HALLAHAN v. CRANFILL


383 S.W.2d 374 (1964)

James HALLAHAN, Clerk, Jefferson County Court, et al., Appellants, v. William E. CRANFILL, Sheriff, Jefferson County, Kentucky, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 23, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. P. Sawyer, Jefferson County Atty., Louisville, for appellants.

Gerald Kirven, Raymond F. Bossmeyer, J. Allen Sherman, Asst. City Law Director, Louisville, for appellees.

Robert Matthews, Atty Gen., Walter C. Herdman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, amici curiæ.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

We have an appeal from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court holding invalid Sections 2 and 7(1) of Chapter 189 of the Acts of 1964, KRS 126.145, 126.225(1) which amended the Absent Voting Law (KRS Chapter 126).

Section 2 of the Act, which provides for absentee registration, was held invalid on the ground of a violation of Section 51 of the Kentucky Constitution and on the ground that it is so ambiguous as to be incapable of...

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