Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-11
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text of Nevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND sIdor ITS
PROVISIONS.
Fair and Clean Elections In th'
Fusure IL she Law h Observed.

TIE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved March IS, 1891
The People Of the State Of Nevsds' rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act % follows:
SECTION /. All ballots cast In election
for public officers within this State shaii
DO printed and distributed at public ca
pense, as hereinafter provided. IN
printing Of general tickets and cards o.
instruction for the electors OF eson oouns
and the delivery OF the same 70 tne eiee-
tion officers. ~ provided Tor In this Ae.
shall be Q county charge, the payment o.
which shall be provided for In the same
q 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 tickets and cards Of
instruction shall be charged upon she CITY
town or district in which said tickets ano
cards are 10 be used, the payment o.
which shall be provided for In the sam
manner o. the payment OF other CITY,
county or district expenses.
SEC. q. Any convention, 90 hereinafter
defined, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public office. and ais
electors 70 the number hereinafter speci-
fed, msy nominate candidates for publie
offices, 10 be filed BY election within the
State. A convention within the meanine
of this Act 10 an organized assemblage OF
delegates representing . political party.
which, at the last election. before the
holding Of such convention, polled a.
least three per cent Of the entire vote cas-
In the State. county, district or other poit
iosI division, for which the nomination Is
made.
SEC. 8. All nominations made BY such
convention shall be certified ss follow:
The certificate OF nomination, which must
be in writing, shall contain the name o.
each person nominated, his residence AMI
ofioe for which he lie nominated. and sha'i
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. II shall b.
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 oficer
authorized TO administer the ame thai
the matters stated in such certificate ar
true to the beat Of their knowledge and
belief. and . certificate Of the said osth
shall be annexed 70 said certificate Of
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public ofic
may be nominated otherwise thar by
convention In the manner following;
Certificate Of nomination containing tb
name OF the candidate 70 be nominated,
with the other information required 10 b
given In the certificate provided for In see
ton three Of this Act, shall be signed b.
electors residing within the district or
political division for which candidates arc
TO be presented. equal In number to a.
least three per cent OF the entire vote oast
a A. a la --on~dsr. .ia.ks~- L. A. nk.ss
district or political division for which tn
nomination IL 10 be made; provided, thai
such certificate shall not be valid unless
signed by three voters. Said signature
need not ell be appended TO one paper, bns
each signer shall add TO his signature his
place OF residence. One OF the siguers o.
each such certificate shall swear that thc
statements therein made are true to thu
best Of his knowledge and belief. and q Ger
tifloate Of such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect Is Q certificate of nomina
ton made by . party convention.
SEQ. 8. Certificates OF nomination Of
candidates for offices TO be voted for by
the electors OF the entire State, shall b.
filed WITH the Secretary Of State. Oerti
ficates Of nomination Of candidates for all
other public ofio shall be fled with tn
Clerks OF the respective counties wherein
the officers are TO be voted for, and where
q district embraces more than one county
such certificates shall be filed with tn
CLERK OF each Of said counties.
SEQ. 6. No certificate Of nomination
shall contain the name Of more thsn on
candidate for each Office TO be filed. N
person shall Join 10 nominating. undel
she provision Of Section 4 Of this Act
more than one nominee for each office Il
be filed. aud no person who has voted IL
convention, 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 ~
person shall accept Q nomination 70 NOR
than one office.
SEo.7. Certificates OF nomination re
quired to be fled with the Secretary 0
State shall not be filed more than sixtl
days nor less than forty days before th'
day Of election when the nomination !
made by . convention, and not more thai
sixty days nor less than thirty days befor'
the dsy OF election when the nomination
IL made under the provisions OF section
four OF this Act. Should . vacancy occu
from any cause In the list OF nominees 70
any office. such vacancy may be filled AZ an
time before the day Of election by the con
N6ubtOuf VI W = O0l4A ~ uaAoa "a
convention has delegated the power Il
fill vacancies, or by petitions, as provide,
in section four Of this Act. The CHAIR
man and Secretary Of the convention, o
OF such committee, or such petitioner
shall make and ile with the proper Office
certificate. setting forth the name Of tn
person nominated TO I'LL such vacancy, III
office for which lie Ia nominated. the nam
OF the person for whom the new nominee i
IL TO be substituted, and such further infor
nation e. is required to be given In al
original certificate OF nomination.. Wher
such certificate Is filed, the officer will
whom IL IL fled shall substitute the name o
ths 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 day
before an election 70 fill any public Office
the Secretary Of State shall certify TO ths
County Clerk OF each county within thu
State the name Of each person, and the
name OF the Office for which he Ia nomin
ated, O. specified in the certificate oil
nomination filed with him.
SEC. o. 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 Q newspaper printed with
In the county. When no newspaper is
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 81 the courthouse
door. When publication IL made by print
ing In newspapers. 81 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 a proposed Constitution.
constitutional amendment or other CUES.
tion 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 a.
provided for In section . Of this Act.
SEC. IL. II shall be the duty OF the
0ountv 0iark IN nravida nriutaH haflota