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TREAITORNEY GENERAL
I OP TEXAS
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not affect ths conotitutiomIity of tb Act, wdar the hold5nS of
tL Supumo Court la Wood v. hte, lZ6 S.w.(U) 4.
Tho Court there uphsbi the vdidity af an .Iection et
which votin# m6chiu~ wry uud. In sps* of section 4,
ArtiuIa VI of tbs coastItbtti+ it Saul
lIt requires that in all elections by tlu peo-
plo tlw tic k ets
sh 4 II k numb er .& l + *.T h s fir st
ng P tnm.nt o f tb a b o w Co nSti~ )WViSh
isthatia6IIo&ctioMbyth8poopbths~~
bs by baIIota We think that this proTi8iam simply
moans +h ath te vo ter insIIlIec tio6hdI ~ k a c -
corded a nerd VOW or ballot. + * l. It is provided
that ths tick&s shdI k aumbsnd Of eourw, tho
word *kd, u,here and na.~S tha sune es the
word ‘b&et. Th bdot mast be numbsred. If we
wdo r stud th isr ec o r d,th e eIec tio n
o ffic er s
k ep tl
polllistwhIchshowedtbsnunsandamnbsroIoach
voter. wl#r the v0t.r n~istond hia vats 6mthe
muhbe, it (the maehius) recorded the mrnbsr of the
boht. To .our minds this rnsets ths roquimnent of the
Con6titution. AS W understand thisnI6Chbc,iti6
netpos6ibb frrmth6 r6Cordaud.6 byittodatmnim.
in an da&ion coatart. how lach voter voted. Be that
S6ttnu~,~~Can~~t~Sno6Uehrrqofr+-
IXXOBt, ?hS ~~itUtiOW& SiZtlp1y nqUilW6 thBt thk tiCkOt
shkII k munbond. Tlu machim d666 that. ' + 6. We
think that ou of tin ways to lsu r ta iu b o w l rotor votsd,
rbrrSm~~this~skenu~d,iSte~6Uch
vo56rolbth8ldtussstubd,amd8skhimtbdqu~
~eu~s~rU~~hrrt~d,u~seehoo#s.
This is. matter tb, wtar himself ua co&ml. On ths
othorhukd,the ~6titUth6l#USr~~esoSoh*o~r6
nerd bdiotl consequentl7, t can deciiu to reveal how
b voted, if In DO cheon8.-
Tro.tSng that what ws bsvs 8aid will bs a 6UffiCicllt sad satisfactory
OWWOT,WUO
Your* very truly.
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
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Assi6toat
APPJROVED: Apr. 1, 1943
a/ arovur soilorr
First Ashtmt APPROVED
Attorn. GenereI opiuioa committee
By BWB, Chairnun
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion