The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1892-06-25
THE AUSTRALIAN
BALLOT LAW.
An Act Relating to Elections and to
More Fully Secure the Secrecy Of
the Ballot.
APPROVED MARCH ls, 1891.

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SECTION 1. All ballots cast in cleo
tions for public officers within this
Stale shall be printed and distributed
AT public expense, as hereinafter
| provided. The printing OF general
tickets and cards of instruction for the
electors OF each county, and the de-
livery OF the same to the election OFF,
F, GERS, az provided for in this Act,
shall be county charge, the pay
ment of which shall be provided for in
the same manner as the payment of
other county expenses, aud in case Of
separate elections for city, town or
district officers, the printing and de-
livery OF tickets and cards Of instruc-
ton shall be charge Upon the city.
town or district in which said tickets
and cards are to be used, the pay.
ment of which shall be provided for
in the same manner as the payment
of other city, county or district ex-
penses.
Sec 2. Any convention, as herein.
after defined, held for the purpose of
making nominations for public Offices
and also electors to the number here
matter specified, may nominate can
didates for public offices, to be filled
bv election within the State. A con-
vention within the meaning of this
Act is an organized assem- blage of
delegates representing political
party, which, at the last election, be.
fore the holding of such convention.
polled at least three per cent. OF the
entire vote OF the State, county, dis
trict or other political division, for
which the nomination is made.
Sec. 3. All nominations made by
any such convention shall be certi-
fed to as follows: The certificate Of
nomination, which must be in writ
ing. shall contain the name of each
person nominated, his residence and
the Office fer which be is nominated,
and shall designate the party or
principle which such convention
re presents. 1t shall be signed by the
Chairman and Secretary of such con.
vention, who shall make oath before
an officer authorized to administer
the same, that the matters stated in
ssch certificate are true TO the best
of their knowledge and belief, and a
certificate of the said oath shall be
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 nomina-
ton containing the name of the can
didate 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 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 appended to one paper, but each
signer shall add to his signature his
place of residence. One OF the sign.
ers of each such certificate shall
swear that the statements therein
made are true to the best OF his
knowledge and belief, and certifi-
cate of such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate of nomination shall
! have the same effect as a certificate
| of nomination made by party con.
vention.
Sec. 5. Certificates of nomination
of candidates for offices to be voted
for by the electors of the entire State,
shall be filed with the Secretary OF
State. Certificates Of nomination of
candidates for all public offices shall
be filed with the Clerks OF the respec
tive counties 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 nomina-
ton shall contain the name Of more
than one candidate for each 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
filed, and no person who has voted
in a convention, either in person or
by proxy, for or against a candidate
for any office, shall join in nomin.
ating, in any manner, any other
nominee for that office, and no per.
son shall accept q nomination to
more than one office.
Section seven as amended:
Sec. Z. Certificates Of nomination