The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-10-10
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text Of Nevad as
Election Law.
Voters Should Read and Study
It's Provisions.
e AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
[Approved March 10, 1911

[Approved March 49, 1911
The People of the State of Nevada,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
,.. do enact as follows:
SECTION l. All ballots cast in cleo
suosc tons for public officers within this State
shall be printed and distributed at
expense, as hereinafter provided. The
printing of general tickets and cards of
Al, instruction for the electors of each
..., county, and the delivery of the same to
~ wv the election officers, as provided for in
Ent this Act, shall be a county charge, the
IS So, payment of which shall be provided
for In the same manner as the payment
~, of other county expenses, and in case
VIII of separate eleefA "ns for city town or
reSpo' district officers, tue printing and deli
o.,;, very of tickets and cards of instruction
shall be charged upon the city, town
or district in which said tickets and
cards are to be used, the payment of
- which shall be provided for IN the same
lrmanner as the payment of other city,
county or district expenses.
- SEC. 2. Any convention rs herein
III after defined, held for the purpose of
making nominations for public Office,
i''"Nand also electors to the number here.
Noinafter specified, may nominate candi-
dates for public offices, to be filled by
'""e election within the State. A conven.
He ton within the meaning of this Act is
Ian organized assemblage of delegates
''rp representing political party, which,
Utiat the last election, before the holding
our of such convention, polled at least 3
per cent of the entire vote cast in the
TIL, State, county, district or other polti-
on zeal division, tor which the nomination
is made.
Boz Sec. 3.-AI nominations made by
%. l{such convention shall be certified as
follows: The certificate of nomina.
Atttion, which must be in writing, shall
Doolt contain the name of each person nomi-
mated, his residence and Office for which
Mr. he Is nominated, and shall designate
week the party or principle which such con-
Della vention represents. II shall be ssned
by the Chairman and Secretary of such
Ass convention, who shall add to their sig
stage natures their respective places of resi-
weeL dence, and make oath before an officer
authorized to administer the same, that
job the matters stated in such certificate
d;str; are true to the best of their knowledge
- aud belief, and a certificate OF the said
'e oath shall be annexed to said certificate
N of nomination.
e. SEC 4. A candidate for public Office
o'' may be nominated otherwise than by a
there convention in the manner following: A
quiet certificate of nomination containing the
- name of the candidate to be nominated
iie' with the other information required to
Salt L be given in the certificate provided for
week in section 3 of this Act, shall be signed
davis by electors residing within the district
or political division for which candi-
d. dates are to be presented, equal in num-
eveni,ber to at least per cent OF the entire
T;no, vote cast at the last preceding election
in the State, district or political divis-
VIE Won for which the nomination is to be
Tbo made; provided, that such certificate
shall not be valid unless signed by 3
e''N voters. Said signatures need not all be
DeLa appended to one paper, but each slgner
and shall add to his signature his place of
residence One Of the signers of each
u. such certificate shall swear that the
from statements therein made are true to the
has b, best of his knowedge and belief, and a
v;u =, certificate Of such oath shall be annex
ed Such certificate of nomination
Sine shall have the same effect as a certif-
been cate of nomination made by party
-. convention.
'hing Sec 5. Certificates of nomination OF
ally at candidates for offices to be voted for by
~, the electors of the entire State, shall be
hhe filed with the Secretary of State. Ger
renovatifcates of nomination of candidates
in antfor all other public offices shall be filed
tor" Il with the Clerks of the respective couu-
ties wherein the officers are to be voted
The fer, and where's district embraces more
day al than one county, such certificates shall
Saw, be filed with the Clerk of each of sait
-. counties.
'oNh SEC. 6. No certificate of nomination
neys shall contain the name of more thar
one candidate for each Office to be filled
oA' No person shall join in nominating
stage under provision of sec. of this Act
injure more than one nominee for each oftic,
follow to be filed, and no person who ha
ooma voted in a convention, either in person
or by proxy, for or against candidat
Al for any office, shall join in nominating
with IN my hiannet, "ny 80 hoil $50 ~
this is nomin.t;on IN more than one office
call @ Sec. 7. Certificates of nomination re
satisfa quired to be filed with the Secretary Q
State shall be filed not more than sixt
Cha days nor less than forty days before tn
and re- day of election when the nomination
ou;et made by a convention, and not NOR
-, than sixty days nor less than thirty day
"i' before the day OF election when tn
work nomination is made under the provis
A.. ions of section four of this Act. Cert
ficates OF nomination required to be file
~ "on with the County Clerks shall be file
hio" not more than MY days ana not les
1896 than thirty days before the day of cleo
ment ion, when the nomination is made by
,,.oo,,, convention and not more than fifty day
nor less than twenty days before the da
Gently ! of election, when the nomination
been cl made under the provisions of seetio
introdu four Of this Act. Should vacancy o
nsver . cur from any cause in the list
-, nominees for any office, such vacano
"i'huf' may be filled at any time before the df
satur of election by the convention, or by
- committee to which the convention h
eApel'e delegated the power to fill vacancies,
months by petitions, as provided in section 70
fire app of this Act The Chairman and Seer
attentic tary of the convention, or of such con
s;on,I mittee, or such petitioners, shall mai
and Ale with the proper officer cert
'n'ng' cate, setting forth the name of the pers'
handled nominated to fill such vacancy, the offi
gone av for which he is nominated, the name
the sal the person for whom the new nomn
&C.,. il 10 be substituted, and such further /
''Aao' formation as is required to be given