Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-12-24
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text of Nevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND sraor ITS
PROVISIONS.
raIr aud Clean Elections In she
FIXTURE n h Law IL Observed.

THE SECRECY OF THE
Approved March IS, 1911
The People OF the State OF Nevsds' rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act 90 follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots cast In elections
for public officers within this state snail
be printed aud distributed at public ex-
pense, as hereinafter provided. ms
printing Of general tickets and cards OF
Instruction for the electors OF each county,
and the delivery OF the same TO the cleo
tion officers, IS provided for In this Act.
shall be Q county charge, the payment OF
which shall be provided for in the same
manner 40 the payment OF other county
expenses, and in case OF separate eiections
for city, town or district officers, the print.
ing and delivery OF tickets and cards oil
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 az the payment OF other city
county or district expenses.
SEo. 2. Any convention, as hereinafter
defined, held for the purpose oil making
nominations for public Office, and also
electors 10 the number hereinafter speci-
fed. may nominate candidates for public
offices, 10 be filed by election within the
State. A convention within the meaning
OF this Act Is an organized assemblsge OF
delegates representing q political party,
which, al the last election, before the
holding OF such convention, polled ct
least three per cent OF the entire vote east
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 tho Mans OF
zach person nominated, his residence n
office for which he lie nominated. and shall
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. IL shall be
signed by the Chairman and Secretary OF
such convention, who shall add to their
signatures their respective places OF resi-
dence, aud make oath before an oficer
authorized TO administer the same. that
the matters stated in such Certificate are
true 10 the best OF their knowledge and
belief, aud Q certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed TO said certificate OF
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated otherwise than by q
invention In the msnue following: A
ertifcste OF nomination containing the
name OF the candidate to 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
to be presen ted, equal In number to at
least three per cent OF the entire vote cast
al the last proceeding election 10 the State,
district or political division for which the
nomination is 10 be made; provided, that
such certi6 cate shall not be valid unless
signed by three voters. Said signatures
need not ell be appended to one paper. but
Zach signer shall add TO his signature his |
place OF residence. One Of the signers OF
each such certificate shall swear that the
statements therein made are true to the
beat OF his knowledge and belief, and q GER |
tiioate OF such oath shall be annexed. |
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect IS q certificate of nomins.
tion made by . party convention.
SEQ. 8. Certificates OF nomination OF
candidates for Offices to be voted for by
tho electors Of the entire State, shall be
filed with the Secretary Of State. Oerti-
fcates OF nomination Of candidates for all
other public offices shall be filed with the
clerks OF the respective counties wherein
the officers are 10 be voted for, and where
" jill VI aOo5 " tuhu Ouo OOuutgs /
snch certificates shall be filed with the
CLERK OF each OF said counties.
SEC. 8. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name OF more than one
candidate for each office to be filled. No
person shall Join ia nominating. under
the provision OF Section 4 OF this Act.
more than one nominee for each Office to
be filed, and nc person who has voted In
q 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 no
person shall accept . nomination to more
than enc office.
SEo.7 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 nomir Ation is
made by q convention, and not more than
sixty days nor less than thirty days before
the day Of election when the nomination
Ia made under the provisions OF section
four Of this Act. Should o vacancy occur
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 q committee to 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
OF such committee, or such petitioners
shall make and file with the proper officer
q certificate. setting forth the name Of the
person nominsted to I'LL such vacancy. the
office for which he Is nominated. the name
OF the person for whom the new nominee is
ia TO be substituted. and such further infor-
nation as IL required to be given in an
o-fn;.aI caxkt6oaka If unnin alton Whan
such certificate Is filed, the officer with
whom Il lie filed shall substitute the name Of
the person therein for the original nomi.
nee, by printing, II practicable. or by writ
ing the name OF the person thus substi-
tuted.
SEC. 8. Not less than twenty five days
before an election 70 ill any public office
the Secretary Of State shall certify to the
County Clerk Of each county within the
Stat the name OF each person. and the
name OF the office for which he IL nomin-
ated, a. specified in the certificate Of
nomination fled with him.
SEC. 9. Not less than ten days before
an election TO fill any public Office or Of
fees, the County Clerk shall cause TO be
published ell the nominations certified to
or filed with him. Said nominations shall
be published In . Newspaper printed with
in the county. When no newspaper 10
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
log in newspapers, al 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.
SEQ. 10. When q proposed Constitution,
constitutional amendment or other ques-
tion il TO be submitted for popular vote.
the Secretary OF State shall certify The
TO the several County Clerks. and said
County Clerks shall publish the same a.
provided for In section Q Of this Act.
SEQ. IL. II shall be- the duty Of the