Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-05-14
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
FVLL TEXT Of NEVADA'S NEW
ELECTION LAW.
voters should Read and study Its
Provisions.
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND To MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF lHE BALLOT.

SEcTIoN I. All ballots cast in election!
for public officers within this STATE shall bt
printed and distributed at public expense, a:
hereinafter provided he printing Of gen.
| eral tickets and cards of instruction for The
electors Of each county, and the delivery 0
| the same TO the election officers, as provided
for in this Act, shall be county charges the
! payment of which shall be provided for II
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 am
cards of instruction shall be charge upon
the city, town or district in which said tick
cts and cards are to be used. the payment o.
which shall be provided for in the same
manner as the payment OF other city, coun'
ty or district expenses.
SEC. 2. Any convention, as hereinafter
defined, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public Office, and also cleo
tors to the number hereinafter specified, may
nominate candidates for public offices, to be
filled by election within the State. A con-
yention within the meaning Of this Act is
an organized assemblage Of delegat es rep.
resenlng political party, which, at the
last election, before the holding Of such
convention, polled at least three per cent
Of the entire vote cast in the State, county
district or other political division, for whict
| the nomination is made.
SEC. I. All nominations made by any
such convenlio shall be certified as follows
| The certificate of nomination, which mus
be in writing, shall contain the name OF each
person nominated, his residence and The
Office for which he is nominated, and shall
designate tbs parry Or principle which sucf
convention represents. 1t shall be signec
by the Chairman and Secretary Of such con
veDtion, who shall add to their signature
their respective places Of residence, anc
make oath before an officer authorized tt
administer he same, that the matters stated
IN such certificate are true TO the best o
their knowledge and belief, and a certificate
of the said oath shall be annexed to sale
certificate o nomination.
SEC. d. A candidate for public office may
be nominated otherwise than by a conven.
ton in the allowing manner: A cerIihcat
Of nomination containing the name CT the
candidate to be nominated, with the o,he
information required 10 he given in the Ger
tihIate provided for in section three of thi'
Act, shall lie signed by electors residing
within the district or political division FOL
which candidates are TO be presented, equa
in number to at least three per cent. OF the
entire vote cast al the last preceding cleo
ton IN the Safe, district or political divis
ion for which the nomination is 10 be made
provided, that such certificate shall not be
valid unless signed by three voters. Said
signatures need not all be appended to one
| ooh hall hic eli
nature his place of residence. One OF The
signers of each such certificate shall swear
that the statements therein made are true &c
the best OF his knowledge and belief, and q
certificate Of such oath shall be annexed
Such certificate of nomination shall have
the same effect as certificate OF nomina'
ton made by party convention.
SEC. S. Certificates of nomination o
candidates for offices 10 be voted for by the
electors of the entire State, snail be filed
with the Secretary OF SAFE Certificates o
nomination of candidates for all other pub
lie Offices shall be filed with the Clerks o
the respective counties wherein the othceri
are to be voted for, and where district EN-
| bI aces more than one county, such certificate
shall be filed with the Clerk of each of sale
counties.
SEC 6. No certificate of nomination sha
contain The name OF more than one cand.
dale Tor each office 10 be filled. No person
shall join in nominating under the provls
ions Of ction of this Act, more than ont
nominee for each Office TO be filled, and NJ
person who has voted in a convention, eth
er in person or by proxy, for or against am
ca. didate for any office, shall join in nomi
mating, IN any manner, any other nomlnet
for that Office, and no person shall accept
nomination 10 more than one Office.
SEC. 7. Certificates OF nomination re
quired TO be filed with the Secretary of Stat
shall be filed not more than sixty days. no
less than forty days before the day oil elec
ton, when the nomination is made by a con
vention, and not more than sixty days no
less than thirty days before the day OF cleo
ton, when the nomination is made unde
the provisions Of section four OF this Act
| Certificates OF nomination required 10 b.
filed with the County Clerks shall be flee
not more than fifty days nor less than thirlI
days before the day OF election, when lh'
nomination is made by a convention, anC
not more than fifty days nor less than TWEEN
! ty days before the day OF election, when III,
nomination is made under the provisions o
section four Of this Act. Should vaeanc,
occur, rom any cause, in the list Of noml
nees for any office, such vacancy may h'
filled at any lime before the day of election
by the convention, or by a committee t.
which the convention has delegated tn
power TO fill such vanancies, or by petltion
ers, as provided in section four OF this Act
The Chairman and Secretary Of the conven
| ton or OF such committee, or such petition
ers. shall make, and tile with The props
officer, cerlihcate. setting forth the nam
OF the person nominated 10 I'LL such vacancy
the oihce for which he is nominated, III
name OF the person for whom the new nomi
nee is TO be substituted, and such iurhe
information as is required 10 be gwen in al
original certificate OF nomination. Whe
such certificate is filed, the officer wild
whom it is filed shall substitute the nam
of the person therein for the original noml
nee, by printing, if practicable, or by wit
ing the name of The person then substituted
SEC. 3. Not less than twenty-five day
before an election to Fill any public ofic
the Secretary Of Slate shall certify 10 tn
County Clerk Of each county within IN
Stale the name Of each person, and III
name OF the office for which he is nominate,
as specified in the certificate of nomination
| 6led with him