Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN I \\ r .‘. I, : ., : JLrPl‘lo 3102,V‘rnon~‘ Annosoto4 OltU gtrtuto‘ provlb8iin partr I)l . i..IIo gersaa ‘hall br dloolemd %he nod- nom df inf'poiiOlor1 party at a4 prGa8r llaotloa 6tato ox~Bl8trlotofgloounl880. k8 Itso ledwithator nqulxpmoat of all law8 rppll- prirury and oahmr ‘lootioz~~, and h‘s re- oolv8d 8 majorl*~ of all ths rd.8 088t at 8wh - : nominee tar their respoetivo o??bos. uy poUti-~ 6ai p-y mf &Old 8 866Oad prbrr Ol@ti$OIi On the ?ouP# 6sturday in n~u‘t to noaiM*‘ 08nd1~ drrks to* cay Countf or PxO*lnot ortioo, ub8re 8 . ma orltrvote 18 nqalmb tom8k8 8 ncUn8tioq i beat ‘uah‘o‘ond mimerr, only the tw008nU- dot08 who n08in we08 lt th0 hi*srt n\tnb~r.~r th~$anoralpriMry?attho“am~ oirio88huh87s Wfr a11188 pl‘ord 11po3p Oh0 o??lolsl.k~lot.~ &ml-' : ', nationd .o? 0Md1dm~‘ to be to*.& Par’a6 ‘nf : 0181~~180ti0q -1% km&s et e prlmrf " ct’ouell tl# 8‘ dh0. psrtx .aMdltlfb oc*pfttoo -8~11 'd do~zm$lia~ bu$ no 8tid.h BdttH ~Nmll lo r ;h a vs .~a‘ DOWOf-to ‘I‘&? rmoh.~~+imtione. .~. ." >, '. &$iOlO $106,~,~‘&'8Olt“hSOtOtQ6 chik ‘t~Ut‘8 _ :. Ail. is .~oqqI‘~: .' .A, .,_, . ': :. &~ : Irirlowor milols 31W .aad3rtt018 3106, 8upa, it 1s eppwon8 Nat. the ootiniaoyamoutlve (LomUter 68~ &o- oids'whsther tJmnem.inatlcm o? ooprrtf o??lom~s~ahalA80 br MJorlty or'plur8llty~rot‘. Xowovor no .parsoa shall ba 8ooLerrd the ndnsi or wy po11t16a.i p-f et ,an.y prtmrf lloetiosr~?orany St&r. Or~dfsWioti of'?108 ~ala‘s ho has ooa- pllqd;w&th 0~8~ rrqulkomoti,a? all .Wrs l gpliolrbls to pri- w. 8114.. oth8r (rl8etfonr, ma. har~.ro08ivoa 8 majorlt~ ot dl tho~votra oaitet 8ooh gMm8r~ ~1,80t108 tar 8ll 0anb/d*t** .' re lU* 0m00. I? al $ho ~060~81 prlmar~ileotlon for any 1. politl~l puff ao~ornlu&rto %amllle‘ l norlne.-fe~ any 9tste or~dis8rlbb 0rrL bdsr htiole 3102, rupm) 8 seoond pri- mry slootlam #hall k he14 br rooh polltloal &urW, in the 6t8tio or suoh ai8trio*, or distriots, ls~tho ram0 aaj k, on the tourth ~attuds~'ln Augort suoo~rdiag the genoredpriauf l188ti~, aad ~otij'~thanme8 or ahOora oandidato8 rho xy oolve the h%glwstnumborq? 'Wotm for 8af,o??loa?o, rhloh tbo noal~tlon wstb me&o et *ho g~naml prlmsry OlOot~on 8haXl b8 . \ . h~,~ sluod on tho offWaX b&U08 u ssndldabu for saoh omoa at suoh 8ooond prlmuyi .