Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-09-09
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Text of Mevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND Study IT'S
PROVISIONS.
Fair. and Clean Injections In 'he
Future ff the Law h Observed.

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
[Approyed march, IS, 1921
Thu People Of the State OF Nevsds. rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act Is follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots cast in elections
for pubic officers within this state snail
be printed and distributed at public ex-
pense. as hereinafter provided. The
printing OF general tickets aud cards OF
instruction for the electors OF eacn county
and the delivery OF the same TO tns eiec-
tion officers. as provided for In this Aes,
shall be . county charge. the psyment 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 Of
instruction 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.
SEo. q. Any convention, IS hereinafter
defined, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public ofhce, o also
electors TO the number hereinafter specl-
fed, may nominate candidates for public
Offices, 10 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, a. 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 poiit-
ical division, for which the nomination -
made.
SEC. 8. All nominations made by such
convention shall be certified IS 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, and shall
designste the party or principle which
such convention represents. IL shall be
signed by the Chairman and Secretary OF
suoh convention, who shall add to their
signatures their respective places Of reel
dence, and make oath before sn officer
authorized to administer the same, that
the matters stated in such certid cate are
true TO the best OF their knowledge and
belief, and q certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate OF
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated otherwise b by q
onvention in the manner following: A
ertidcate 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
lion 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 in .he State,
district or political division for which tho
nomination 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
tiicate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate Of nomination shall have
the same offeot Is q certificate OF nomina-
tion 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. 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 TO 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.
SEQ. g.. 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
A. -.--s.A- - ALso -
more than one nominee for each Office to
be filled, 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 Q nomination TO more
than one office.
Scot 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 ID
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 at any
time before the day Of election by the con-
v~ention, 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
q 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 il
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 1t ia 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. s. 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 Office for which he Ia nomin-
ated. as specified in the certificate Of
nomination filed with him.
SEC. 0. 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 filed 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
shall be made by posting q copy of the
ballot in Q public place in each election
precinct within the county. one OF which
copies shall be posted al the courthouse
door. When publication Is made by print
ing in newspapers. q tleast 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 a proposed Constitution,
constitutional amendment or other ques-
tion lie 10 be submitted for popular vote, |
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