Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-11-10
AUSTRALIAN BlLLOT.
Full Text of Mevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND sTsur ITS
PROVISIONS.
Fair. aud Clean Injections In the
ruture ~ the Law is Observed.

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
IApproved March IS. 1871
The People Of the State Of Nevada. rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act o. follows:
SECTION /. All ballots cast 10 elections
or public officers within this state snsh
ne printed and distributed at public e.
pense. IS hereinafter provided. Ins
OF general tickets aud cards oil
i~nstruction for the electors OF each county.
and the delivery OF the same to the cleo
ton officers, as provided for in this Act,
shall be . county charge. the payment OF
which shall be provided for 10 the same
m tanner a. the pay OF other county
aud in case OF separate elections
for city, town or district officers, the print
ing and delivery Of tickets aud cards oil
shall be charged upon the city,
town or district in which said tickets ana
cards are to be used. the payment oil
which shall be provided for in the same
manner a. the pay ment OF other city
county or district expenses.
SIC. q. Any convention, 40 hereinafter
defined, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public Office, and also
electors 10 the number hereinafter speci-
aed. may nominate candidates for public
offices, 20 be filled by election within the
State. A convention within the meaning
OF this Act is an organized Assem- biage Of
delegates representing . political party,
which, at the last election, before the
holding OF such convention, polled ~
least three per cent OF the entire vote cast
10 the State, county, district or other poiit-
ical division, for which the nomination 10
made.
SEC. 8. All nominations made by such
con ysntion 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
Office for which be is nominated. and shall
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. IL shall be
signed by the Chairman and Secretary OF
such convention, who shall add to sheir
signatures their respective places oil resi-
dence, and make oath before an ofncer
authorized TO administer the same. that
the matters stated in such certificate are
true TO the best OF their knowledge and
belief, and q certificate Of the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate OF
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated other wise than by q
o~nvention in the manner following: "A
ertifcste OF nomination containing the
name OF the candidate 10 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 ct
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 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. anda cer-
tiicate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect % 3 certificate Of nomina-
ton made by Q party convention.
$50. 5. Certificates OF nomination OF
candidates for Offices to be voted for by
the electors OF the entire State. shall DO
Hlsd with the Secretary of State. Certi-
fcatss Of nomination Of candidates for sill
other public Offices shall be fled with the
Clerks OF the respective counties wherein
the officers are 10 be voted for. and where
. district embraces more than one county,
such certificates shall be fled with the
Clerk Of each Of said counties.
SEC. 8. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name OF more than one
candidate for each ofice 10 be filled. No
person shall join In nominating. under
the provision Of Section 4 OF this Act.
more thar one nominee for each office to
be filled, aud no person who has voted In
aconvention, 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 . nomination TO more
than one office.
SEQ z. Certificates OF nomination re.
quired to be Aled with the Secretary Of
State shall not be fled more than sixty
days nor less than forty days before the
day OF election when the nomination 10
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 9 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 . committee TO which the
convention has delegated the power to
fill vacancies, or by petitions. IS provided
In section four Of this Act. The Chair
man and Secretary OF the convention, or
OF such ommittee, or such petitioners
-L.I -.L-.-l al -.kh ska ra,a~ 1E.o-
. certificate. setting forth the name Of the
office for which lie IL 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 nomin alton. When
such certificate is filed, the officer with
whom it is filed shall substitute the name OF
the person therein for the original nomi
nee. by prin ting, 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 ONCE for which he lie nomin-
ated, as specified in the certificate OF
nomination filed with him.
SEC. o. Not less than ten days before
an election to fill any public Office or Of
foes. the County Clerk shall cause to be
published all the nominations certified to
or fled with him. Said nominations shall
be published in q newspaper printed with
10 the county. When no newspaper 10
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting q copy Of the
ballot in . public place in each election
prscinct within the county. one OF which
shall be posted at the courthouse
door. When publication is made by print
Ing In ne wspspers. stieast " publications
BY such newspapers shall be required. one
Of which shall appear in the last regular
lama ~ suoh paper before election dav.