The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-05-27
The New Enactment and Just
What IL Stands For--Points
OF Interest.

Tor ONCE 10 De MADE direct Dy the peO-
pie at primaries as provided for in the
election law passed at the last session
of the legislature, is a very radical de-
parture from the old established meth
ods which have been in vogue in Ne
vada ever since it became a state.
/ One Of the good features of the act
is plan for the election of a United
+ States Senator by direct vote of the
people. In this the Oregon plan is
closely followed, providing that each
nominee for the office of assemblyman
or state senator shall file one or two
statements with his nomination papers.
I In one he must state that without
regard for his individual preference,
he viii always vote for that candidate
for the United States Senate who has
received the highest number of votes
for that Office at the general election
next preceding the election of Sen
ator in Congress.
The word always" in the paragraph
means a good deal and in the case of
any accident or the necessity of more
than one ballot the member Of the leg
islature who might desire TO switch his
vote after one ballot, could not do so.
If the legislative candidate does not
like the idea of binding himself in ad-
vance to vote for the in,pilAr choice he
has the alternative of fling another
declaration IN which he states that "he
will consider the vote Of the people at
the general election nothing more than
q recommendation, +" which he will feel
at liberty to disregard when he sees
+ fit.
Candidates desiring to be placed on
the party ticket for the primaries,
which take place on the first Tuesday
in september must first secure 3 percent
of the signatures Of voters of the party
with which they affiliate, estimated
upon the basis Of the vote for the
presidential electors.
1 The candidate must make an affida-
Wit that he affiliated with the party at
the last preceding election, on whose
ticket he desires to run. This will pre-
vent candidates jumping from one par
ty to the other between elections.
Section II provides that only those
whose names are properly registered
can vote at a primary. The registra-
tion list of the previos election is taken
as guide and such other names as
may be on the list of the year in which
the primary is held. For the purpose
of accommodating those whose names
are not on the list of the previous elec-
tion, the registry agents must open
their books for registration at least
10 days prior to such primary elec-
ton.
Section 10 makes the excellent pro-
vision that where ballots are soiled or
defaced or improperly marked that the
intent of the voter shall be considered
and that where the vote for one candi-
date is SO uncertain that it can not be
counted that it shall not effect the
other candidates where the voters in
tent is plain and unmistakable.
The law provides that the members
of the county committee shall be cleo
ted by the people at the primaries.
The elector receiving the highest
number of votes in his precinct shall be
the county committeeman of that pre-
cinct for two years.
The candidates for state Office and
senate and assembly selected at the
primaries and hold over senators of the
same party as the candidates meet at
the capital on the fourth Tuesday in
September and formulate state plat
form and elect central committee of
at least three members from each
county.
In presidential years state con-
vention may be called to name dele
gates to the national convention and
this convention shall have the power to
frame a platform and name state
central committee. These as briefly
stated are the main features of the
law.
While candidates for national or state
offices must pay fee of $50 to file
their nomination papers and county Of
ficers $40, no provisions are made for
men who desire to run as central CON-
mitteemen.
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