUL 

AvllWHEY QEIRRAL OF TlUAB 

I?y /8/ 6tewu-t W. DsVOr8 

stewark H. Ikvoro 

A~8imtae