Box 19, Folder 14, Document 63

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Box 19, Folder 14, Document 63

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HENRY NM. HENDERSON
P. 0. Box 248
Atlanta 1, Georgia 7
30301

October 1, 1966

eho
e Attorney ©

Judicial Building

40 Capitol Square
Atlenta, Georgia So 35h

Dear Mr. Attorney General:
letter of
Attached is a copy of/even date addressed by the witer
hereof to the Honorable Ben W. Fortson, Jr., Secretary of
State, which is self-explanatory.

In the indicated regard this is to request of you an
unofficial opinion in anawer to the following question?

In view of the repeal by Section 34-2001 (nm) of the
(3 Blection Code" (Georgia Laws, 1964 Extra. Session,
pp. 26, 199) of the previous statute loeorgia laws, 1962,
pp. 98, 99) prohibiting the use of atickers, pasters, ete.,
in the casting of write-in votes, ne ee
fective provision of law preclude the use of stickers
pasters, etc., in the casting of write-in votes in a éen-
eral Election, perticularly the one to be held on the Sth
day of aoveubte next?

The writer has not found any such provision contained
in the said Georgia Lleection Code, ag anended, Section
34-103 of said Election Seite in gupdiviston ‘(ag)", appear

on page 32 of Ceorgia
Sotinee the Gente, “ebaionae walauk® an as “the paper or other
material on which a vote is cast for persons whose names do
mot appear on the ballot labels."

In the opinion of the writer, the provisions of neither

Section 34-1224 mr Section 34-1595 of eeid Oe Bleetion
Code, respectively published on of 6 ta
lawa, 1964 xtra. — appear saaniens ie cae
stickers, the casting of such write-in

pasters Ane 0
bellote, and the indleated Section 31595 contains the
Secenes ee TES ke ieee nt Perens (un
dey supplied by the writer),



Henry A, Nenderson-h

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