Jefferson County Ex Rel. Grauman v. Jefferson County Fiscal Court

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner—

Reversing.

The case _ presents the primary question whether the use of voting machines in popular elections may be authorized by the legislature without offending the Constitution of the state. Contingent secondary questions as to a particular enactment also are submitted, but it becomes unnecessary to answer them.

At its regular 1938 session, the General Assembly enacted Senate Bill No. 77, Acts 1938, c. 133, authorizing any county, through its fiscal court, or any municipality or other voting district through its legislative body, to purchase, rent…