Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-10-08
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text of Nevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND sTauv IT'S
PROVISIONS.
Tair and Clean Elections An the
ruture ~ the Law is Observed.

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved March 70. 1884,
The People Of the State Of Nevada, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act 90 follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots cast In elections
for public officers within this State shall
be printed and distributed at public en-
psnse, % hereinafter provided. The
printing Of general tickets aud cards OF
instruction for the electors OF each county,
and the delivery Of the same TO the cleo
zion officers, az provided for in this Act,
shall be q county charge, the payment oil
which shall be provided for In the same
manner 90 the payment OF other county
expenses, and In case OF separate elections
for city, town or district officers, the print
ing aud delivery Of tickets and cards OF
instruction shall be charged upon the city,
town or district in which said tickets and
cards are 70 be used. the payment OF
which shall be provided for In the same
manner a. the payment OF other city,
county or district expenses.
SEQ. q. Any convention, % hereinafter
defined, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public office, and also
electors 70 the number hereinafter speci-
fed, may nominate candidates for public
Off ces, 10 be filed by election within The
State. A convention within the meaning
OF this Act Is an organized assemblage OF
delegates representing . political party,
which, at the last election. before the
holding OF suoh convention. polled 81
least three per cent Of the entire vote cas-
In the State, county, district or other polit-
ical division, for which the nomination IL
made.
SEC. 8. All nominations made by such
convention shall be certified IS follows:
The certificate OF nomination, which musi
be In writing, shall contain the name OF
each person nominated, his residence and
Office for which he Is nominated, and shall
designate tho party or principle which
such onven tion 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, tina,
the matters stated in such certificate are
true to the best OF their knowledge and
belief, and Q certificate OF the said ostl
shall be annexed 10 said certificate OF
nomination.
DEt. 81. n Cauuiuhtc lOT QuDitC OAuCS
may be nominated otherwise than by a
. invention in the manner following: A
Q srtifoate OF nomination containing the
name Of the candidate to 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
10 be presented, equal In number to at
least three per cent OF the entire vote cast
al the last proceeding election In the State,
district or political division for which the
nomination is to be made; provided, that
such Ger tifo shall not be valid unless
signed by three voters. Said signatures
need NOS ell be appended to one paper. but
each siguer shall add TO his signature his
place OF residence. One OF the signers OF
each such certificate shall swear that the
statements therein made are true to the
best Of his knowledge and belief. ands GER
tiicate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate Of nomination shall have
the same effect 90 q certificate OF nomina.
ton made by Q party convention.
SEQ. s.. Certificates OF nomination OF
candidates for offices 10 be voted for by
the electors OF the entire State, shall be
filed with the Secretary OF State. Oerti-
fcates 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
district embraces more chan one county,
such certificates shall be filed with the
Clerk Of each Of said counties.
SEQ. 6. No certificate Of nomination
shall contain the name OF more than one
candidate for each office 70 be filled. Nc
person shall Join in nominating, under
the provision Of Section 4 Of this Act
more than one nominee for each Office tc
be filled, and no person who has voted Ia
convention, 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 nc
person shall accept Q nomination 10 more
than one oiice.
SEQ z. Certificates OF nomination TO
quired to be fled with the Secretary o.
State shall not be filed more than sixty
days nor less than forty days before th,
made by Q convention. and not more thar
sixty days nor less than thirty days bsior'
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 fol
auy office. such vacancy may be filled al AM
time before the day Of election by the con
vention, or By Q committee to which th,
convention has delegated the power Il
fill vacancies. or by petitions. as provided
In section four Of this Act. The Chair
man aud Secretary Of the convention, OF
Q. such ommittee. or such petitioner
shall make and ile with the proper Officer
. certificate. setting forth the name Of the
person nominated to ill such vacancy. th,
office for which he is nominated. the nam
Of the person for whom the new nominee /,
Is 10 be substituted, and such further infor
nation as Is required to be given in or
original certificate OF nomina alton. Wher
such certificate Is filed, the officer will
whom 1t is filed shall substitute the name oil
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 40 election 10 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 il nomin-
ated. as specified in the certificate OF
nomination filed with him.
SEC. 0. Not less than ten days before
an election 10 fill any public Office or Of
fees. the County Clerk shall cause 10 be
published ell the nominations certified to
or dled with him. Said nominations shall
be published In 9 newspaper printed with
In the county. When no newspaper 10
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting . copy Of the
ballot in . public place In each election
precinct within the county. one Of which
copies shall be posted at the courthouse
door. When publication is made by print
ing 10 newspapers. al least two publications
BY such newspapers shall be required. one
Of which shall appear 10 the last regular
issue OF such paper before election day.
SEC. 10. When proposed Constitution.
constitutional amendment or other ques-
tion 10 10 be submitted for popular vote.
the Secretary OF State shall certify the