Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-11-19
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
FILL TEXT OF NEvADA's NEW
ELECTION LAW.
Waters should Read and 6tady Its
Provisions.
N ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.

SenteQ III Cenale anu ASsCHoiJ1 w S"@S'
as follows:
Svcr,oN, All ballots cast in elections
r nuhjic officers within This State shall he
nr;ntrd and distributed at public expense. as
;naf,er nrovided The printing of gen.
aroi ,;cLs,s and cards of instruction for The
zi..,ors If eacb county. and the delivery o
~. same m the election officers. as provided
for in his Act sball he a county charge. the
navnoent of which shall be provided for IN
IN came manner as the payment Of Other
county exnenses- and in case OF separate
aIs.t;ons Tor c;,v town ar district officers
he rr,n,;ny and delivery of tickets an
49, NJ ;rs,rnc,,on shall b. a charge upon
he civ town mr. district in which said tick.
sts and cards are TO be used. the payment o.
which shall be provided for in the same
manner as the pavment of other city, coun.
~ or district expenses.
Src . Anv convention. as hereinaite,
Defined held Tor the purpose of making
nom;na,ion> for pnbjic office. and also cleo.
tor, to the number hereinafter specified, may
nominate candidates for public offices. to be
filled by election within the State, A con-
vention within the meaning of this Act is
an Organized assemblage OF delep ates rep.
resenting a political party, which, at The
last election, before the holding of such
convention, polled at least three per cent
Ct the entire vote cast in the State, county,
district or other political division, for which
the nomination is made.
SEC. !. All nominations made by any
such convention shall be certified as follows
The certificate Of nomination, which must
be in writing, shall contain the name of each
person nominated, his residence and the
Office for which he is nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle which such
convention represents. 1t shall be signed
by the Chairman and Secretary Of such con-
yention. 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 a certificate
of the said oath shall be annexed TO said
certificate of nomination.
SEC, a. A candidate for public Office may
he nominated otherwise than BY a conyen.
ton in the following manner: A certificate
of nomination containing the name of the
candidate to be nominated, with the other
information REQUIRED to be given in the Ger.
ti6.ate provided for in section three of this
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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 cleo
ton in the State, district or political divis-
ion for which the nomination is to be made;
provided, that such certificate shall not be
valid unless signed by three voters. Said
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paper, but each signer shall add to his sig
nature his place OF residence. One OF the
signers Of each such certificate shall swear
that the statements therein made ara true 10
The hes, of his knowledge and belief, and a
certificate of such oath shall be annexed
Such certificate of nomination shall have
the same effect asa certificate of nomina.
ton made by party convention.
SEC. :. Certificates OF nomination Of
candidates for Offices 10 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 other pub
lie Offices shall be filed with the Clerks Of
the respective counties wherein the officers
are TO be voted for, and where district EN-.
braces more than one county, such certificate
shall be filed with the Clerk Of each Of said
counties.
SEC. 6. No certificate of nomination shall
contain the name of more than one candl.
date for each Office TO be filed No person
shall Join in nominating, under the provs.
ions Of section Of this Act, more than one
nominee for each Office 10 be filled, and no
person who has yolcd in a convention, eth
er in person or by proxy, for or against any
candidate for any Office, shall Join in nomi-
mating, in any manner, any other nominee
for that office, and no person shall accept a
nomination TO more than one Office.
SEC. ?. Certificates of nomination re-.
CURED 10 he filed with the Secretary Of State
shall be filed not more than sixty days nor
less than forty days before the day OF elec-
ton, when the nomination is made by con.
vention, and not more than sixty DAYS nor
less than thirty DAYS before the day OF cleo.
ton, when the nomination is made under
the provisions Of section four of this Act.
Certificates of nomination required to be
filed with the County Clerks shall be filed
not more than fifty days nor less than thirty
days before the day Of election, when The
nomination is made by a convention, and
not more than fifty days nor less than TWEEN.
ty days before the day Of election, when the
nomination is made under the provisions Of