opinion that the County Democratlo Exeoublve Committee 18 authorized to refund the aeeeeementa paid by suoh oandidates, partioularly in view of the statement In your letter that there are eurrloient runde with the committee to make such a refund.

We aooordingly rsepeotfully answer your question in the aftirmatlve. The last paragraph OS your letter reads aa Sol- lows $ “There were eeveral votea tabulated for Dis- trlot k County Clerk fn the July Primary, ae a joint. office, which eald votes were oounted and certified along, with other names, to the County Clerk. should the county Clark blaoe the neme or the nominees for the joint officee of District & County Clerk on the General Election Ballot?*

‘We have alao reoeived a communication Src+a the oounty auditor of Archer County, who Is also the County clerk, asking thie ldentioal queetion. In view OS the ruling in our Opinion No. O-2591 that the action of the voters in writing in both the title oS the oSSloe of oounty and dfetrlot olerk and the name or Ganey l6elugln thereior, me not a valid nomination under the deecribed raots, we are direotillg Opin- ion No. O-2092 jointly to you end to the County Auditor wherein

is sully dloouesed. this question Yours vely truly ATTORNEY GENEULOBl5ZAS \ Aasietaxt ZCS$ob Encl. (3)