White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-02

To the County clerks OF tne STATE OF
Nevada:
Gentlemen: Many questions with
regard to the primary law with refer
ence to registration and with refer
ence to the election law have been
presented to this office most of which
at the present time deal with the du-
ties of the County Clerks and Regis
try Agents, with reference to the pri-
maries and registration. ! have,
therefore, decided, for the benefit of
the County Clerks and Registry
Agents. to incorporate them into one
opinion. Copies OF this letter are en-
closed herewith with request that you
distribute them among the various
Registry Agents in your respective
counties.
Primary elections for delegates to
both state and county conventions is
the second Tuesday in August, to wit:
August Sth.
Every political party which casts
10 per cent of the total vote of the
State, as shown by the highest vote
east for the candidates for state Of
fee, is entitled to elect delegates to
a sparty convention, and to nominate
its candidates by n convention.
Each county is entitled to one del
egate 10 the state convention for each
100 votes or major fraction thereof
cast for such party within the coun-
ty. Delegates TO the state convention
are elected at large in the county. In
county conventions each precinct is
entitled to one delegate for every
twenty votes or major fraction there
OF cast for such party. provided that
every precinct. which cast ten votes
at the last general election. or which
registers ten votes at the close OF
registration for the primary, shall be
entitled to one delegate. See Section
8. Delegates TO state conventions are
also delegates at large to the county
convention, and entitled to sit. vote.
and act therein The party vote,
upon which apportionment Is made.
is that of the party candidate for
Representative in Congress at the
last general election.
The candidate for delegate shall be
a qualified elector within the state,
county and precinct which he desires
to represent. He shall. not earlier
than thirty nor later than ten days
before the primary election. file a
verified certificate with the County
Clerk setting forth his name and res
idence. the name of the party he de-
sires to represent as a delegate, the
length of his residence in the state
and county. the convention twhether
state or county, to which he aspires
to be a delegate, and that he is a
member of the political party he
seeks to represent. and that he voted
for a majority of the candidates Of
such parry at the last preceding gen.
eral election Tor he did not vote at
such general election. giving reasons)
and that he intends to vote for ma
iority OF said ticket at the coming
election: that he will attend the con-
venion orconventions elected unless
unavoidably prevented from SO doing.
Under this provision women are as
eligible as men as delegates to state
and county party conventions.
The above certificate must be filed
not earlier than thirty nor later than
ten days before the primary election.
to wit: August Sth.
Separate ballots shall be printed for
each political party.
1t is the duty OF the county central
committee of the respective political
parties to apportion the delegates to
the county convention by precincts.
and file a certificate of such appor-
tionment with the county clerk, sub
scribed by the chairman and secre-
tary, on or before the second Monday
in July. to wit: July 10th. A like cer-
tiflcate of apportionnent must be
filed on or before the same date by
the state central committee, appor-
tioning delegates to which the coun-
ties are entitled in the state conven-
tion. See Section 8.
1t is the duty of the county central
committee OF the several political par
ties In the various counties to nomi-
nate TO the County Clerk two persons
for election officers and from the per-
sons nominated the County Clerk
shall select three inspectors and Two