Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-05-28
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
Full. Text of Nevada's New
ulsctien Law.
yortas SHOULD READ AND sTsor ITS
PROVISIONS.
Fair. aud Clean Elections In fhe
FIXTURE o. she Law H. Observed.

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved March Is. 1884,
The People Of the State Of Nevada rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act ss follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots cast In elections
for publio officers within this State shall
be printed and distributed Of public ex-
pense, as hereinafter provided. The
printing Of general tickets and cards OF
i~nstruction for the electors Of each county,
and the delivery OF the same TO the cleo
ton officers, as provided for in this Act,
shall be q county charge, the payment OF
which shall be provided for In the same
hammer a. the payment OF ofher county
EXPENSES, and in case OF separate elections
for city, town or district officers, the print
ing and delivery Of tickets and cards OF
i~nstruction 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 as the payment OF other CITY
county or district expenses.
SEC. q. Any convention, as hereinafter
defined. held for the purpose OF makins
nominations for public office, and also
electors 70 the number hereinafter speci-
fied. NAV nominate candidates for public
offices. 10 be filed by election within tbe
State. A convention within the meaning
of this Act is an organized Assem- blage OF
delegates representing Q political party,
which, al the last election. before the
holding Of such convention, polled a.
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 OF
each person nominated, his residence and
ofice for which he is nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle which
suoh 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, and make oath before an officer
authorized TO administer the same, that
the matters stated in such certit cate are
true to the best OF their knowledge and
belief, and 9 certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed to said certificate Of
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated otherwise thar by q
convention In the manner following: A
Certificate OF nomination containing tho
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 arc
to be presented, equal In Number to at
least three per cent Of the entire vote cast
at the last preceding election in she State,
district or political division for which .he
nomin atien is TO be made; provided. that
such certificate shall not be valid unless
signed by three voters. Said signatures
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
statements therein made are true to the
best OF his knowledge and belief, and q GER
ti6cate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect ss 9 certificate of nomina-
tion made by q party onvention.
SEC. 5. Certificates Of nomination OF
candidates Tor offices 10 be voted for by
the electors OF the entire State, shall be
filed with the Secretary OF State. Certi-
ficates OF nomination Of candidates for all
other public offices shall be filed with the
Clerks OF the respective counties wherein
the officers are 20 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. G. 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
be filed, and no person who has voted in
9 eonvention, either in person or by proxy,
for or against q candidate for any Office,
shall join In nominating. In any manner,
any other nominee for that Office, and no
person shall accept q nomination TO more
than one Office.
SEc.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
made by Q convention, and not more than
sixty days nor less than thirty days before
the day OF election when the nomination
is made under the 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 AZ 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
. certificate. setting forth the name OF the
person nominated to fill such vacancy. the
Office for which lac Is nominated. the name
of the person for whom the new nominee 10
Is TO be substituted, and such further infor-
nation as is required to be given In an
original certificate OF nomination. When
such certificate Is filed, the officer with
whom IL is filed shall substitute the name OF
the person therein for the original nomt-
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 90 election 10 fll any public office
the Secretary OF State shall certify 70 the
County CLERK Of each county within the
State the name Of each person, and the
name OF the office for which he is nomin.
ated, as specified In the certificate OF
nomination nled with him.
SEC. o. Not less than ten days before
an election 10 fill any public Office or Of
foes, the County CLERK shall cause 10 be
published all the nominations certified to
or hled 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 q COPY Of the
ballot In . public place in each election
precinct within the county. one OF which
copies shall be posted ct the courthouse
door. When pubiicasion Is made by print
ing In newspapers. . tleast two publications
by such newspapers shall be required. enc
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 ques.
ton 10 to be submitted for popular vote.