Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-03-10
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text of Nevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND sTdof us
PROVISIONS.
Fair and Clean Eisctions In n
Future ~ the Law Is Observed

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved March Is, 1891.
Tho People OF the State Of Nevada. rep
reseuted in Senate and Assembly, do EN-
act IS follows:
sEcrIoy 1. All ballots cast in elections
or public officers within this State shan
De printed and distributed az pubic ex-
pense, as hereinafter provided. Inc
printing Of general tickets and esrds OF
instruction for the electors OF escn county
aud the delivery OF the same TO the eiec-
tion officers, IS provided Tor III this ACT,
shall be a 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, own or district officers, the print
ing and delivery Of tickets and cards Oh
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 a. the payment OF other city,
county or district expenses.
SEo, 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 for public
Offices, TO be filed By election within me
State. A convention within the meaning
OF this 40 is an organized assemblsge OF
delegates representing a political party
which, at the last election, before the
.-ak ANpUonsenn nnllnd at
least three per cent OF the entire vote cast
in tbs STATE, county, district. or other polit-
ical 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- in writing, shall contain the name OF
each person nominated, his residence and
oficc for which he Is nominated, nj shall
designate the party or principle which
suoh convention represents. IL shall be
signed by tho Chairman 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 best OF their knowledge and
belief, add q certificate OF the said oath
shall bs annexed TO said certificate OF
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public ofica
may be nominated otherwise than by q
invention in the manner following: A
ertihcate OF nomination containing the
name OF the candidate TO be nominated,
with the other information required to be
given in the certificate provided for 10 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
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
sign ed By three voters, Said signatures
need not sll 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 GER
tihcate Of such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
The same effect as a certificate OF nomina-
ton made by a party convention.
SEC. 5. Certificates OF nomination OF
candidates for offices 10 be voted for By
the electors OF the entire State, shall be
filed with the Secretary OF State. Oerti-
fcatss OF nomination Of candidates for all
other public Offices shall be filed with the
Clerks OF tbs RESI- ective counties wherein
the officers are to be voted for, aud where
q district embraces more han one county,
snoh certificates shall be filed with the
Olsrk OF each OF said counties.
SEQ. 6. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name OF more than one
candidate for each Office to be filled. No
person shall join in nominating. under
the provision Of Section 4 OF this Act.
more than one nominee for each Office to
be diled, and no person who has voted In
aoonvention, either in person or by proxy,
for or against . 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 fled with the Secretary OF
State shall not be filed more thar sixty
days nor less than forty days before the
day OF election when the nomination Ia
made by . convention, and not more than
sixty days nor less than thirty days before
the day OF election when the nomination
Ia 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-
vention, 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
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person nominated TO fill such vacancy, the
Office for which he is nominated. the name
OF the person for whom the new nominee ia
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 ii is filed shall su bstitute the name OF
the person therein for the ori yinal 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 40 election 10 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 is nomin-
ated. as specified in the certificate OF
nomination filed with him.
SEC. Q. Not less than ten days before
an election to fill any public Office or Of
fces, the County Clerk shall cause TO be
published all tho nominations certified to
or aled with him. Said nominations shall
be published in a newspaper printed with
in the county. When no newspaper is
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 at the courthouse
door. When publication is made by print
ing in newspapers. at 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 a proposed Constitution,
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