Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-06-02

AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
TIE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved March IS, 1884,
The People Of the State Of Nevada, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act ss follows:
SEcrIoS 1. All ballots cast in elections
or publio officers within this State shall
ps printed and distributed ct public ex-
pense, a. hereinafter provided. Inc
printing Of general tickets and cards OF
instruction for the electors OF zach county
and the delivery OF the same to the cleo
ton officers, as provided for in this Act.
shall be Q county charge, the payment Oh
which shall be provided Tor In the same
manner as the payment OF otner county
expenses, and in case Of separate elections
for CITY, tow or districtoficers, the print
ing and delivery OF tickets and cards oil
instruction yhsil be charged upon the CITY.
town or district in which said tickets and
cards are TO be used, the payment oil
which shall be provided for In the same
manner as the payment OF other CITY,
county or district expenses.
SEQ, 2. Auy 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 tne
State. A convention within the meaning
OF this Act is 40 organized Assem- blsge oil
delegates representing a political party,
which, at 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 polit-
icaI division, for which the nomination Is
made.
SEC. 3. All nominations made by such
convention shall be certified as follows:
The certificate OF nomination, which must
be in writing, shall contain the name OF
esch person nominated, his residence and
Office for which he is nominated. aud shall
designate the party or principle which
suoh convention represents. II shall be
signed by the Chairman and Secretary OF
such convention, who shall add to their
signatures their respective places oil resi-
dence, and make oath before an officer
authorized to administer the same, that
the matters stated 10 such certificate are
true to the best Of their knowledge and
belief, and O certificate Of the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate OF
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public ofics
may be nominated otherwise than by q
invention in the manner following: A
ertifcate Of nomination containing the
name OF the candidate TO be nominated,
with the other information required to BIS
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
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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 all be appended to one paper, but
each siguer 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
tifoate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect as q certificate of nomina-
tion made by a party convention.
SEQ. 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, aud whore
a district em braoes more than one county,
such certif rates 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 filed. and no person who has voted In
aconvention, either in person or by proxy,
for or against 9 candidate for any Office,
shall join In nominating. in any manner,
any other nominee for that office, and no
person shall accept q nomination 10 more
than one Office.
SEQ. z. 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
lie made under the provisions Of section
four Of this Act. Should . vacancy occur
from any cause in the list Of nominees for
n office, such vacancy may be filled al any
time before the day Of election by the con-
vention. or by . committee 70 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
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 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 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-
tuted.
SEQ. 8. 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 10 nomin. |
ated, as specified in the certificate OF
nomination filed with him.
SEC. o. Not less than ten days before
election to fill any public Office or Of
foes, the County Clerk shall cause to be
ell the nominations certified to
or fled with him. Said nominations shall |
be published in Q newspaper printed with
n the county. When no newspaper is
prin ted within the county. the publication
hall be made by posting 9 copy of the
ballot In . public place in each election
within the county. n Of which
shall be posted al the courthouse
Ioor. When publication Is made by print
ng in newspapers. afleast two publications
such newspapers shall be required. one
/ which shall appear In the last regular
sue OF such paper before election day.
SEC. 10. When q proposed Constitution,
Constitutional amendment or other ques-
is TO be submitted for popular vote.
10 Secretary Of State shall certify the