Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-02-06
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text of Nevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND sraor IT'S
PROVISIONS.
Fair aud Clean Elections in she
Future if the Law H. Observed.

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved Mar ii IS, 1891
The People Of the State Of Nevada, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots cast In elections
for public officers within this State shall
be printed and distributed at public ex-
pence, as hereinafter provided. Tit
printing OF general tickets and cards OF
Instruction for the electors Of each county,
aud the delivery Of the same TO the elec-
tion officers, as provided for In this Act,
sball be q county charge, the payment Of
which shall be provided for In the same
manner az the paymen. OF other county
expenses, aud in case Of separate elections
for city, town or district officers. The prin'-
ing aud delivery OF tickets and cards oi
instruction shall be charged upon the city,
town or district in which said tickets and
cards arc 10 be used, the payment 81
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 Ais
eleetors 40 Abe number hereinafter speet'
hed, may nominate candidates for public
Offices. 40 be oiled By election within the
State. A conyention within the meaning
of this Act Is az organized assemblsge of
delegates representing q political party,
which, Al the last election, before the
holding OF such convention, polled 81
least .hree per cen Of the entire vote cast
in the state, county. district or other polit'
ioal division, for which the nomination Is
made.
sac. 8. All nominations made by such
convention shall be certified IS follows:
The certificate OF nomination, which nut
be In writing, shall contain the name OF
zach person nominated, his residence snd
Office for which he is nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. 10 shall be
signed BY the Chairman and Secretary Of
such convention, who shall add to tho.r
signatures their respective places Of resi-
dence, aud make oath before an officer
authorized 10 administer the same, that
the matters stated in such certificate are
true 10 the beat Of their knowledge and
belief, and q certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed 20 said certificate OF
nomination.
SIC. 4. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated otherwise than by .
convention In the manner following: A
Certificate OF nomination containing the
name OF the candidate 10 be nominated,
with the other information required 10 be
given In the certificate provided for 10 Sec
tion three OF this Act, shall be signed BY
electors residing within the district or
political division for which candidates are
90 be presented, equal In number to at
least three per cent OF the entire vote cast
al 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
sign ed by three voters. Said signatures
need not all be appended to one paper, bat
each signer shall add TO his signature his
place OF residence. One OF the signers Of
each such certificate shall swear that tho
statements therein made are true TO the
best OF his knowledge and belief, and GER
titioate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same eifeot as o certificate OF nomina.
ton made by q party convention.
SEC. 8. 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. Cerii-
ioates OF nomination OF candidates for oil
other public offices shall be filed with tho
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 the
CLERK OF each OF said counties.
SEC. 9. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name OF more than one
candidate for each office to be filed. No
person shall Join in nominating. under
the provision Of Section 4 Of this Act.
more than one nominee for each Office to
DO filed, aud no person who has voted in
q convention, either Ia person or by proxy,
for or against a candidate for any Office,
shall Join In nominating. In any manner
any other nominee for that Office. and no
person shall accept q nomination 10 more
than one office.
SEC. Z. Certificates OF nomination re-
quired to be died with the Secretary Of
State shall not be filed more than sixty
days nor less han 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 whom the nomination
lie made under tho provisions OF section
four OF this Act. Should q vacancy occur
from any cause in the list OF nominees for
any office. such vacancy may be filled al any
time before the day OF election by the con.
v%ention, or by a committee 10 which the
convention has delegated the power to
fill vacancies, or by petitions, as provided
in section four of this Act. The Chair
man and Secretary Of the convention, or
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shall make and file with the proper officer
a certificate. setting forth the name Of the
person nominated TO All such vacancy, the
office for which he is nominated. the name
Of The person for whom the new nominee il
is 10 be substituted, and such further infor.
nation as Is required 30 be given in an
original certificate OF nomination. When
suoh certificate Is filed. the officer with
whom II ia hled shall substitute the name Of
tho person therein for the original nomi
nee. by printing. II practicable. or by writ
ing the name OF the person thus substi-
tuted.
SEC. s. Not less than twenty five days
before an election TO I'LL 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. 3. Not less than zen days before
an election 10 ill any public Office or Of.
foes, the County Clerk shall cause 10 be
published all the nominations certified 20
or hled 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 a copy Of the
ballot in . public place in each election
precinct within the county. one Of which
copies shall be posted AZ the courthouse
door. When publication is made by print
log In newspapers. q tlesst two publications
by such newspapers shall be required. one
OF which shall appear In the last regular
issue OF such paper before election day.
SIC. 10. When a proposed Constitution.
constitutional amendment or other ques.
iion is TO be submitted for popular vote.
the Secretary OF State shall certify the
10 the several County Clerks, and said