Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-04-16
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text of Mevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS sHsulp READ AND sTsor ITS
PROVISIONS.
FaIr and Clean Eicetie.s I'm n
rusure ~ tine Law 10 Observed.
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY skCURE
THE SECRECY OF TIE BALLOT.


Approved March IS, iSei.l
The People Of the State Of Nevada, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act ss follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots csst IN elections
for public officers within this state shall
be printed md distributed N pubic ex-
pense, a. hereinafter provided. The
priptine Of general tickets and cards OF
instruction for the electors Of each county,
and the delivery Of the same 70 the cleo
tiou officers, % provided for in this Act,
shall be Q county charge. the payment OF
which shall be provided for In the same
manner a. the payment Of other county
expenses, and in case of separate elections
for CITY. town or district officers, the print
ing and delivery OF ticSts and cards oil
Instruction shall be charged upon the city,
tszu or distric, in which said tickets and
cards are to be used. the payment OF
which shall be provided for 10 the same
manner as the payment OF other CITY
county or district expenses.
$40. q. Any convention, a. hereinafter
defined, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public ofnce, and also
electors 10 the number hereinafter spesi'
fied. NAV nominate candidates for public
Offices. 40 be illed by election within the
State. A convention within the meaning
Of this Act Is an organized Assem- blsge OF
delegates representing 9 political party,
which. al the last election. before the
holding Of such convention, polled st
least three per cent OF the entire vote cssi
in the State, county, district or other polit-
ical division, for which the nomination Is
made.
SIC, g., All nominations made by such
convention shall be certified - follows:
The oertifcste Of nomination, which must
be in writing, shall contain the name OF
each person nominated, his residence and
Office for which he is nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. IL shall be
signed by the Chairman and Secretary Of
such convention, Who shall add to their
signatures their respective places OF resi-
dence, and make oath before an officer
authorized 10 administer the same, thst
the matters stated in such certificate are
true TO the best Of their knowledge and
belief. and . 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 h
convention in the manner following: A
certificate OF nomination containing the
name Of the candidate 10 be nominated,
with the other information required to be
given in the certificate provided for in Sec
tion three Of this Act, shall be signed by
electors residing within the district or
political division for which candidates are
to be presented. equal In number to at
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 is 10 be made; provided, that
such certificate shall not be valid unless
signed by three voters. Said signatures
need not all be appended to one paper, but
each signer shall add TO bis signature his
place of residence. One OF the signsrs of
each such certificate shall swear that the
~t@.amanta therein ,a.ae ara true 10 >h~
best Of his knowledge and belief, and a GER
tificate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect as q certificate OF nomina-
tion made by 9 party con vention.
SEC. 5. Certificates OF nominate. oi
candidates for OFFICES so be voted for by
the electors OF the entire State, shall be
filed with the Secretary Of State. Certi-
fcstes OF nomination Of candidates for all
other public offices shall be fled with the
Clerks OF the respective counties wherein
the officers are to be voted for, and where
a district embraces more than n county,
such certificates shall be filed with the
Clerk Of each Of said counties.
SEC. 6. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name OF more than one
candidate for each Office to be filled. No
person shall join in nominating. and
the provision OF Section A Of this Act,
more than one nominee for each Office TO
be filed. and no person who has voted IN
a oonvsntion, either in person or by proxy,
for or against q candidate for any Office,
shall join in nominating. in any manner,
any other nominee for that office. and no
person shall accept q nomination 10 more
than one office.
SEC z. Certificates o. nomination re-
quired to be fled 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 is
made by q convention, and not more than
sixty days nor less than thirty days before
ths day Of election when the nomination
is 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 al any
time before the day Of election by the con-
vention. or by Q committee 70 which the
convention has delegated the power to
fill vacancies, or by petitions. as provided
In section four Of this Act. The CHAIR
man and Secretary Of the convention, or
Of such committee. or u petitioners
shall make and file with the proper officer
certificate. setting forth the name OF the
person nominated to fill such vacancy, the
office for which he Ia nominated, the name
OF the person for whom the new nominee is
is to be substituted, and such further infor-
nation as is required to be given In an
original certificate OF nomination. When
such certificate Is filed, the officer with
WHOM IL ia filed shall substitute the name Of
the person therein for the original nomi.
nee. by printing, il practicable. or by writ
ing the name OF the person thus substi-
tuted.
SEQ. 8. Not less than twenty-five days
before an election 10 fill any public Office
the Secretary Of State shall certify 10 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, as specified in the certificate Of
nomination filed with him.
SEQ. 0. Not less than ten days before
an election TO fill any public Office or Of
foes, the County Clerk shall cause to be
Published all the nominations certified to
or fled with him. Said nominations shall
be published In . Newspaper printed with
in the county. When no newspaper is
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made BY posting q copy Of the
ballot In . public place In each election
precinct within the county. one OF which
copies shall be posted al the courthouse
door. When publication Is made by print
ing In newspapers. at least two publications
by such newspapers shall be required, one
Of which shall appear In the last regular
issue OF such paper before election day.
2rc IN Whan n npopoeaA 0anasfkution
constitutional amendment or other ques-
tion is to be submitted for popular vote.
the Secretary OF State shall certify the
same 10 the several County Clerks. and said
County Clerks shall publish the same as
provided for 10 section 9 Of this Act.
SEC. IL. 10 shall be the duty Of the
County Clerk 10 provide printed ballots