Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

HO& J. N* uau1awlx, f%g,e2 Eon.,2. 15. fiaulaw~n, Ptiga 3 Bon. 2. %. i:~%ulmln, Psg49 5 aon, x. If.ntiuL&in, PSKQ 6 The voter boo nothing t6"Uo with the m&l Or th0 bfI;.iOt, but ii; r8f&1?6d t0 US6 it, %Fp order to exeralso his right to tot%. He OQIZ only r&e for those ?&me IMMB me printed on It or strike them out and fnnort others. me Iscrllot cofx-:Y to hir: rr0fi tt.e ofriosrtior the &IV, rtgulw oz its Zace end aothentioated; both by the printiw,on tt and by l-J&sigruturs of t&u fuligeof election, 88 the bnllot he ia zequuiredto use. 1r it la ic ttio pow6r at tho Li:fiisietura to thus impose 0;)voters in szcrcisini~~ their aom5tltutiou6lrlgtit, the nsoesaity of votlq t:aketn prspare6fr:rthen in advmmas, ati gut to def6at their 6holo6, not for eat or daoion or iihelr own, but because of an anteoe~dent der0UotloIlor thr curioars ~ppt@,ntei! by law to prepme the ballota, oerta%Qly no parposa to a0 00 con be illlpu~ to.tk6 Legialeture nithaut tbs aleare& Sxgntdrdon.' ' *In 8h~ oeue of Gallagbeirv. Ghuroh, thie court held t&it a ramcra to xnrk the word *voted* in,thelawould dispose'oievery act 6f 8&isoandut& allege& egalxtetthe 0Wbe~rs otoleotio5in th@ reje0tfd 0sotloQ, X?o.6, exa*pt those in rq&rtl to P tailor% ei aha presiding udg%s to.plaoe their siemtore8 upon the baflota 1x1 cortala preainota end numbu than.*.