Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-08-04

'uch paper Tor Dallotsi auu W iufnten s1S
Jane in quantities ordered 70 any County
Clerk. Said paper shall be waier-marked
q design furnished BY the Secretary
Of State. 10 such a manner THAT the salo
shall be plainly discernsble on
ne outside OF such ballot when prop
erIy folded. Such design shall be changed
each general election. aud the came de-
sign shall not be used AZ any general
election within the space OF eight
years, but a. any special or sep
arate local election paper marked with the
design used 81 any previous election may
be used.
sro. u. On each ballot e perforated
line shall extend from top 20 bottom, one
half-inch from the right hand side 81 such
ballot, and upon the half-inch strip thus
formed there shall be no writing or print
ing. except the number Of the ballot. which
shsll be upon the back Of the strip IN sueh
position that 10 shall appear on the outside
when the ballot is folded. The number
on each ballot shall be the same IS that on
the corresponding stub, and the oasIots
and stubs shall be numbered c~onsecutiVeiy
in each county. Whore the names OF
candidates are printed in seperate
the columns shall be separated by heavy
rules, aud on all ballots the names OF
candidates shall be separated by 9 rule e1
tending 10 the extreme right OF the
coInmn. All ballots shall contain the
name of each and every candidate whose
uni ation for any Office specified in the
ballot has been certified TO and filed sc.
cording TO the provisions OF this Act ana
no other name. The names OF the candl-
dates for each Office shall be arranged
nnder the designation OF The Office IN al
phabeticsl order, according 20 surname
exceu, that the name OF candidates Tor
Presidential Electors shall be arranged IN
groups as presented in the several ceriin-
GATES OF nomination, and the names OF ihe
candidates for President and Vice President
shall preoede The proper groups OF Presi-
Dental Electors; the political designation
OF each candidate shall be printed opposite
his name. There shall be left at the END
OF the list OF candidates for each once
! one blank space 10 be used when substitute
ing names TO I'LL vacancies. There shsli
be a margin al the right hand side OF the
names q, least one-half inch wide, so that
the voter may clearly indicate In the Way
hereinafter described the candidate or
candidates for whom he wishes 10 vote.
whenever any question is to be submitted
10 she vote OF the people, ii shall be
printed upon the ballot in such q manner
as 10 enable the electors TO vote upon the
question in the manner hereinafter pro-
vided. There shall be printed on the bal
lots opposite the designation OF each
Off e such words as will aid the voter 10
indicate his choice of candidstest uch IS
"a vote for one" "vo.e for three" and the
like.
SEC. 10. All ballots, when printed,
shall be bound in stub books OF ifty and
one hundred ballots each. A record Of the
number Of ballots printed for them shall
be kept By the respective County Clerks.
SEC. IL. The County clerks shall pro.
vide for each election precinct in the
county wherein less than twenty-five voters
are registered fifty ballots, and In Gil
other precincts one hundred ballots
for zach fifty or fraction Of ffty voters
registered in the precinct.
SIC. 10. Whenever il shall appear, BY
AFFIDAVIT, that an error on omission has o.
CURED in the publication Of the name or
description Of any OF the candidates
nominated, or in the printing OF the bal.
lots. any member Of the Board OF
County Commissioners, upon application
by any voter, shall issue an order requir-
ing the county Clerk 10 correct such err
ror.
SEQ. 16. Before the opening OF the
polls. at any election, the County Clerk
shall cauEe to be delivered to the Board OF
Election OF each election precinct in his
county the proper number OF tickets OF
the kind to be used in the election precinct.
In case of prevention OF al election in any
precinct by reason Of the loss or destruc-
lion Of the ballots intended for that pre-
cinct. or for any other cause, the Inspeo-
tor or other election officer for the pre-
cinot shall make an AFFIDAVIT. setting forth
the fac. and transmit it 10 the Governor
OF the State. Upon receipt Of such afida-
Wit, and upon the application OF any csndi-
date for any office to be voted for by the
voters OF such precinct, the Governor
shall order g new election in such pre-
cinot.
SEC. II. At the same time and In the
same name as Inspectors and Judges OF
Election are now appointed in the State.
there shall be appointed two Clerks Of
Election, who shall have charge OF the bal
lots on election day, and shall furnish
them to the voters In the N herein.
after provided for. Said Clerks Of Elec-
ton shall possess the same qualifications,
and receive the anne compensation as In
spectors Of Election. Said Clerks shall be
selected from the political parties which
polled the largest and the next largest
votes in the precinct al the last preceding
general election.
SEC. IS. The Board OF County Com
missioners shall provide, ct each polling
place within the county, a sufficient
number of places, booths or compsrt-
ments. in which voters may conveniently
mark their ballots. so that In the marking
thereof they may be screened from the obser-
Walton OF others, and g guard rail hall be
so placed that only such persons as are in
side said rail can approach within six
feet Of the ballot box, and Of such booths
or compartments. The arrangements
shall be such that neither the ballot box
nor the booths or compartments shall be
hidden from the view OF those just out |
side the guard rail. The number OF
such booths or compartments shall be
not less than one for each fifty or fraction
OF fifty voters registered In the precinct.
Each OF said booths or compartments
shall be kept provided with proper sup
piles and c~onveniences for marking ballots. |
No person. other than voters engaged in
receiving, preparing or depositing their
ballots, shall be permitted inside said
guard rail during the time the polls are
open, except by authority OF the Board
OF Election, and in that case only for the
purpose of keeping order and enforcing
the Law.
SEC. 49,. Any person desiring 10 vote
shall give his address to one OF the Clerks
OF Election, who shall ~nnounce the same,
and II the other Clerk shall find the name
the registry list he shall repeat the
name and address. One ballot shall then
be given to the voter, and the number OF
the said ballot shall be written by one of
the Clerks OF Election upon the registry
list opposite the name of the voter receiy-
ing il.
SEQ. 20. On receiving his ballot the
voter shall Immediately retire alone 10 one
Of the places, booths or Compartments.
shall prepare his ballot by marking a