Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-02-18
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
Full Text Of Mevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND sTdnf IT'S
PROVISIONS.
ra,r aud Clean elections in the
Fu.ure 10 IN ~ Is Observed.

THE SECRECY OF THE
Improved March Is, 1871
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 snsii
be printed and distributed at public ex-
pense, a. hereinafter provided. Ine
printing Of general tickets and cards OF
instruetion for the electors OF each county,
and the delivery OF the same 10 the cleo
ton officers, IS provided for In this Act.
shall be . 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 or district officers the print
ing and delivery Of tickets and cards oil
Ias,rno,ion sbsiI be charged upon the city.
town or district 10 which said tickets and
cards are 70 be used, the payment oil
which shall be provided for in the same
manner 40 the pay ment oil other city,
county or district expenses.
SEc. 2. Any convention, az hereinafter
defined. held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public office, and also
electors 10 the number hereinafter speci-
fed, may nominate candidates for public
offices, 10 be filled by election within The
State. A conven tion within the meaning
of this Act is 81 organized Assem- blsge OF
delegates representing Q political party,
which, AZ the last election, before the
holding Of such convention. polled ct
least three per cent OF the entire vote cast
In the State, county, district or other polit-
ioal division, for which the nomination Is
made.
SEC. 8. All nominations made by such
convention shall be certified IS follows:
The certificate Of nomination, which must
be 10 writing, shall contain the name OF
each person nominated, his residence aud
office for which he is nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. IL shall be
signed by the Chair man and Secretary Of
such convention, who shall add to their
signatures their respective places OF resi-
dence, aud make oath before an officer
authorized TO administer the same. that
the matters stated in such certificate are
true to the beat OF their knowledge and
belief. and 9 certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate OF
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated otherwise than by a
o~nvention in the manner following: A
ertifcate OF nomination containing the
name OF the candidate to be nominated,
with the other information required to be
given In the certificate provided for In Sec
tion 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 at
least three per cent OF tho entire vote cast
at 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
sligo ed by three voters. Said signatures
need not all be appended TO one paper. but
each signsr shall add to his signature his
place OF residence. One OF the siguers OF
each such certificate shall swear that the
statements therein made are true to the
best Of his knowledge aud belief, and a GER
tifcate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect % q Ger tiicate OF nomina
ton made by Q party convention.
SEQ. s.. Certificates OF nomination Of
candidates for Offices TO be voted for by
the electors OF the entire State, shall bs
filed with the Secretary OF State. Certi-
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
. ui5trict 6mULhco3 moIo budu Jus Couutys
such certificates shall be filed with the
Clerk Of each OF said counties.
SEC. 6. No certificate OF nomination
shsll contain the name Of more than one
candidate for each Office to be filed. No
person shall join 10 nominating. under
the provision OF Section 4 OF this Act.
more than one nominee for each Office to
be allied. aud no person who has voted In
sco~nvention, either In person or by proxy,
for or against q candidate for any Office,
shall join In nominating. in any tanner,
any other nominee for that Office. and no
person shall accept Q nomination 10 more
than n office.
SEQ Z. 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 nomination Is
made BY . convention. and not more than
sixty days nor less than thirty days before
tbs day Of election when the nomination
Is made under the provisions OF section
four Of this Act. Should . 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.
veution. or by Q committee to which the
convention has delegated the power to
fill vacancies. or by petitions. as provided
in section Jour 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 he is nominated. the name
OF the person for whom the new nominee is
is to be substituted, and such further infor.
nation as is required to be given in an
original certificate OF nomination. When
such certificate Ia filed, the officer with
whom IL Is Hled 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 thsn twenty-five days
before an 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, aud the
name OF the office for which he Is nomin-
ated. as specified in the certificate OF
nomination filed with him.
SEC. o. Not less than ten days before
an election to fill any public Office or Of
fees. the County CLERK shall cause TO be
published all the nominations certified to
or fled with him. Said nominations shall
be published In 9 newspaper printed with
In the county. When no newspaper is
printed within the county. the publication
ehsll 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 at the courthouse
door,. When publication is made by print
Ing In ne wspapers. 81 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.
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
same 10 the several County Clerks. and said
County Clerks shall publish the same as
provided for in section Q OF this Act.
SEC. IL. II shall be the duty OF the
County Clerk TO provide printed ballots