Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-07-09
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text of Mevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD RtAo AND sTsor ITS
PROVISIONS.
raIr. and Clean Eiecsiens IN she
ru,ure ff the Law 10 Observed.

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
TIE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved March 10, 1884,
The People OF the State Of Nevada, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly. DO en-
scs o. follows:
SECTION /. All ballots cast in election:
for public officers within this state shsii
be printed and distributed ct pubic ex'
pense. q hereinafter provided. Ine
printing OF general tickets and CARDS OF
Instruction for the electors OF each county
and the delivery OF the same 70 me eiec-
zion officers, a. provided for in this Act,
shall be Q county charge, the payment OF
which shall be provided for In the same
m amer a. the payment OF other county
expenses, and in case OF separate elections
for CITY, town or district oficers, the print
ing and delivery OF tickets and cards OF
i~nstruc,ion 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 Is the payment Of other cry
county or district expenses.
SEC. a.. Any convention, as h~ereinaitef
defined, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public office. also
electors 10 the number hereinafter speci-
fied. may nominate candidates for public
Offices. 10 be filed By election within the
State. A convention within the meaning
of this Act lie an organized assem- blsge OF
delegates representing . political party,
which. Al the last election, before the
holding Of such convention, polled Of
least three per cent OF the entire vote cast
in the STATE, county, district or other polit-
icsl division, for which the nomination lie
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
office for which he is nominated, aud shall
designate the party or principle which
such Don ven ion represents. IL ehall be
signed By the Chairman and Secretary OF
such convention, who shall add to their
their respective places OF resi-
dence, and make oath before an ohfcer
TO administer the same, that
the matters stated in such certificate are
true to the best OF their knowledge and
belief. aud 9 certificate Of the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate OF
nomination.
SEC. A.. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated otherwise than by q
in the manner following: A
rtifcate OF nomination containing the
OF the candidate 10 be nominated,
the other information required TO be
given In the certificate provided for In sec
lion three Of this Act, shall be signed BY
residing within the district or
division for which candidates are
% be presented, equal In number to at
east three per cent OF the entire vote cast
u the last preceding election in the State,
or political division for which the
is to be made; provided, that
Iuch certificate shall not be valid unless
ign ed by three voters. Said signatures
reed not ell be appended to one paper, but
ZACH signer shall add to his signature his
,lsce OF residence. One OF the signers OF
ach such certificate shall swear that the
tatements therein made are true to the
,est Of his knowledge and belief. anda Ger
iicase OF such oath shall be annexed.
,uoh certificate OF nomination shall have
he same effect % q certificate OF nomins
ion made by q party convention.
SEQ. 8. Certificates of nomination OF
candidates for offices 10 be voted for by
he electors OF the entire State, shall be
lied with the Secretary OF State. Certi-
icatss OF nomination OF candidates for all
,ther public off ces shall be filed with the
Clerks OF the respective counties wherein
The officers are TO be voted for, and where
district embraces more than q county,
,uch certificates shall be filed with the
Jlerk OF each Of said counties.
SEC. 6. No certificate OF nomination
hall contain the name Of more than one
for each office to be filled. No
shall join in nominating, under
she provision Of Section 4 OF this Act,
more than one nominee for zach ofice &c
filed. and no person who has voted in
convention, either in parson or By proxy,
for or against Q candidate for any office,
other nominee for that office, and nc
person shall accept Q nomination 10 more
than one office.
SEo.7 Certificates OF nomination re
quired to be filed with the Secretary o.
State shall not be filed more than sixt,
days nor less than forty days before tn
day OF election when the nomination ]
made by . convention, and not more thar
sixty days nor less than thirty days befor'
the day OF election when the nomination
IL made under the provisions OF section
four OF this Act. Should . vacancy occul
from any cause 10 the lisa Of nominees To-
any office. such vacancy may be filled al an.
time before the day Of election by theron
vention, or by Q committee 10 which tn
convention has delegated the power Il
fll vacancies. or By petitions. ss provides
In section four of this Act. The Chair
man and Secretary Of the convention, o
OF such committee, or such petitioner
shall make and file with the proper office
. certificate. setting forth the name of tn
person nominated to fll such vacancy, th
office for which lie is nominated. the nam
OF the person for whom the new nominee /
Is TO be substituted, and such further infor
nation q is required TO be given In u
original certificate Of nomination. Whel
such certificate is filed, the officer witt
whom IL is fled shall substitute the name
the person therein for the original nomi
nee. by printing. il practicable, or by writ
ing the name Of the person thus substi
tuted.
SEC. 8. Not less than twenty-five day
before an election to fill any public ofic'
the Secretary OF State shall certify TO tn
County Clerk OF each county within tn
State the name OF each person, and th
name OF the Office for which he is nomin
ated, % specified in the certificate 0
nomination filed with him.
SEC. Q. Not less than ten days befor
an election TO fill any public Office or Of
fees, the County Clerk shall TO b
published all the nominations certified Il
or fled with him. Said nominations shall
be published In Q Newspaper printed with
10 the county. When no newspaper l
prin led within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting . copy OF thu
ballot in . public place in each election
precinct within the county. one OF which
copies shall be posted ct the courthous'
door. When publication is made by print
ing In newspapers. atleast two publication
by such newspapers shall be required, ONT
OF which shall appear IN the last regular
issue OF such paper before election day.
SEC. 10. When q proposed Constitution
constitutional amendment or other ques
tion is to be submitted for popular vote
the Secretary Of State shall certify the
sama N the aeyeral Countv Clerks. and eaid