Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-11-19
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT,
Full Text of Nevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AID srooT ITS
PROVISIONS.
FaiF aud Clean Elections tn the
Future if the law IL observed.

Approved March -, 1891.
The People Of the State Of Neyads, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act IS follows:
sEcrtoS 1. All ballots cast in electioDl
for public officers within this State shal
be printed and distributed at public ex
pense, as hereinafter provided. Th'
printing OF general tickets aud cards o
instruction for the electors OF each county
and the delivery Of the same to the eiec
tion officers, as provided for in this Act
shall be county charge, the payment O
which shall be provided for in the sam'
manner ss the payment OF other count,
expenses, and in case OF separate elections
for city, town or district officers, the print
ing and delivery OF tickets and cards o.
instruction shall be charged upon the city
town or district in which said tickets ano
cards are 10 be used, the payment ol
which shall be provided for in the sans
manner as the payment OF other city
county or district expenses.
SEC. 2. Any convention, as hereinafter
defined, held for the purpose of making
nominations for public office, aud also
electors 10 the number hereinafter speei'
fed, may nominate candidates for public
Offices, TO be filed by election within she
State. A convention within the meaning
of this ACT is an organized assembiAge OF
delegates representing political party
which. at the last election, before the
holding OF such convention, polled at
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 as follows:
The certificate Of nomination, which must
be in writing, shall contain the name oi
each person nominated, his residence ana
Office for which he is nominated, aud shall
designate the party or principle which
such convsn tion represents. 10 shall be
signed by the Chairman and Secretary OF
such convention, who shall add TO theiI
signatures their respective places OF resi-
dence, and make oath before an officer
authorized to administer the same, that
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 certifcate Of
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public offic5
may be nominated otherwise than by t
onvention in the manner following: A
artifcats of nomination containing the
name OF the candidate 10 be nominated,
with the other information required 10 b.
given in the certificate provided for in sec
tion three OF this Act, shall be signed by
electors residing within the district OF
political division for which candidates are
TO be presented, equal in number TO al
least three per cent Of the entire vote cas-,
at the last proceeding 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
sigu ed 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 signers OF
each such certificate shall swear that the
s statements therein made are true to the
best OF his knowledge and belief, anda Ger
tifcate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Sdch certificate Of nomination shall have
the same effect as certificate of nomina
tion made by party convention.
SEQ. 5. Certificates OF nomination o!
candidates for offices TO be voted for by
the electors of the entire State, shall b
filed with the Secretary of State. Cert
ficates OF nomination of candidates for all
other public offices shall be filed with tn
Clerks Of the res espective counties wherein
the officers are 10 be voted for, and where
a district embraces more than one county,
such certificates shall be filed with ths
Olerk Of each Of said counties.
SEC. 6. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name of more than ont
candidate for each Office to be filled. NJ
person shall join in nominating, under
the provision of Section Of this Act
more than one nominee for each Office Il
be filed. and no person who has voted IL
a ention, 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 nomin asion TO NOR
than one Office.
SEc. z. Certificates OF nomination re
quired to be filed with the Secretary o
State shall not be filed more than sixt.
days nor less than forty days before tn
day OF election when the nomination j
made by a convention, and not more thar
sixty days nor less than thirty days befor
the day OF election when the nomination
Ia made under the provisions OF section
four of this Act. Should q vacancy occu
from any cause in the list OF nominees 70
any offlcs. such vacancy may be filled al an,
time before the day Of election by the con
vention, or by committee TO which III
convention has delegated the power +
fill vacancies, or by petitions. as provide
10 section four OF this Act. The Chair
man and Secretary of the convention, o
OF such committee. or such Petitioner
shall make and file with the proper Office
q certificate. setting forth the name OF th
person nomiusted to fill such vacancy, th
Office for which he Is nominated, the nam
of the person for whom the new nominee i
is to be substituted, and such further infor
nation as is required to be given in a.
original certificate OF nomina alton. Whel
snch certificate Ia filed, the officer wit
whom il is filed shall sui titu 10 the name o
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. g. Not less than twenty-five day
before 40 election TO I'LL any public ofiic'
the Secretary OF State shall certify TO tn
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. 9. Not less than ten days befor
an election 10 fill any public office or OF
foes, the County Clerk shall cause TO b
published all the nominations certified t
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be published in q newspaper printed with
in the county. When no newspaper !
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting copy OF tn
ballot in public place in each election
precinct within the county. one OF which
copies shall be posted at the court-hous'
door. When publication is made by print
log in newspapers. at least two publication
by such newspapers shall be required. on,
of which shall appear In the last regular
issue Of such paper before election day.
SEC. 10. When proposed Constitution
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 al
provided for In section 9 Of this Act.
SEc. IL. II shall be the duty of the
County Clerk to provide printed ballots