The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-10-06
Our New Election Law
An Act Relating to Elections and to
More Fully Secure the Secrecy
ofthe Ballot.
APPROVED MARCH ID, 1891.

oCo'ob suhii w PIiueou ahu uiSulouteu
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 charge upon the
city, town or district in which said
tickets 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. 2. 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
per cert. of the entire vote of the State,
county, district or other political divis-
ion, for which the nomination is made.
Sec. 8. All nominations made by
any such convention shall be 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-
cate 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 a
convention in the manner following: A
certificate of nomination containing the
name of the candidate to be nominated,
with the other information required to be
given in the certificate provided for in
section 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 fol
which the nomination is to be made
provided, that such certificate shall MOI
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 bes
Of his knowledge and belief, and cert
ficate of srich oath shall be annexed
Such certificate of nomination shal
have the same effect as certificate O
nomination made by party convention
| Sec. s. Certificates Of nomination Q
candidates for Offices to be voted for b.
the electors Of the entire State, shall b
fled with the Secretary of State. Cel
tificates of nomination of candidates fc
all other public offices shall be file
with the Clerks of the respective coun
J ties wherein the officers are to be vote
for, and where a district embraces moi
than one county, such certificate sha
be filed with the Clerk Of each of sa
counties.
Sec. 6. No certificate Of nominate
shall coutain the name of more than Of
candidate for each Office to be filed /
person shall join in nominating, und
the provisions of section four of tt
Act, more than one nominee for ea
Office to be filed. and no perst
y who has voted in convention, either
person or by proxy, for or againt a ca
didate for any Office, shall join in non
mating, in any manner, any other non
nee for that Office, and no person sh
accept q nomination to more than o
Office.
Sec. z. Certificates of nomination
quired to DO filed with the Secretary
State shall be filed not more than 81,
days nor less than forty days before
day of election when the nomination
made by convention, and not m,
than sixty days nor less than thirty d.
!, before the day of election when
"a nomination is made under the prov
ions of section four Of this Act. Ce
fcates OF nomination required to be a
with the County Clerks shall be Fl
not more than fifty days and not |
than thirty days before the day Of elt
ion, when the nomination is made b
convention and not more than fifty d
nor less than twenty days before the
of election, when the nomination
made under the provisions Of sect
four of this Act. Should vacancy
cur from any cause in the list
nominees for any Office, ouch vacal
may be filled at any time before the
an of election by the convention, or b
committee to which the convention
delegated the power to fill vacancies
by petitions, az provided in section {
M Of this Act. The Chairman and Sec
IN tary Of the convention, or of such co
~ mittee, or such petitioners. shall m
aud file with the proper officer cert
cate. setting forth the name Of the per
nominated to fill such vacancy, the OF
for which he is nominated, the nam,
the person for whom the new nomi
is 10 be substituted, and such further
formation as is required to be givel
an original certificate Of nominate
When such certificate is fled, the of
nj with whom it is filed shall substitute
name of the person therein for the OF
nal nominee, by printing. II practice
20 or by writing the name OF the per
'S' thus substituted.