Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-03-18
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
FyLL TENT OF NEVADA'S NEW
ELECTION LAW.
voters should Read aud study nss
Provisions.
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND To MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF The BALLOT.

Improved March -, 1891
The People of The State OF Nevada, repre-
sented III Senate and Assembly, do enacl
as follows:
SECTION I. All ballots cast in elections
for public officers within this State shall he
printed and distributed at public expense, as
hereinafter provided. The printing OF gen.
eral tickets and cards of instruction for the
electors of each county, and the delivery oil
the same to the election officers, as provided
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 separa c
elections for city, town or district officers,
the printing and delivery of tickets ami
cards of instruction shall be a charge upon
the city, town or district in which said tick
cts and cards are to be used. the payment OF
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. con-
vention within the meaning of this Act is
an organized assemblage Of delegates rep
resenting 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. 4. 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 parry or principle which such
convention represents. 1t shall be signed
by The Chairman ard Secretary Of such con-
vention, who shall add 10 their signatures
their respective places OF residence, and
make oath before an officer authorized to
administer the same, that the matters sta ed
IN such certificate are true 10 tue best OF
their knowledge and belief, and a 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 10y a conven-
ton in the following manner: a certincats
OF nomination containing the name OF the
candidate to be nominated, with the Other
information required TO he given in the Ger
'lheate provided ior IN section 'hTee Oh ttl'
Act, shall be signed by electors residing
within the district or political division for
which candidates are 10 be presented, equal
in number to at least three per cent. OF The
entire vote cast al the last preceding cleo
ton m the STATE, district or political divla-
ion for which the nomination Is to he mate;
provided, that such certincate shall not be
valld unless signed by three voters. SAID
signatures heeu NOT an DC aPPehaed 10 one
paper, but each 'Igner snail add TO ms sig
nature MS place oil resldenc@. one OF the
slSnerS oil each such cerilhcale snail swear
that The statements 'herein made are true TO
he best OF his knowledge and belief, and
cerIihcate OF such oath snail be annexed
Such certlhca'e oil nomination shail nave
me same euect as cetuhcate OF nominal
uon made by party convention.
SEC 5 CertIhcaleS OF nomination OF
candidates Tor Offices 10 be voted Tor by the
electors oil the entire Stale, snail be hieh
with the Secretary OF STATE CerhhcaIes OF
nomination OF Candidates Tor an otner pup
Inc ofhces shall be MED with the Clerks OF
the respective couht'e' "nereh the once'S
are to be voted ior' ana where dls'iicl en-
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shall be hled with the CleIK oil each oil Saio
counties.
SEC o. NO certlhcate oil nomination Sha'l
contain the name oil more man one cahd'-
date Tor each oiice 10 be hiied. NO person
shall JON IN nominating, under the ProV's-
IONS OF S;cton OF TINS ACT, more IMAM one
nominee Tor each ofhce to be hi'ed, ana no
person who has voted IN a convention, eth
er IN person or by proxy, Tor or against any
candidate Tor any ONCE snail JON IN hofhi-
naung, IN any manner, any other nominee
Tor That ONCE, ana no person shaIl accept
nomination 10 more than one once
SEC. 7. Certlhcates oil nomination re-
CURED 10 he MED WIN the secretary oil State
shall be hled not more than sixty days nor
less than iorly days before the day OF elec-
ton, when the nomination Is made ny con-
ventlon, 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 tins ACT.
Ceruhcates OF nomination required 10 be
hled with the County Clerks shall be hIed
not more than htiy days nor less than th'rty