The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-04-29

Every political party, which at
the last preceding general election
cast more than ten per cent of the
vote of the state shall be entitled to
elect delegates to party conventions.
Each political party so entitled shall
have the right to one delegate
from each county to the state con
vention for one hundred or mai.
or fraction thereof of the votes
cast for such party within the county
and one delegate to a county conven-
tion for each twenty votes or mai
or fraction thereof so cast and
delegates to the party state conven-
tion shall also be delegates to the
party county convention. The vote
man shall be the basis upon which
the representation shall be deter
mined. Delegates to the state par
ty conventions shall be elected at
large by the party electors of the
county. Delegates to party county
conventions shall be elected by pre-
cincts.
Operation Necessary to be Delegate
Any qualified elector desirous Of
becoming delegate to a party con-
vention shall, not earlier than 80
days nor later than ten days before
the primary election, file verified
fton tn
er facts in connection Herewith.
The Ballots
Official primary ballots will be fur
nished by the county clerk of each
county in the state. These ballots
will be much smaller than those for
merly used at primary elections, as
they will be about eight inches in
width and as long as necessary.
Separate Ballots for Each Party
Separate ballots will be printed
for each political party, the ballots to
contain the names of the party can
didates. They will be printed on
tinted paper, each party having
different color. The color allotted to
the Democratic party is pink; for
the Republican party blue; for the
Socialist, grey.
Each precinct casting over ten
votes at the last general election,
or which has registration of ten
at the close of the registration for
thhe primary election shall be EMIT
eled to one delegate to the county
inspectors-shall serve without COM
pensation. Thould these officers who
will be appointed, refuse to act, the
registry agent of the precinct must
open the polls, deliver and receive
ballots, and count and canvass and
return the same.
The Primary Register
The qualifications and regulations
for voters at the primaries shall be
the same as for general elections.
The register for the primaries shall
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be the same as for general elections.
The register for the primaries shall
be made by taking the names of the
voters on the register for the last
| general election with the additional
names taken from the general regis
ter, opened July 1st, and up to ten
days before the primary election.
Must State Politics
No elector shall be entitled to vote
at any primary election unless he has
heretofore designated to the regis
try agent his politics or the politi-
cal party to which he or she belongs,
and has caused to be entered upon
the register, by the registry agent,
his or her political party to which
he or she belongs.
Voting is done by stamping cross
: (X) opposite and to the right OF
thhe name of the delegate favored
Date of Conventions
The state conventions shall b.
held on hthe first Tuesday in Septem
Der after the August primary cleo
ton, when the platforms shall b.
formulated and candidates for stat
Offices shall be nominated. On tn
third Tuesday in September afte
the primary election the county con
ventions shall be held at the count
seats and candidates for county Of
3 fees shall be nominated.
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