Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-11-18
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Text of Mevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND sToof IT'S
PROVISIONS.
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
TIE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.

THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved March Is, 1891
The People OF the State Of Nevada, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly. do en-
aot % follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots cast in elections
or public officers within this STATE SNAIL
ma priu,ed and distributed at public ex-
nsnss' "a hereinafter provided. The
priuting OF general tickets aud cards oil
i~ns.ruotiop for the electors OF each county,
and the delivery Of the same 10 the cleo
tiou officers, as provided for In this Act.
shsll be Q county charge. the payment Oh
which shall be provided for In the same
hammer a. the payment Of other county
expenses, and in case Of separate elections
Tor oity. town or district o officers. the print
ing and delivery OF tickets and CARDS oil
i~ns,ruction shall be charged upon the CITY,
tovn or district in which said tickets and
cards are TO be used. the payment OF
which shall be provided for 10 the same
n az the payment OF other city
county or district expenses.
Sko. q. Any convention, as hereinafter
defined, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public office. and also
electors 10 the number hereinafter speci-
fed, may nominate candidates Tor puoie
offices, TO be filled by election within tne
State. A convention within the meaning
of mis- Act Ia an organized Assem- bisge OF
delegates representing q political party,
which, at the last election. before the
holding Of such convention, polled at
Ieast three per cent Of the entire vote cast
in the State, county, district or other polit-
icsl 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 oil
each person nominated, his residence and
office for which he 10 nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle which
snoh convention represents. II shalt 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 certificate are
true to the best OF their knowledge and
belief, aud 9 certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed TO said certificate OF
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public ofics
may be nominated otherwise than by q
OuNtuklUu IL tuO a8aaOA .
ertuicste OF nomination containing the
name Of the candidate 10 be nominated,
with the other information required TO be
given in the certificsse provided for In 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 at
least three per cent OF the entire vote cast
al the last preceding election 10 the State,
district or political division for which the
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. 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 cor
tifcate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect % Q certificate OF nomins-
ton made by 9 party convention.
SEC. S. 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-
ticatss OF nomination OF candidates for all
other public offices shall be filed with tho
Clerks OF the res p~ective counties wherein
the officers are TO be voted for, and where
9 district embraces more than one county,
such certificates shall be filed with the
CLERK Of each Of said counties.
SEC. @. No certificate OF nomination
shall 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 filed. and no person who has voted In
. convention, 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 . nomination 10 more
than one 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
the day Of election when the nomination
IL made under the provisions Of section
four Of this Act. Should . vacancy occur
from any csuse in the list of nominees for
any Office, such vacancy may be filled at any
time before the day Of election BY the con-
No1bAOns Va W = o0A4A W . ua0
convention has delegated the power to
fll vacancies, or by petitions, % 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 nominated to fill such vacancy, the
Office for which lie 10 nominated. the name
Of the person for whom the new nominee Is
is to be substituted, and such further infor-
nation ~ is required to be given In an
original certificate OF nomination. When
such certificate IL filed, the officer with
whom il IL filed shall substitute the name Of
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 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. and the
name OF the ONCE for which he 10 nomin-
ated. a. 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 shsll cause to be
published all 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 10 newspapers. ~ 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 proposed Constitution.
constitutional amendment or other ques'
tiouis 10 be submitted for popular vote.
the Secretary OF State shall certify the
same 70 the several County Clerks. and said
Comfy Clerks shall publish the same a
providsd for In section Q Of this Act.
SIC. II. II shall be the duty OF the
Comfy CLERK 10 provide printed ballots
arexx a~laction for public oficers. In