The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-08-25
THURSDAY, AUGUST %, 1892.
Our New Election Law
An Act Relating to Elections and to
More Fully Secure the Secrecy
ofthe Ballot.
APPROVED MARCH 10, 1891.


SECTION /. All ballots cast in cleo
tons for public officers within this
State, shall be printed and distributed
at public expense, as hereinafter pro-
vided. The printing Of general tickets
and cards of instruction for the electors
Of each county, and the delivery OF the
same to the election officers, as provid-
ed for in this Act, shall be a county
charge, the payment Of which shall be
provided for in tue same manner as the
payment of other county expenses, and
in case Of separate elections for CITY,
town or district officers, the pruning
and delivery OF tickets and cards OF IN
struction shall be charge upon the
city, town or district in which said
ticketa and cards are to be used, the
payment OF which shall be provided for
in the same manner as the payment OF
other city, county or district expenses.
Sec. Q. Any convention, as herein
after defined, held for the purpose OF
making nominations for public office
and also electors to the number herein
after specified, may nominate candi-
dates for public offices, to be filled by
election. within the State. A conven-
ton within the meaning of this Act is
an organized assemblage of delegates
representing political party, which, at
the last election, before the holding OF
such convention, polled at least three
DER cent. of the entire vote Of the State,
county, district or other political divis-
ion, for which the nomination is. made.
Sec. 3. All nominations made by
any such convention shall be certified
as follows The certificate OF nomina-
ton, which must be i'll writing, shall
contain the name of each person nomi'
mated, his residence and the Office fol
which he is nominated, and shall desig
nate the party or principle which sucl
convention represents. 1t shall b'
signed by the Chairman and Secretar.
i of such, convention, who shall add t
\ their signatures their respective place
of residence, and make oath before a
officer authorized to administer tn
same, that the matters stated in sue
certificate are true to the best Of thei
knowledge and belief, and a certificat
Of the said oath shall be annexed to sal
certificate Of nomination.
Sec. 4. A candidate for public otfit
NAV be nominated otherwise than by
convention in the manner following:
certificate of nomination containing Il
name OF the candidate to be nominate
with the other information required to
given in the certificate provided for
section three Of this Act, shall be sign
by electors residing within the distri
or political division for which candidat
are to be presented, equal in number
at least three per cent. Of the entire VI
cast at the last preceding election in
State, district or political division
which the nomination is to be mat
provided, that such certificate shall !
DO valid unless signed by three vote
Said signatures need not all be appei
ed to one paper. but each signer st
add to his signature his place OF n
dence. One Of the signers OF each 81
certificate shall swear that the stt
ments therein made are true to tho b
Of his knowledge and belief, and &c
ficate Of such oath shall be annex
Such certificate of nomination 81
have the same effect as certihcat
nomination made by a party convent
Sec. S. Certificates Of nomination
candidates for offices to be voted for
the electors Of the entire State, shal
6led with the Secretary of State.
tihcates Of nomination Of candidates
all other public offices shall be
with the Clerks of the respective &C
ties wherein the officers are to be "
for, and where district embraces I
than one county, such certificate I
be fled with the Clerk OF each OF
counties.
Sec. 8. No certificate OF nomin,
shall coptain the name OF more than
candidate for each Office to be filled
person shall join in nominating, u
the provisions Of section four of
Act, more than one nominee for
Office to be filled. and no pc
who has voted in q convention, eth
person or by proxy, for or againt a
didate for any Office, shall join in I
mating, in any manner, any other I
nee for that office, and no person
accept nomination to more tha
Office.
Sec. z. Certificates of nominate,
quired to be filed with the Secret,
State shall be filed not more than
days nor less than forty days befo
day of election when the nominal
made by o convention, and not
than sixty days nor less than thirt.
before the day Of election VIII,
nomination is made under the p
ions Of section four of this Act.
fcates OF nomination required to b
with the County Clerks shall be
not more than fifty days and nc
than thirty days before the day OF
ion, when the nomination is mad
convention and not more than fift
nor less than twenty days before 4
Of election, when the nominate
made under the provisions Of 8
four of this Act. Should vacan
cur from any cause in the
nominees for any Office, such va
may be filed at any time before Il
Of election by the convention, G
committee to which the convent
delegated the power to fill vacanc