Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1891-12-19

shall be printed on tinted paper, furnished
by the Secretary Of State. II shall be the
duty OF the Secretary Of State 10 obtain,
and keep on hand, 9 sufficient supply Of
such paper for ballots, and to furnish the
same in quantities ordered TO any County
Clerk. Said paper shall be water-marked
with . design furnished by the Secretary
Of State, in such q name that the said
water.mArk shall be plsiuly d~iscernable on
the outside Of such ballot when prop
erly folded. Such design shall be changed
for each general election, and The same de-
sign shall not be used At any general
lection within the space Of eight
years, but at any special or sep
arale local election paper marked with the
design used at any previous election may
be used.
SIC. IL. On each ballot q perforated
line shall extend from top 10 bottom, one
half-incb from the right hand side OF such
ballot, and upou the half-ineh strip thus
formed there shall be no writing or print
ing, except the number of the ballot, which
shall be upon the back Of the strip in such
position that il shall appear on the outside
when the ballot is folded. The number
on each ballot shall be the same az that on
the corresponding stub, and the ballots
and stubs shall be numbered consecutively
in each county. Where the names OF
candidates are printed in separate columns,
the columns shall be separated by heavy
rules, and on all ballots the names OF
candidates shall be separated by q rule OK
tending to the extreme right OF the
column. All ballots shall contain the
game Of each and every candidate whose
nomination for any office specified in the
ballot has been certified to and filed &C.
cording to the provisions Of this Act, and
no other name. The nsmes Of the csndi
dates for each Office shall be arranged
under the designation Of the Office in al
phabetical order, according TO surname,
except that the name of candidates for
Presidential Electors shall be arranged in
groups ss presented in the several certih-
cat IS Of nomination, and the names OF thu
candidates for Presidentsnd Vice President
shall precede The proper groups OF Presi
Dental Electors; the political designation
Of each candidate shall be printed opposite
his name. There shall be left at the enc
Of the list Of candidates for each office
one blank space to be used when substitut-
ing names to fill vacancies. There shall
be q margin at the right hand side OF the
names at least one-half inch wide, so thai
the voter may clearly indicate in the way
hereinafter described the candidate OF
candidates for whom he wishes to vote
Whenever any question is to be submitted
to the vote OF the people, IL shall be
printed upon the ballot in such q manner
as to enable the electors TO vote upon the
question in the name hereinafter pro
vided. There shall be printed on the bal
lots opposite the designation of eacf
Office such words as will aid the voter &c
indicate his choice Of candidates, such a.
" vote for one" "vote for three" and the
like.
SEC. IS. All ballots, when printed,
shall be bound in stub books OF fifty and
one mar ballots each. A record OF the
number of ballots printed for thom shall
be kept by the respective County Clerks
SEC. IA. The County Clerks shall pro
vide for each election precinct in the
county wherein less than twenty-five voters
are registered fifty ballots, and in all
other precincts one hundred ballots
for each fifty or fraction OF fifty voters
registered in the precinct.
SEC. Is. Whenever il shall appear. by
affidavit, that sn error or omission has oc
CURED in the publication Of the name or
description of any of the candidates
nominated, or in the printing of the bal
lots, any member OF the Board OF
County Commissioners. upon application
by any voter, shall issue an order requir-
ing the county Clerk to correct such err
ror.
SEC. 16. Before the opening of th
polls, at any election, the County Clerk
shall cause 10 be delivered to the Board Of
Election Of each election precinct in hi
county the proper number OF tickets oil
the kind to be used in the election precinct
In case OF prevention of an election in any
precinct by reason of the loss or destruc-
sion Of tSa ballots intended for that pre-
cinct, or for any other cause, the Inspec-
tor or other election officer for the pro
oinot shaii make an affidavit setting forth
the fact and transmit il to the Governor
Of the State. Upon receipt Of such afida-
date for any Office 10 be voted for by the
voters of such precinct, the Governor
shall order a new election in such pre-
cinct.
SEC. II. At the same time and in the
same manner as Inspectors and Judges OF
Election are now appointed in the State,
there shall be appointed two Clerks o.
Election, who shall have charge Of the bal
lots OF election day, and shall furnish
them TO the voters in the manner herein
after provided for. Said Clerks OF Elec
ton shall possess the same qualifications,
and receive the same compensation as In
speotors Of Election. Said Clerks shall be
selected from the political parties which
polled the largest and the next larges,
votes in the precinct at the last preceding
general election.
SEC. Is. The Board OF County Com
~missioners shall provide, at each polling
place within the county, q suficien
number OF places, booths or compsrt
ments. in which voters may conveniently
mark their ballots, so that in the marking
thereof they may be screened from the obser
Vation Of others, and a guard rail shall bt
SO placed that only such persons as are in
side said rail can approach within si'
feet Of the ballot box, and Of such booth,
or compartments. The arrangement
shall be such that neither the ballot boz
nor the booths or compartments shall b,
hidden from the view of those JUST out
side the guard rail. The number oil
such booths or compartments shall bt
not less than one for each fifty or fraction
OF fifty voters registered in the precinct
Each OF said booths or compartment.
shall be kept provided with proper sup
plies and c~onveniences for marking ballots
No person, other than voters engaged il
receiving, preparing or depositing theii
ballots, shall be permitted inside SAID
guard rail during the time the polls arr
open, except by authority of the Board
OF Election. and in that case only for th'
purpose of keeping order and enforcing
the law.
SEC. 10. Any person desiring to vote
shall give his address 10 one OF the CLERK.
Of Election, who shall nj the same
and if the other Clerk shall find the nam
upon the registry list he shall repeat the
name and address. One ballot hall theL
be given TO the voter. aud the number oil
the said ballot shall be written by n OF
the Clerks OF Election upon the registry
list opposite the name of the voter receiv-
ing it.
SEC. 90. On receiving his ballot the
voter shall Immediately retire alone TO one
Of the places, booths or compartments
He shall prepare his ballot by marking a
cross or Y after the name of the persOu