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

l It requires that in all elections by tlu peo- plo tlw tic kets sh4II k number.& l + *. T hs first ng Ptnm.nt of tb ab ow ConSti~ )WViSh isthatia6IIo&ctioMbyth8poopbths~~ that this proTi8iam simply bs by baIIota We think moans +hat th e voter in sII l Iectio~ 6hdI k ac- 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 rstud this rec o rd, th e eIection officers kept l polllistwhIchshowedtbsnunsandamnbsroIoach voter. wl#r the v0t.r n~istond hia vats 6m the it (the maehius) recorded the mrnbsr of the muhbe, 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 l ach 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 l surtaiu b ow l rotor votsd, rbrrSm~~this~skenu~d,iSte~6Uch

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~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 0S:MR B7 I/ OCtr, &U?,

Assi6toat APPJROVED: Apr. 1, 1943

a/ arovur soilorr APPROVED

First Ashtmt committee opiuioa Attorn. GenereI By BWB, Chairnun