The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-09-01
Our New Election Law
An Act Relating to Elections and to
More Fully Secure the Secrecy
ofthe Ballot.
APPROVED MARCH 10, 1891.

; SECTION l. 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 county
charge, the payment of which shall be
provided for in the same manner as the
payment of other county expenses, and
In case of separate elections for city,
town or district officers, the printing
and delivery OF tickets and cards of in
struction shall be a charge upon the
city, town OF district in which said
tickets and cards are to be used, the
payment of which shall be provided for
in the >ame 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 A t is
an organized assemblsge of delegates
representing political party, which, at
the last election, before the holding of
such convention, polled at least three
per cent. OF the entire vote of he State,
county, district or other political divis-
ion, tor which the nomination is made.
Sec. 8. ALI nominations made by
any such convention shall he certified
as follows: The certificate OF nomina-
ton, which must be in writing, shall
contain the name of each person nomi.
mated, his residence and the Office for
which he is nominated, and shall desig-
nate the party or principle which such
convention represents. 1t shall be
signed by the Chairman and Secretary
OF such convention, who shall add to
their signatures their respective places
of residence, and make oath before an
officer authorized to administer the
same, that the matters stated in such
certificate are true to the best of their
knowledge and belief, and certificate
of the said oath shall be annexed to said
certificate of nomination.
Sec. 4 A candidate for public Office
may be nominated otherwise than by
convention in the manner following: A
certificate of nomination containing the
name Of the candidate to be nominated,
with the other information requ red to be
given in the certificate provided for in
St ction three of this Act, shall be signed
by electors residing within the district
or political division for which candidates
are to be presented, equal in number to
at least three per cent. of the entire vote
cast at the last preceding election in the
State, district or political division for
which the nomination is to be made;
provided, that such certificate shall not
be valid unless signed by three voters.
Said signatures need not all be append
ed to one paper, but each signer shall
add to his signature his place of resi-
dence. One of the signers of each such
certificate shall swear that the state
ments therein made are true to the best
of his knowledge and belief, and @ certi
ticate of such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate of nomination shall
have the same effect as o certificate of
nomination made by a party convention.
Sec. 5. Certificates of nomination of
candidates for offices to he voted for by
the electors of the entire State, shall be
filed with The Secretary of State. Ger
tifcates of nomination of candidates for
all other public offices shall be filed
with the Clerks of the respective coun
ties wherein the officers are to be voted
for, and where district embraces more
than one county, such certificate shall
be filed with the Clerk of each of said
counties.
Sec. 6. No certificate of nomination
shall CO tain the name of more than one
candidate for sach Office to be filed No
person shall join in nominating, under
the provisions of section four of this
Act, more than one nominee for each
Office to be filled. and no person
who has voted in convention, either in
person or by proxy, for or againt can,
didate for any Office, shall join in nomi-
mating, in any manner, any other nomi
nee for that Office, and no person shall
accept nomination to more than one
Office.
Sec. z. Certificates of nomination re-
quir,d to be filed with the Secretary OF
State shall be filed not more than sixty
days nor less than forty days before the
day Of election when the nomination is
made by convention, aud not more
than sixty days nor less than thirty days
before the day of election when the
nomination IL made under the provis-
ions of section four Of this Act. Cert.
ticates Of nomination required to be filed
with the County Clerks shall be filed
not more than fifty days and not less
than thirty days before the day of elect
ion, when the nomination is made by Q
convention and not more than fifty days
nor less than twenty days before the day
of election when the nomination IL
made under the provisions Of section
four of this Act. Should u vacancy oc
cur from any cause in the list o.
nominees for any Office, such vacancy
may be filed at any time before the day
of election by the convention, or by /
committee to which the convention has
delegated the power to fill vacancies, Oh
by petitions, a. provided in section foul
OF this Act. The Chairman and Secre.
tary Of the convention, or Of such COM
mittee, or such petitioners, shall make
aud fill with the proper officer certif.
cate, setting forth tho name of the person
nominated to fill such vacancy, the Office
for which he is nominated, the name Of
the person for whom the new nominee
is TO be substituted, and such further in,
formation as is required to be given in
an original certificate Of nomination
When such certificate is filed, the Officer
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