Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-07-14

AND TO MORE fULLf obOOhG
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved Msrch1s. 1884,
The People OF the State Of Nevada rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots cast In elections
or public officers within this State shall
n priuted and distributed at public ex-
pense, IS hereinafter provided. The
printing Of general tickets and cards oil
Instruction for the electors Of each county,
ana the delivery Of the same TO the cleo
lion officers, as provided for in this Act,
shall be . county charge. the payment OF
which shall be provided for 10 the same
manner % 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 aud cards oil
instruction shall be charged upon the city,
town or District in which said tickets and
cards are 70 be used, the payment oil
which shall be provided for In the same
manner as the payment OF other city,
county or district expenses.
SEC. 2. Any convention, as hereinafter
defined. held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public ofice, and also
electors 10 the number hereinafter speci-
fed, may nominate candidates for public
Offices, 10 be dlled By election within she
State. A convention within the meaning
OF this Act is sn organized assemblage OF
delegates representing g political party,
which, al the last election, before the
holding OF such convention, polled at
least three per cent OF the entire vote csss
in the State, county, district or other polit-
ical division, for which the nomination ID
made.
SEQ. 8. All nominations made by such
convention shall be certified as follows:
The certificate OF nomination. which must
be 10 writing, shall contain the name OF
each person nominated, bis residence and
ofioe for which he Ia nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. IL shall be
signed by the Chairman aud Secretary OF
suoh convention, who shall d 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 10 the beat OF their knowledge and
belief. and q certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate OF
nomination.
Sac. 4. A candidate for public ofioe
may Do uOuAluhtt1 ObucA Wise tunA W .
onvention in the manner following: A
ertifcate 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
10 be presented. equal Ia 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
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 10 the
beat of his knowledge and belief, and q GER
tifcate Of such oath shall be annexed.
Suoh certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect as a certificate of nomina-
tion made by g party convention.
SEQ. 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-
ficates OF nomination Of candidates for all
other public offices shall be filed With the
Clerks Of the respective counties wherein
the officers are 10 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.
SEQ g. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name OF more than one
candidate for each Office 10 be filed. No
person shall join Ia nominating, under
the provision OF Section 4 OF this Act.
more han one nominee for each office to
be filed, and no person who has voted In
a convention, either In person or by proxy,
for or against a 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.
SEC. Z. Certificates OF nomination re.
CURED 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 9 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 a vacancy occur
from any cause in the list OF nominees for
any office, such vacancy may be filled al any
AAA tbA0AO AZ 4ey vi OAV0b&OA ~ u VOu~
vention, or by a committee to which the
convention has delegated the power to
I'LL 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 hle 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 is
10 10 be substituted, and such further iufor- |
nation as Is required 10 be given In an
original certificate OF nomin alton. When |
such certificate Is filed, the officer with
whom IL is 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-
See. s. Not less than twenty-five DAYS
before an election 10 fill any public Office |
the Secretary Of State shall certify to the
Clerk Of each county within the
State the name Of each person, and the
OF the office for which he is nomin.
ated. % specified In the certificate OF
filed with him.
SEC. Q. Not less than ten days before
IN election TO fill any public Office or Of
does. the County CLERK shall cause TO be
published all the nominations certified TO
IL filed with him. Said nominations shall
be published In a newspaper printed with
The county. When no newspaper is
within the county. the publication
hall be made by posting q copy of the
ballot 10 9 public place In each election
within the county. one of which
'opies shall be posted al the court-house
loor. When publication Ia made by print
ng in newspapers. 81 least two publications
" such newspapers shall be required, one
4 which shall appear In the last regular
ssue Of such paper before election day.
SEC. 10. When a proposed Constitution,
amendment or other ques-
ion Is to be submitted for popular vote,.
be Secretary OF State shall certify the
anne 20 the several Comfy Clerks. and said