The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1892-06-11
THE AUST RAJ IAN
BALLOT LAW.
An Act Relating to Elections and to
More Fully Secure the Secrecy OF
the Ballot,
APPROVED MARCH l3, 1891 i.

APPROVED MAhCd 10, 1881.
SECTION |. All ballots cast in elec-
tions for public officers within this
State shall be printed aud distributed
az 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
GERS, as 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, and 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-
ponses.
SEQ 2. Any convention, as herein
after defined, held for the purpose of
making nominations for pu blic offices
and also electors to the number here
matter specified, may nominate can
didates for public offices, to be filled
by 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 for which he ia nominated,
and shall designate the party or
principle which such convention
represents. It 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
such 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.
Seo. 4. A candidate for public
office may be nominated otherwise
than by q convention in the manner
following: A certi ficate 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 foi
in section three of this Act, shall be
signed by electors residing within
the district or political division fol
which the nomination is to be made
PROVIDED, that such certificate shall
not be valid unless signed by three
voters. Said signatures need not al
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 hi'
knowledge and belief, and certifi'
cate of such oath shall be annexed
Such certificate of nomination shal
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 votet
for by the electors of the entire State
shall be filed with the Secretary o
State. Certificates of nomination o
candidates for all public offices shal