Scope and Contents The correspondence of the Election Laws Study Committee contains the questionnaires sent to the judges of the superior courts and to the registrars and their replies, the letters sent to other states requesting the material which they had relating to their election laws, and the correspondence files of Committee Chairman Ben W. Fortson, Jr. and Counsel Frank H. Edwards. In addition to the circular letters sent to committee members concerning members, the chairman's correspondence contains...

Scope and Contents This is the certification by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the Constitutional Officers Election Board, that the results of the preceding General Election are correct. The speaker verifies and declares the following officers as duly elected: The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State School Superintendent, Comptroller General, Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Commissioner of Labor. This mimeographed copy gives the...

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The invoices of the Election Laws Study Committee are the payment of the expense accounts of the committee members. Most of the vouchers are for perdiem and travel expenses.

Scope and Contents The minutes contain detailed discussions of the meetings of the Election Laws committee, including such topics as voter qualification, absentee ballots, holding of elections, duties of clerks, voter lists and other points involving registration and voting procedures. The minutes not only are detailed reports of the points in question, but give the reasoning of the members in determining their decisions. Transcripts of the open hearing held May 23, 1957 is given and a tape recording of the...