Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-08-13
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text of Mevada's new
ulectien Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND sraov ITO
PROVISIONS.
raIr. and Clean Elections IN 'he
ruture if the Law 10 Observed

AND TO MORE fObLt oEOo"H
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved March Is. 1871
The People Of the State Of Nevada rep
rassn.ed In Senate and Assembly. do en-
act % follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots cast in elections
for public officers within this State shall
be printed and distributed at public ex-
pense. As hereinafter provided. Tn
printing OF general tickets and cards OF
in~struotiou for the electors Of each county
and the delivery Of the same 70 the eiec-
Atom officers, as provided for in this Act,
shall be q county charge, the payment oil
which shall be provided for In the same
manner &C the payment OF other county
expenses, and in case OF separate eiecnons
for city, town or district officers, the print.
ing and delivery Of tickets aud cards oil
instruction shall be charged upon tne CITY,
town or district in which said tickets ana
cards are TO be used, the payment OF
which shall be provided for In tne SANE
manner as the payment oil other ci'y'
county or district expenses.
Seo. q. Any convention. ss hereinafter
defined, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public office, and also
electors 20 the number hereinafter speci-
fied. NAV nominate candidates for public
ofices. 10 be filed by election within the
State. A convention within the meaning
of thia Act is an organized Assem- blage oil
delegates representing q political party,
which, n the last election, before the
holding Of such convention, polled ct
Ieast three per cent OF the entire vote cast
in the State, county, district or other polit-
ical division, for which the nomination Ia
made.
SEQ. 8, All nominations made by such
convention shall be certified as follows;
The certificate Of nomination, which must
be Ia writing, shall contain the name OF
each person nominated, bis residence and
ofioe for which he is nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle which
such CON ventio represents. II shall be
signed by the Chair ian and Secretary OF
such convention, who shall add to their
signstures their respective places OF resi-
deuce. and make oath before an officer
authorized 10 administer the same, that
the matters stated in such certifi cate are
true TO the best Of their knowledge and
belief, and q certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate OF
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated other wise than BY a
o convention In the manner following: A
o srtiHcste Of nomination containing the
name of the candidate 70 be nominsted,
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 candidates are
10 be presented, equal in number TO al
least three per cent OF the entire vote cast
at the last preceding election In the State,
district or political division for which the
nomination 10 TO be made; provided, that
such certificate shall not be valid unless
signed by three voters. Said signatures
need not sll be appended TO one paper. but
each signer shall add TO his signature HE
place OF residence. One Of the signers OF
each such certificate shall swear hat the |
statements therein made are true TO the
best OF his knowledge and belief, n d GER
tidoate Of such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect ss q certificate Of nomina-
ton made by . party convention.
SEC. 8. Certificates OF nomination OF
candidates for offices 10 be voted for by
she electors OF the entire State, shall be
died with the Secretary Of State. Oerti-
fcates Of nomination OF candidates for all
other public Offices shall be filed with the
Clerks OF the respective counties wherein
the officers are TO be voted for, aud where
. district EN- bracss more than one county, |
such certificates shall be filed with the
Clerk Of each OF said counties.
SEQ. 8. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name Of more than one
candidate for each ONCE 10 be filed. No
person shall join 10 nominating, under
the provision OF Section 4 of this Act.
more than one nominee for each Office 10
be filed. and no person who has voted In
. oonvention, either 10 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 acoept Q nomination 10 more
than one Office.
SEQ. 2. Certificates Of nomination re-
CURED to be filed with the Secretary OF
State shall not be filed more than sixty
days nor lsss than forty days before the
day Of election when the nomination IL
made by Q convention, and not more than
sixty days nor less than thirty days before
the day Of election when the nomination
is made under the provisions OF section
four OF this Act. Should Q vacancy occur
from any cause in the list OF nominees for
any office. such vacancy may be filled al any
time before the day Of election by the con-
~vention. or by Q committee to which the
convention has delegated the power 10
ill vacancies. or by petitions, o. provided
IN sec'lon Iour OF tnis Acs. Tne ohair-
man ana oecre!sry OF tne convention, or
OF suon mmistee, or such petitioners
snAi make and ME with the proper officer
. oerhncate. setting forth the name OF the
person nominatsd to I'LL such vacancy, the
oince Tor which lie 10 nominated. the name
OF sne person lot whom The new nominee is
IA 10 be an hakftukad and auch furkhav ;ufor-
nation - Is required 10 be given in IN
original certificate Of nomination. When
such certificate Ia filed, the officer with
whom II is filed shall substitute the name Of
the person therein for the original nomi,
nee. by printing, II practicable, or by writ
ing the name Of the person thus substi-
tuted.