Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-04
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text of Mevada's new
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND sTsuf ITS
PROVISIONS.
Pair and Clean Elections An the
Future if the law - Observed
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.


The people OF the State Of Nevada, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly. do en-
act as follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots cast 10 elections
for public officers within this state snail
be printed and distributed st public ex-
pense, a. hereinafter provided. Inc
printing Of general tickets and cards OF
instruction for the electors OF each county'
aud the delivery OF the same TO the elee-
tion officers. as provided for In this Act
shall be q county charge, the payment oil
which shall be provided for 10 the same
manner AZ the payment OF other county
expenses, and in case OF separate elections
for CITY, town or district officers, the print
ing and delivery OF tickets and cards Of
instruction shall be charged upon the city,
town or district in which said tickets and
cards are to be used, the payment OF
which shall be provided for In the same
manner a. the payment OF other city,
county or district expenses.
SEC. 2. Any convention, as hereinaiter
defined, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public Office, and also
electors 10 the number hereinafter speci.
fed, may nominate candidates for public
off ices, TO be filed by election within the
State. A convention within The meaning
of this Act Is an organized Assem- OF
delegates representing Q political party
which, at the last election, before the
holding OF such convention, polled O.
Toast three per cent Of the entire vote cast
in the State, county, district or other polit
iosl division, for which the nomination IL
made.
SEQ. 3. All nominations made BY such
convention shall be certified as follows:
The certificate OF nomination, which musi
be In writing, shall contain the name OF
each person nominated, his residence and
onAoe for which he is nominated, aud shaN
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. II shall be
signed by tho Chairman and Secretary OF
such convention, who shall add TO then
signatures their respective places Of resi-
dence, and make oath before an officer
authorized 10 administer the same, thai
the matters stated 10 such certificate are
true to the best Of their knowledge and
belief. and q certificate OF the said osth
shall be annexed 10 said certificate Of
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public ofics
may be nominated otherwise than By b
convention In the manner following: A
Certificate Of nomination containing the
name OF the candidate 10 be nominated,
with the other information required 10 b.
given In the certificate provided for 10 sec.
ton three Of this Act, shall be signed b.
electors residing within the district or
political division for which candidates are
10 be presented, equal In number to st
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 to be made; provided. that
such certificate shall not be valid unless
signed by three voters. Said s%ignaturea
need not all be appended to one paper, but
each signer shall add TO bis 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 aud belief, anda cer-
tiicate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Suoh certificate Of nomination shall have
the same effect as q certificate of nomins
ton made by . party convention.
SEC. 5. Certificates OF nomination Of
candidates for offices TO be voted for by
the electors OF the entire State, shall be
filed with the Secretary Of State. Certi
fcates Of nomination of candidates fer all
other public Offices shall be filed with the
Clerks OF the respective counties wherein
the officers are 10 be voted for, and where
a district embraces more than one county,
snch certificates shall be filed with thu
Clerk OF each Of said counties.
SEC. G. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name Of more b on
candidate for each Office to be filled. NJ
person shall Join in nominating, undel
the provision Of Section 4 Of this Act
more than one nominee for each Office t.
be filed. aud no person who has voted II
ao~onvention. 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 nj
person shall accept q nomination 10 NOR
than one office.
SECT. Certificates OF nomination re
quired to be died with the Secretary o
State shall not be filed more than sixt.
days nor less than forty days before th'
day OF election when the nomination /
made by 9 convention, and not more thai
sixty days nor less than thirty days befor'
the day Of election when the nomination
Is made under the provisions OF section
four Of this Act. Should . vacancy occu
from any cause In the list OF nominees TO
any office, such vacancy may be filled at an,
time before the day Of election by the con
~vention. or by q committee to which tn
convention has delegated the power +
fill vacancies. or by petitions. as provides
In section four Of this Act. The Chair
man aud Secretary of the convention, o
OF such committee, or such petitioner
shall make and file with the proper Office
certificate, setting forth the name Of tn
person nominated to fill such vacancy, tn
Office for which he Ia nominated. the nam
of the person for whom the new nominee i
ia TO be substituted, and such further infor
nation as is required to be given in 81
original certificate of nomination. Whel
such certificate IL fled. the officer will
whom Ii IL filed shall substitute the name
the person therein for the original nomi
nee. by printing, n practicable. or by writ
ing the name OF the person thus substi
tuted.
SEQ. 8. Not less than twenty FIVE day
before an election 10 fill any public Office
the Secretary OF State shall certify to thu
County Clerk Of each county within tn,
State the name Of each person, and tn,
name Of the Office for which he is nomin
ated. as specified in the certificate o.
nomination filed with him.
SEC. 8. 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 te
or hled with him. Said nominations shall
be published In Q newspaper printed with
in the. county. When no newspaper ID
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting Q copy OF the
ballot in o 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.
SEC. 10. When q proposed Constitution.
constitutional amendment or other ques-
ton 10 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 Q Of shls Act.
SEC. IL. II shall be the duty of the
County CLERK to provide printed ballots
for every election for public officers. In