Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1891-11-21
AUSTRALIAN BILLOT.
Full Text CT Hevses's New
HIeetion Law.
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Fair and Clean EIeetaens in the
Future ~ the Lsw 10 Observed.

IhE VI AnE bALLOAs
Approved NErehiS ISL.
The People Of The State Of Nevada. rep.
resented In ssnAss snd Assembly. do En-
act % follows:
sEcTTox /. All ballots cast in elections
fer pablic CHEERS within this STATE shsli
be printed sad disirib7ted a. pable e.
penss. ~ hereinafter provided. Tbs
printing q general tickets ADD c&6s q
instruction for the ELECTORS Of each oozniy,
and the delivery Of the zane 20 TIE sles-
ton ofncsrs, ~ provided fog in this Act
shall Be Q eounty charge. the payment q
which shall Be provided for IN the sane
nsnne e tbs psyDsnt Of other eoanty
expenses, snd in case Of separate slsctions
for city, toEn or distriet o6csrs, the print
ing and delivery Of tickets AID cards q
distraction shall Be charged zoon the city,
tosn or district in which said tickets Anc
cards are 10 Be used. she payment o.
vhich shall Be provided Tor In tbs sane
manner e tie payment Of other city,
county or district expenses.
SIC. q. Any convsntion, ~ hereinafter
defined. hsld for the p1rpose Of making
nominations for public o6os, and also
electors 20 the number hereinafter speei-
led. may noninste candidates for public
OF ss, 70 be filed By election within the
state. A convention within the msAning
OF this Act 10 an organized ssssmblage Of
delegates representing . political party,
which. - the ikss election, before the
holding Of such convention, polled q;
least three per cent Of the entire vote csst
in the State, county, district or other polit-
ic&l division, for which the nomination il
made.
SIC. 8. Ali nominations made By such
convention shall be osriided a. follows
The certificate OF nomination, which mus;
be in writing, shall contain the name OF
each person nominated, HE residence and
Office for which he IL nominated, aud shall
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. IL shall b
signed By tho Chairman and Secretary Of
such convention, who shsll add to their
signatures their respective plscss of resi-
denee, and make oath before an officer
authorized TO administer the ame, that
the matters stated in such certificate are
true 20 the beat Of their knowledge and
belief, and 9 certificate Of the said oath
shall be annexed 70 said certificate OF
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public omcs
may be nominated otherwise than by .
convention in the manner following: A
certificate Of nomination containing the
name OF the candidate 10 be nominated,
with the other information required 10 be
given in the certificate provided for 10 Sec
ton three OF this Act, shall be signed By
electors residing within the district or
political division for which eAndidAsss are
20 be presented. equal in number 10 At
least three per cent Of the entire yote czst
At the LAST preceding election in the State,
district or political division for which the
nomination ia 10 be made; provided, that
such certificate shAlI not Be valid unless
signed By three voters. Said signatures
need not all be appended TO one paper. bot
each signer shall add 10 his ~signsturs hi.
plsce Of rssidsnes. One Of the signsrs Of
each such certificate shall swear thai the
statements therein made are true 10 the
best Of his knozisdgs and belief. snda csr-
tidcAts Of such oath shall be annsrsd.
Such certificate Of nomination shall haEs
the sane effect - . certificate OF nominE
ton made By . party convention.
SIC. 5. Certificates Of nomination O.
candidates for ofices to be voted for By
the electors Of the entire State, shall b.
filed with the Secretary Of State. Cert
icstes OF nomination of candidates for all
other public offices shsll be filed with the
Clerks OF the respective counties Wherein
the officers are 80 be voted for, aud where
. district embraces more than one county,
such certificates shall be filed with the
Clerk Of each Of said counties.
SEC. g.. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name of more than one
candidate for each Office 10 be filled. No
person shall Join in nominating. under
the provision of Section 4 Of this Act.
more than one nominee for each ofice to
be filled, and no person who has voted In
a convention, either in person or By proxy
for or against > candidate for any office,
shall join in nominating. in any manner
any other nominee for that office, and no
person shall accept Q nomination to more
than one office.
SEC. 7. Certificates OF nomination re-
quired to be filed with the Secretary OF
State shall not be filed more than sixty
days nor less than forty days before the
day OF election when the nomination IL
sixty days nor less han thirty days before
the day Of election when the nomination
Ia made under the provisions Of section
four OF this Act. Should . vacancy occur
from any cause in the list OF nominees for
any Office. such vacancy may be filled at any
time before the day Of election by the con
vention, or by Q committee to which the
convention has delegated the power to
fill vacancies, or by petitions, as provide ed
in section four of this Act. The Chair
man and Secretary Of the convention. or
of such committee, or such petitioners
shall make and file with the proper officer
q certificate, setting forth the name Of the
pers nominated to fill such vacancy, the
office for which he is nominated. the name
OF the person for whom the new nominee Is
ia TO b. substituted, and such further infor-
nation as il required to be given in an
original certificate Of omination. When
such certificate Is filed, the officer with
whom II ia filed shall substitute the name OF
the person therein for the original nomi
nee, by printing, II practicable, OF by writ
ing the mann OF the person thus substi-
tuted.
SEC. 8. Not less than twenty-five days
before an election to ill any public office
the Secretary Of State shall certify TO the
County Clerk OF each county within the
State the name OF each person, and the
name Of the office for which he is nomin
ated, az specified 10 the certificate OF
nomination filed with him.
SEC. O.. Not less than ten days before
an election to fill any public Office or Of
fees, the County Clerk shall cause to be
published all the nominations certified to
or fled with him. Said nominations shall
be published in 9 newspaper printed with
in the county. When no newspaper is
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting q cop OF the
ballot in 9 public place in each election
precinct within the county. one of which
shall be posted at the courthouse
door. When publication is made by print
ing liz newspapers, q tleasttwo publications
by such newspapers shall be required, q
OF which shall appear In the last regular
Issue Of such paper before election day.
SEC. 10. When a proposed Constitution,
constitutional amendment or other CUES
sion 10 to be submitted for popular vote.
the Secretary OF State shall certify the
same to the several County Clerks. and said
County Clerks shall publish the same as
provided for in section o Of this Act.
SEC. IL. II shall be the duty OF the
CLERK 10 provide printed ballots
for every election for public officers. IN