Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-16
HARRIS OF TARRAN T,
Judge Of the County Court Re-
ceives a Ballot Letter
FROM THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL
The Law Is Explicit, rs TO What Shall and Shall
Not 30 Printed or Written on the
Iickei-The Political Party
Must Go Onward.

AUSTIN, TEX, Oct i5.-tSpecia. 1.-The
attorney general to-day promulgated the
following opinion;
Hon. w. d. Harris, County Judged
Tarranty County:
Dear Sir-Nour letter Of October IL is
received. You ask whether under the reg
istraton law recently enacted Is legal TO
place the name OF any Of the candidates on
the ticket more than once.
The department has carefully considered
every article and section of tho rogistra-
ton law and the revised statutes, and has
concluded that it is not legal 10 place the
name Of any one candidate for offlce on tho
ballot more than once.
Article 1884, revised statutes, In regard
70 ballots, reads; All ballots shall DO
written or printed on plain white paper
without and picture, device, or stamp
marked on 1t, except the writing or printing
in black ink or black pencil Of the names Of
the candidates and the several oflces 70 DO
filled and except the names Of the pohti-
cal party where candidates ARC on the
ticket, provided such ballots may DO writ
ten or printed on plain white fools-cap, To-
gal cap or letter paper.
Thus It is apparent that the legislature
has provided that only the names OF the
candidates and the party 10 which they be-
long can be placed upon a ballot The leg
islature considering the context OF this ar
ticle intended TO restrict the printing on
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section "a, page II, Of the act OF tho
called session Of the Twenty-second legis-
lature, approved April l2, 1879, reads; ''All
ballots used ny voters AZ said election shall
be furnished by officers conduct,
be printed the names Of all candidates for
state, county and precinct officers upon one
| ticket anl arranged according TO the respec-
tive parties to which candidates may be-
| long aud whenever u voter has been
| furnished with ballot by any Of
ficor, conducting the election. the presiding
officer shall stamp with rubber stamp
| provided for this purpose, the words of
| fetal ballot and no ballot cast without
said words stamped upon II by the said pre-
siding officer shall be counted at said cleo
| ton"
| BY this article the names Of all candidates
| could he placed on one ticket and then
names must be arranged according TO thu
| party to which they belong.
Section 1898 which rends:
No ballot which rs not numbered a. pro
vided in article 1891 shall be counted, MOI
lots DO counted and whore the
names OF two ar more person;
| are upon a ballot for the same ofiice, when
but one person is TO be elected TO that o.
fee, such ballot shall not DO counted fol
either OF such persons.
/
fully convinced that the legislature Intend.
ed TO permit each candidate To have his
nsmo placed upon the Oficial ballot OF
which the names Of all candidates must be
arranged according TO their political faith.
This method permits every voter 10 cast
bis ballot for the candidate Of his choise
aud no matter 10 what party
that candidate may belong or
| where his name may DO found
The voter can vote for him as conveniently
where he finds such candidates nAmoon tho
ticket as II no found IL there
number OF times In order
to express his choice IL Is only necessary
for the voter 10 mark out the names o.
candidates not his choice. Ho thereby
leaves the candidate OF hi
choice on the ticket TO be countet
no matter where tho name is found. Nc
Cleary on elections, sections 51g40e, Paint
on elections, ccs., 552-5d.
X. Il. HgsRY,
| Assistant Attorney General