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Overruled by Carrington v.
0II1 TEXEAS Rash U.s. t5 s.ct. 775
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WIL WILSON
ATTORL3X GNMAIL July 8, 1957,
Hon. W. W. Kilgore Opinion No. WW-157
County Attorney
Victoria County Re: Whether a member of the Air
Victoria, Texas Force is eligible to vote,
upon re-enlistment, in Victoria
Dear M. Kilgore; County.
You have requested the opinion of this department
on the following questions
"Whether or not a person, who has been
stationed at an air base in Victoria County,
after being discharged from the service and
subsequently reenlisted, with some period of
time intervening between the discharge and
reenlistment, is qualified to establish a
domicile for voting purposes in Victoria County?"
In your letter you state:
'hen we have airmen here in Victoria
County who are transferred by the Air Force;
they purchase a home here, leave their .ami-
lies here, and claim Victoria as their residence,
and they stay here sometimes two or three years
and longer, they get a discharge from the Air
Force and re-enlist the next day and desire to
vote in this County."
The first limitation on the "soldier vote" was a dis-
qualification of all service men that appeared in the Constitu-
tion of 1876, Article VI, Section 1. In 1932 the disqualifica-
tion was liberalized to allow Texas National Guard members,
reservists, and retired service men to vote. Finally, in 1954,
the constitutional limitation was further liberalized by provid-
ing in Section 2 of Article VIs
". . . Any member of the Armed Forces of the
United States or component branches thereof, or in
the Military Service of the United States, may vote
only in the county in which he or she resided at
the time of entering such service so long as he or
she is a member of the Armed Forces. . . "
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-157, text, July 8, 1957; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth266768/m1/1/?q=%22Attorneys%20general%27s%20opinions%20--%20Texas.%22: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.