Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-05-14
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text of Nevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND sraOr IT'S
PROVISIONS.
Fair aud Clean Elections An she
Future ~ the Law Il 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 as follows:
SECTION l. All ballots cast 10 elections
for public officers within this State shall
be printed and distributed at public en-
pense, as hereinafter provided. The
printing Of general tickets and cards OF
instruction for the electors OF each county.
and the delivery OF the Same 10 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
manner a. the payment OF other county
expenses, and in case OF separate elections
for city, Town OF district officers, the print
ing aud delivery OF tickets and cards OF
instruction shall be charged upon the city,
town or district in which said tickets and
cards are 10 be used, the payment OF
which shall be provided for In the same
manner as the payment OF other city,
county or district expenses.
SEo. 2. Any convention, as hereinafter
defined, held for the purpose of making
nominations for public Office. and also
electors TO the number hereinafter speci.
fed, may nominate candidates for public
Off ces, TO 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 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. 3. All nominations made by such
convention shall be certified a. follows:
The certificate of nomination, which must
be la writing, shall contain the name OF
each person nominated, his residence and
Office for which he is nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle which
such conven hon represents. IL shall BE-
signed by the Chairman and Secretary o.
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, thai
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 certificate OF
nomination.
SEC. A.. A candidate for public Office
mas be nominated otherwise than by a
convention In the manner following: A
Certificate Of nomination containing the
name OF the candidate TO be nominated,
with the other information required to be
given in the certificate provided for 10 sec
ton three of this Act, shall be signed by
electors residing within the district or
political division for which candidates are
to be presented, equal In Number to al
least three per cent Of the entire vote cast
at the last preceding election in .he State,
district or political division for which tn
nomination is TO be made; provided, that
such certificate shall not be valid unless
signed BY three voters. Said signatures
need not ell be appended to one paper, bu,
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 10 the
best OF his knowledge and belief. and Ger
tificate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect as a certificate of nonina
ton made by q party convention.
SEC. 5. 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. Oerti
ficatss Of nomination OF candidates for all
other public ofices shall be filed with the
Clerks Of the respective counties wherein
the officers are TO be voted for, and where
q district embraces more thar one county,
such certificates shall be filed with the
Clerk Of each of said counties.
SEQ. 6. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name Of more than one
candidate for each Office to be filled. No
person shall join 10 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
a convention, either in person or by proxy,
for or against q candidate for any office,
shall join In nominating. in any name
any other nominee for that Office. and no
person shall accept q nc domination 10 more
than one office.
SECT. Certificates OF nomination re-
quired to be filed with the Secretary OF
State shall not be filed more thar sixty
days nor less than forty days before the
day OF election when the nomination is
made by . convention, and not more than
sixty days nor less than thirty days before
the day Of election when the nomination
IL 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 msy be filled al any
time before the day Of election by the CON
vention, or by q committee to which the
convention has delegated the power TO
ill vacancies. or by petitions, as provided
in section our 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
.asao. -. Al - all oxAk ..o-. IL.
Office for which he is nominated. the name
of the person for whom the new nominee is
is TO besubstitutsd, 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 ii Is filed shall su bstitute the name OF
the person therein for the orr yinal nomi
nee. by printing. IL practicable. or by writ
ing the name OF the person thus substi-
tuted.
SEC. s. Not less than twenty-five days
before AZ election TO fill 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 be Ia nomin-
ated, as specified in the certificate Of
nomination filed with him.
SEC. Q. 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 nled with him. Said nominations shall
be published In q newspaper printed with |
in the county. When no newspaper 10 |
printed within the county. the publication |
shall DO made by posting q oopy 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 is made by print
ing in ne newspapers. at least two publications
by such newspapers shall be required. one
OF which shall appear In the last regular
OF such paper before election day.
SEC. 10. whena proposed Consultation,
sonstitu tional amendment or other ques-
ion is to be submitted for popular vote.