Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-07-21

ANU III MOh6 1
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT
Approved March IS, 1884,
The People Of the State Of Nevada, rep
resented in senate and Assembly Dc en-
act as follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots cast in elections
or pnblio officers within this State shall
ne prInted and distributed al public en-
pepse. a. hereinafter provided. Ihe
printing Of general tickets o csrds OF
instruction for the electors OF each county
and the delivery Of the same TO the cleo
ton officers, as provided for In tnis Act,
shall be Q county charge, the psymenI OF
which shall be provided Tor In the same
manner as the payment Of otner COUNTY
exnenses. and in case Of separate elections
for city, town or district officers, the print
ing and delivery of tickets aud cards OF
instruction shall be charged upon the CITY,
toSn or district 10 which said tickets and
cards are 10 be used, the payment oil
which shall be provided for In the same
manner as 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 ofhce, and also
electors TO the number hereinafter speci-
fed, may nominate candidates Tor pubic
Offices, 10 be filed by election WITHIN tne
State. A convention within the meaning
OF this Act is an organized assemblage Oh
delegates representing q political party
which, a, the last election, before the
holding of such convention, polled at
least three per cent OF the entire vote cast
in the State, county, district or other poiit-
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 oon tain the name OF
each person nominated, his residence and
Office for which he is nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle when
such convention represents. IL snail De
signed by the Chairman and Secretary OF
such convention, who shall sdd TO their
signatures their respective places OF resi-
dence, and make oath before an ohcer
authorized to administer the same, that
the matters stated in such certificate are
true 10 the beat OF their knowledge and
belief, and q certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed to said certificate OF
nomination.
SEC. T.. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated others wise b by q
onvention in the manne 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
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,
-1Isk,.aI Itvsas0n To- uhfoh fho
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, snda GER
tifcate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect as a certificate OF nomina-
ton 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. Oerti.
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, and where
q district embraces more than one county,
such certificates shall be filed with the
Clerk 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 filed. No
person shall join in nominating. under
the provision Of Section 4 Of this Act.
more than one nominee for each Office to
be filled. and no person who has voted In
q convention, either in person or by proxy,
for or against g 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.
SEQ. 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 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
sny office. such vacancy may be filled at any
time before the day of election by the con-
vention, or by a 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
mar and Secretary Of the convention, or
Of such committee, or such petitioners
shall make and file with the proper officer
a certificate. setting forth the name of the
person nominated to fill such vacancy, the
office for which lie 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 Ii Is filed shall substitut to 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 IL nomiu-
ated, as specified in the certificate OF
nomination filed with him.
SEC. 3. 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 q newspaper printed with
in the county. When 10 newspaper is
within the county. the publication
shall be made BY posting q copy Of the !
ballot in 9 public place in each election
precinct within the county. one OF which |
shall be posted at the courthouse
door. When publication is made by print |
Ing in newspapers, at least two publications I
by such newspapers shall be required, one I
of which shall appear in the last regular |
OF such paper before election day. +,
SEC. 10. When a proposed Constitution,
amendment or other ques- |
ion is to be submitted for popular vote. 1
he Secretary OF State shall certify the {
anne TO the several County Clerks. and said I