~ Ilrtlm 3116, Vsm~~s httt@wd aiv&x sttema provld8#$n ottrot tkat ne p8rson*r ~n8m8 ahrll k plaeod on the ballot as 8 osddldmWfor s dfstriot, ~&u&y or proobot offi rho ha‘ nofipii4 to the eeunty~uooutlve~o~~ th omo unto fth el.s~timat~dlperue or~holdlas: saohprimary epwrtfhdr W him bt @to 008Utt60, a?4 thoa ptaridsr ior ear- t‘iI,‘b~‘g+i6M in.thsbells lrogru(*, '..,Vrwlhd, how&~, that DO ~aidldatm ior amw+tion .ror’ ohhr jtrstkro 0t 8:l8p?rirk jwi~ oi.8 'oowt of olvil8ppuls er ?or n*ro~mitati+o .ia~~t?on@n‘O Or tar di‘triot JuQe or dlsti-lot at- .::W@tiy &any.otho,r dtstrlot o??loe In mpneeata- - ,:::ti?@. or'JwUois& d~strlbt~'~eanpo8ed o? four or %&o ocUnti~m~sh8ll ba req~ed to pa~:moro.th~n ..'@aa (#l&30) ~.dollsr~.to any oountii'8zowtl~,,,.qepl ^.iit**= . *to.. ,"/. ~,~:~Artiois 3ltl8, ~ernon~s hnn~kted Ol*il6tatatas -1;y.:: Mthorlui th‘ OOUMT uoiublr* 'ocfi?amltWto a“o“ a$ai“t uoh wonts er ptiolnatO?$~OOF, end sro~offloorwhois to a$pon br ,a.~votot‘or on0 oountf only,8 prors$a $.the sstlm~t~d expense of oqnduotlng prQmrl elw- tloxu.~~.-, further ~prov$d+sf AH1010 BIl6,.~,~~m.j _ ,. ,~ ‘.rCaa&2da~ii~for thltod States Seantar or for Can(in88aua-at-larg and 8ll thima rho era oandl- AstaI.?or +tsto o??lws to be voted ai on by the 'Qwll?lod~votor‘ or thi lliwle EmAt, 8Ll.r paf to th~~ohalrm‘rr e? ,thestat0 E%ooutl-wo oomQ‘ittoo on‘ hu&roC (#iOfJ,~) ‘dollar+ end ahrll,not bo roquirod to ;pq ally og+r l+lm or ‘mm to any other porwn or rqrlttws to prq tblr baes plaood on the ti.a+t: +3,niab,oendldrto.’ lt;+l k not.4 that Artlola 3108, ‘~~8, prorid. in pat$ (' '. .ths oounb~ ocmwltbss ‘hnll llw ooze- ?uXl;;sii&o the oort of~prinblng the otfloial b8110t0, re~tiag poll1 plwes u&sml same m row& n‘oo“a~, %.s and distrilnating provld lLk 1.‘ ” aa000urfpoll booka,blank‘t~tloarPy‘adroting bOOth8 Wqtiwd, 8OkkpMsobiw et oleotloa o??l-' urs 8nA.olsrk8 8n4 88888ag8r8, to nport the r& r ut in l“h p r o o ln‘t to th eoounty o h o lnmn, 6‘ prwldad for @onin, and rll other-neoosur~ox- 9on808 0rb01(Li~*pshp*rk88 fnspoh 0otmti88 8.d ‘h&tLo~L ‘uok oo‘t.mmong the ~*lulous r0rme08;0n far 00tta7,0dpn0mt .’ ..o.udidot0~ ye"':: wlf mm henin do?lnod, urb,o??foosto k -'~'#f?lros z- ,’ fill08 by B&o.. rotors of mush oomty 'o$ proolnat ~:-.(o~dldotos ~or8tsto o??:o.s'~xo.pts&); la @u6 -3 Many" jus la thiir~jodpauntls end t.lquit- _y.: , :sblo,eivingdIl~ag8l~tlon to -theirp0rtea00 . sad_ sm,~~nts or se8h swh offlo;; tar. wbioh l t&be ydyF mg&.