Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-10-01
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text Of Nevada's New
Injection Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND sTsur ITS
PROVISIONS.
Fair asd Glenn Eiections tn the
Future if the Law Is Observed.

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
TIE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved March IS, 1884,
The People Of the State Of Nevada, rep
resented In Senate aud Assembly, do en-
act ss follows:
SECTION 4. All ballots cast In elections
for public officers within this State shall
be printed and distributed at public ex-
pense, as hereinafter provided. Inc
printing Of general tickets and cards oil
Instruction for the electors OF each county,
and the delivery OF the same TO the cleo
ton officers, IS provided for In this Act,
shall be . county charge. the payment OF
which shall be provided for In the same
mauner ss the payment OF other county
and 10 case OF separate elections
for city, town or district officers, the print
ing aud delivery OF tickets aud cards oil
instruction shall be charged upon she city,
town or district in which said tickets and
cards are 70 be used. the payment oil
which shall be provided for In the same
manner as the payment OF other city
county or district expenses.
SEc. q. Any convention, as hereinafter
defined, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public office. and Also
electors TO the number hereinafter speci-
fed. may nominate candidates for public
offices, 70 be filed by election within the
State. A convention within the meaning
OF this Act lie an organized assemblsge OF
delegates representing Q political party
which, At the Lass election, before the
holding OF such convention, polled 81
least three per cent OF the entire vote cast
In the State, county, district or other polit-
ical division, for which the nomination Is
made.
SEC. 8. All nominations made by such
convention shall be certified ~ follows:
The certificate OF nomination, which must
be in writing, shall contain the name OF
zach person nominated. his residence and
Office for which he 10 nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. 10 shall be
signed BY the Chair Ian and Secretary OF
such convention, who shall add TO their
signatures their respective places OF resi-
dence, aud make oath before an ofhcer
authorized TO administer the same, that
the matters stated 10 such certificate are
true to the best Of their knowledge and
belief. and 9 certificate OF the said oath
suAli 10 ebhoAOL " oeA9 Va
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public ofic
may be nominated otherwise than by .
8 onvention in the manner following: A
, ortifcate OF nomination containing tht
name Of the candidate to be nominated,
with the other information required 10 b.
given in the certificate provided for In sec
ton 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 to be made; provided, that
such certificate shall not be valid unless
signed by three voters. Said signature.
need not all be appended to one paper, but
each signer shall add to his signature his
place OF residence. One Of the signsrs Al
each such certificate shall swear that the
statements therein made are true to tho
best Of his knowledge aud belief, and q Ger
tificate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall hsv.
the ssme effect as q certificate OF nomins
ton made by Q party convention.
SEo. 5. Certificates OF nomination OF
candidates for offices to be voted for b,
the electors OF the entire State, shall b.
filed with the Secretary OF State. Oerti
ficates OF nomination Of candidates for eli
other public offices shall be filed with IL"
Clerks Of the respective counties wherein
the officers are to be voted for, aud where
q district embraces more than one county,
such certificates shall be filed with tn
Clerk Of each OF said counties.
SEC. 6. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name of more han one
candidate for each Office to be filed. NJ
person shall join 10 nominating. under
the provision Of Section 4 Of this Act.
more than one nominee for each Office TO
be filed. and no person who has voted IN
q convention, either in person or by proxy,
for or against Q candidate for any office,
shall join in nominating. In any ann
any other nominee for that office. and no
person shall accept Q nomination TO more
than one office.
SEQ. Z. 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 is
made by Q convention, and not more than
sixty days nor less than thirty days before
the day OF election when the nomination
IL made under the provisions OF section
four Of this Act. Should . vacancy oocur
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 . committee to which the
convention has delegated the power TO
fill vacancies. or by petitions, "a provided
10 section lou 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
per son nominated to fill such vacancy the
office for which he Is nominated. the name
OF the person for whom the new nominee l.
IL to be substituted, and such further infor
nation ~ is required to be given in an
original certificate OF nomin alton. When
such certificate Is filed. the officer with
whom il ia fled 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.
SEC. 8. Not less than twenty five days
before an 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 ofice for which he il nomin
ated. a. specified in the certificate Of
nomination filed with him.
ckC. y. Not icsb tuhu tu uagp ocAoAc
an election to fill any public Office or Of
fees. the County Clerk shall cause TO be
published all the nominations certified to
or died 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 Q copy OF the
ballot in . public place 10 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. ct least two publications
By such newspapers shall be required. n
OF which shall appear 10 the last regular
issue OF such paper before election day.
SEC. 10. When q proposed Constitution,
constitutional amandmant or other nuea-