Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-01-06

anne in quantities ordered 10 any county
Jerk. Said paper shall be wster-marked
With q design furnished by the Secretary
u State, in such q q that the said
shall be plainly d~iscernable on
he outside Of such ballot when prop
,rly folded. Such design shall be changed
Tor each general election, and the same de-
sign shall not be used at any general
within the space OF eight
years, but at any special or sep
ara.e local election paper marked with the
design used at any previous election may
be used.
SEC. ~. On each ballot a perforated
line shall extend from top to bottom, one
half-inch from the right hand eide OF such
ballot, and upon the half-inch strip thus
there shall be no writing or print
except the number OF the ballot, which
shall be upon the back OF tho strip in suoh
position that IL shall appear on the outside
when the ballot IL folded. The number
each ballot shall be the same as that on
the corresponding stub, and the ballots
and stubs shall be numbered consecutively
in zach county. Where the names OF
candidates are printed in seperato columns,
the columns shall be separated by heavy
rules, aud on all ballots tho names of
candidates shall be separated by a rule ex-
tending to the extreme right OF the
column. All ballots shall contain the
name OF each and every candidate who's
nomin alton fos any Office specified in the
ballot has been certified to aud filed &C.
cording to the provisions Of this Act, and
no other name. The names OF The esndi-
dates for each Office shall be arranged
under the designation Of tho office in al
phabetical order, according to surname,
except that the name OF candidates for
Presidential Electors shall be arranged in
groups a. presented in the several certif-
cat % OF nomination, and the names OF the
candidates for President and Vice President
shall precede the proper groups OF Presi-
Dental Electors; the political designation
Of each candidate shall be printed opposite
bis name. There shall be left at the end
Of the list OF candidates for each Office
one blank space TO be used when substitut-
ing m to fill vacancies. There shall
be a margin at the right hand side Of the
names at least one-half inch wide, so that
the voter may clearly indicate in the way
herein after described the candidate or
candidates for whom he wishes to vote.
Whenever any question Is to be submitted
to the vote OF the people, IL shall be
printed upon the ballot in such q manner
as to enable tho electors TO vote upon the
question in the manner hereinafter pro-
vided. There shall be printed on the bal
lots opposite the designation OF each
Office such words as will aid the voter to
indicate his choice of csndidattsi uch as
" vote for one" "vote for three," aud the
like.
SEC. IS. All ballots, when printed,
shall be bound in stub books OF fifty and
one hundred ballots each. A record OF the
number Of ballots printed for them shall
be kept by the respective County Clerks.
SEC. II. The County Clerks shall pro-
vide for each election precinct 10 the
county wherein less than twenty-five voters
are registered fifty ballots, and In all
other precincts one hundred ballots
for each fifty or fraction Of fifty voters
registered in the precinct.
SEC. Is. Whenever Ii shall appear. by
affidavit, that an error or omission has co.
CURED in the publication Of the name or
description OF any OF the candidates
nominated, or in the printing OF the bal
lots. any member OF the Board OF
County Commissioners, upon application
by any voter, shall issue an order requir-
ing the county Clerk to correct such err
ror.
SEC. 10. Before the opening Of the
polls, at any election, the County Clerk
shall cause to be delivered to the Board Of
Election OF each election precinct in his
county the proper number OF tickets OF
the kind to be used in the election precinct.
In case OF prevention Of an election in any
precinct by reason of the loss or destruc-
tion OF the ballots intended for that pre-
oinct, or for U other cause, the Inspeo-
tor or other election officer for the pre-
cinot shall mako an affidavit setting forth
the fact and transmit il 10 the Governor
Of the State. Upon receipt of suoh afida-
Wit. and upon the application Of any candi-
date for any office to be voted for by the
voters OF such precinct. the Governor
shall order q new election in such pre-
cinot.
SEC. II. AT the same time and in the
same as Inspectors aud Judges OF
Election are o appointe ted in the State.
there shall be appointed two Clerks of
Election, who shall have charge Of the bal
lots on election day. and shall furnish
them to the voters In the manner herein
after provided for. Said clerks OF Eleo-
ton shall possess the same qualifications,
and receive the same compensation as H.
speotors Of Election. Said Clerks shall be
selected from the political parties which
polled the largest and the next largest
votes in the precinct at the last preceding
general election.
SEQ. Is. The Board OF County Com
missioners shall provide, at each polling
place within the county, o sufficient
number OF places, booths or compart-
ments. in which voters may conveniently
mark their ballots, so that In the marking
thereof they may be screened from the obser-
vati0n nf ntbara and a uuard vaiI ahall ha
so placed that only such persons as are in
side said rail can approach within Elk
feet OF the ballot box, and Of such booths
or compartments. The arrangements
shall be such that neither the ballot box
nor the booths or compartments shall be
hidden from the view OF those Just out
side the guard rail-. The number OF
such booths or compartments shall be
not less than one for each fifty or fraction
OF fifty voters registered in the precinct.
Each OF said booths or compartments
shall be kept provided with proper sup
plies and c~onveniences for marking ballots.
No person, other than voters engaged in
receiving, preparing or depositing their
ballots, shall be permitted inside said
guard rail during the time the polls are
open, except by authority OF the Board
OF Election, and 10 that case only for the
purpose Of keeping order and enforcing
the law.
SEC. 49,. Any person desiring TO vote
shall give bis address TO one OF the Clerks
Of Election, who shall announce the same,
and IL the other Clerk shall find the name
the registry list he shall repeat the
and address. One ballot shall then
be given TO the voter. and the number OF
The said ballot shall be written by one of
The Clerks OF Election upon the registry
!ist opposite the name OF the voter receiv-
Ing il.
SEC. 20. On receiving his ballot the
Foter shall Immediately retire alone 10 one
the places, booths or compartments.