$i+iof:~ls ." il. : .a4 vlhw oftho ?cml&& ‘t‘tuto‘ it10 our oplafbla that wh‘ro %adl~.tu for btsbi;Sot ‘Dd ststo 0??100‘ do no$ zeni* * @orlty o? t&a wtss~ 0088 et tho ~norsl -* Us~lw:a.,woond prlmry o2eotlon must bo hold in trl sta t0 6s ‘ruoh~ di8trMt ap. dbstrlots,~ ,os t&a oan my be, en the rbrth .BWwloy in higust 8tioo*8diry~tho gonusl pima 8180- . &a 'on6 tialy'$lw'.pmr‘ or ato two 0*ndido$r* who r‘o* -Y nd /_ th~.&i&o@$ atamb@~-or V&&B for any off100?or~wh.loh.noriar, ;‘. tlma:4m~~~mida,a* the gmorok’prlmory 8looi~on~8haU,k pi~04:0ktpo~~ 0moiu bui0t JI 08adu0808 r0T 8ta 0fri~ rt ‘Uoh. MqaQd’ It l‘~-bpr ruzthorop&alonthat tJl0 oo*ty.DMoor‘t P‘=0 Bx&&. ookhltteo when “‘o“lRg tho pro- olnot,oou8t#':wnd 6th~ isndldatsr ?olr. suoh offloes foanbli, drtu ior St.86 ~.Q??iO‘~w8epted) nooh oondldoks 8hould ?s8 u~smwl stioh qmmats 880~88er to pay the rcmro!mble and n8808mory uponms. for-wndaot Tng both tho ~enl prina7 llss~lon and'thi sooon&prlmar~ lleotlonre@mllus of rbtbr or not tha ~nomor~'o~ ruoh o8adldsto8 era on thm ballotfor the ‘8oondprlm‘?y. &lus thlw is.done tko ckrpmu of suo$i noon& pr%maq aleetlsnoomld,not?a paid. It is otw fwth.1: opinionth‘t thw‘Ba11‘~oounty Donoora810zs“otlTB UmalttO~ e8arrobl8gall~ mfare to print or ham prlnt*U a boll& fox w s.~nd pk-4 .lthoughE?toto‘ml Ooa~o“icmsl orndidstu ora thm oalt on.8 whom -8 will a8p.a~on s&oh ballot,sad as sbov8 statwl sooh •~~s~8'8hm.l6~ be l8se8eod again80 th8 oandi4~8.8 above mntion.4; (Prooin88, oounty, ho.1 In o&ua~otloo tit!% 8ko ?oYs(koing m airootpour otterAtlon to th“o“‘ or Beslbe f. waples,lt al, 187 8. w. 191 (80&bo8ehart 0r Tixa‘)i.~LiO this 0*** the ~app.31ant ‘U‘d ‘~~‘U b th‘ llbtritj$&Wt Of TMranb Connty, T-8, ‘Vemln@ 8h.t the ~pelu.i ooBotltuta~, n‘pootlnl~, the Ohsirmon end m&arm of tho Steto DemoerstleBxoou$tn sop- ~nambriol prl~r~~8~8otlf3~moatlon~d abov8. ,*. '. The ~sso woo rutmlttsd to the trial court apan UI lgroid stitomoat et ?uts whlah w do not doom nsaa3aar7to me$ out hqo and the ooerO’~?usod 04 tillofwhstsorvst to s ,Jlsnt,?zomwhloh judLpuooth8 spgmoltie toke+~.Anoddl- 8‘088L9Ia &oJAa~s waq ~88o88oll~ogdnst sppallant as his pm nts’ 0i-t or the oxpmn808 for th8 sraond88n8tori81 prlmory. Oork 1n.oo&tirlsa puostloas woin,prtaonted to the 8u ram Court ngud the #olutitutlonellty or e*rklo ‘t‘tutu %+orrrd The B6~.hel(L.'t&at tko-stotuto under ott‘ok was oon‘tltutloial mad -aid~not oamworthe 0th~~queationa sub4ttod. . ~.. Tours Ary truly ATTaRuBT6EHHw, aYl%xM APPROVEEJUN il, 19 ATTORNEY GEKZRAi or'?~AS