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Honorable C. J. Wilde Opinion No. O-6496
County Auditor Re: Matter of a county's holding
Nueces County a special election for tax
Corpus Christi, Texas allocation and a constitutional
amendment at the same t&me.
Dear Mr. Wilde:
Your request for an opinion from this Department touching the
above subject matter is as follows:
"Inas much as Nueces County and other counties will
hold an election on August 28th covering a constitutional
amendment, would it be possible to hold this election, to-
gether with an election on the reallocation of taxes? If
this is possible the county would be able to save a consid-
erable amount of money by holding both elections at the same
time. Please advise whether there is any legal reason tkt we
could not hold both the elections on the same date."
There is no legal reason why your county may not hold its elec-
tion on the day set for the election involving the constitutional
amendment. Of course, the two elections are separate elections, and
each must be held and conducted in all respects as such, but there
is no reason why they may not be held on the same day, by the same
officers, and at the same voting boxes.
We are handing you herewith copies of our Opinions Nos. 0-2853
and O-4872, which discuss more fully the question here decided, and
we affirm the holdings there made.
Trusting that what we have said fully answers your inquiry, we
are
Very truly yours,
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
Ocie Speer
Assistant
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