Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-11-17
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text of Mevada's New
Election Law.
yortas SHOULD READ AND sTsoT III
PROVISIONS.
Fair. aud Clean Elections In she
r.sure if m Law IL Observed.
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
TIE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.

VdE oGOnEOA VI
Approved March Is, 1891
The People OF the State Of Nevsds, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act o. follows:
sEcrrox 1. All ballots cast In elections
or public officers within this state shAii
pc printed and distributed ct public ex-
psnse, % hereinafter PROVIDED. Ine
printing OF general tickets md cArds OF
instruction for the electors OF each county,
ana the delivery OF the Same 10 the cleo
tIon o~ficers, Is provided for in this Act.
shall be . county charge. the payment OF
which shall be provided for In the same
m amer a. the payment OF other county
expenses, and in case Of separate elections
for oitv. town or districtoficers, the print
ing and delivery Of tickets and cards OF
instruction shall be charged upon the city,
tovu or district in which said tickets and
cards are 70 be used, the payment OF
which shall be provided for in the same
manner - the payment OF other CITY
county or district expenses.
SEQ. 2. Any convention, az hereinafter
defined. held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public office. and also
electors 10 the number hereinafter speci-
fied. may nominate candidates for public
Offices, TO be flled by election within the
State. A convention within the meaning
of this Act is an organized assemblage OF
delegates representing . political party,
which, Al the last election, before the
holding Of such convention, polled at
least three Der cent OF the entire vote cast
in the State. county, district or other polit-
ical division, for which the nomination 10
made.
SEQ. 8. All nominations made by such
convention shall be certified - follows:
The certificate Of nomination, which must
be In writing, shall contain the name OF
each person nominated, his residence and
ofice for which be IL nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. II shall be
signed by the Chairman and Secretary OF
such convention, who shall d to their
signatures their respective places OF resi-
dence, aud make oath before an officer
authorized 10 administer the same, that
the matters stated in such certificate are
true to the best OF their knowledge and
belief. and . certificate Of the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate OF
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated otherwise than By .
o~nvention in the manner following: A
ertiicate Of nomination containing the
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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 ct
least three per cent Of the entire vote cast
Al 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 sdd 10 his signature his
place Of residence. One OF the signers OF
zach such certificate shall swear that the
statements therein made are true to the
best Of his knowledge and belief. and Ger.
tiicate OF such oath shall be annexed,
such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect % 9 certiicate Of nomina
tion made by Q party convention.
SEQ. s. Certificates Of nomination oil
candidates for offices to be voted for By
the electors Of the entire State, shall be
filed with the Secretary Of Stale. Certi-
fcates Of nomination of candidates for all
other public Offices shall be filed with the
Clerks Of the respective counties wherein
the officers are 20 be voted for. aud where
district embraces more than M county,
ru12 tdE tub7tc4 uhRA Do AAoa WIN t1<
CLERK Of each Of said counties.
SEQ. 8. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the mans Of more thAn one
candidate for each Office TO be filled. Nc
person shall Join 10 nominating, under
she provision Of Section 4 Of this Act,
more than one nominee for each Office "a
be filled. and no person who has voted In
Aconvention, either in person or BY proxy,
for or against Q candidate for any ofhce,
shall join In nominating. In any manner
any other nominee for that ofioe, and nc
person shall accept . nomination 10 more
than one ofioe.
sxo.7. Certificates Of nomination re,
quirsd to be flsd with the Secretary oil
State shall not be fled more than sixty
days nor less than forty days before the
day OF election when the nomination ID
made by . convention, and not more than
sixty days nor less than thirty days before
the day Of election whom the nomination
is made under the provisions Of section
four Of this Act. Should . vacancy occur
from any cause In the list Of nominees for
any oface. such vacancy may be filled 81 any
time before the day Of election by the con.
vention, or by . committee TO which the
convention has delegated the power 70
dll vacancies, or by petitions. - provide ID
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 ofacss
. certificate. setting forth The name Of the
person dominated TO ill such vacancy, the
ofice for which LIE 10 nominated, the name
Of the person for whom the new nominee ID
IL 10 be substituted, and such further infor-
original certificate Of nomin alton. When
such certificate Is filed. the oficer with
whom 1t is filed shall substitute the name Of
the person therein for the original nomi.
nee. BY printing. II practicable. or by writ
ing the name Of the person thus substk
tutsd.
SEC. 8. Not less than twenty-five days
before an election 10 ill 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 is nomin-
ated, as specified in the certificate OF
nomination fled with him.
SEC. Q. Not less than ten days before
an election 10 fill any public office or Of
fces. the County Clerk shall pause 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 no newspaper IL
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting . oopy OF the
ballot in . public place in each election
precinct within the county. one Of which
copies shall be posted 81 the courthouse
door. When publication Is made by print
ing In newspapers, stleAst i've publications
BY such newspapers shall be required. one
Of which shall appear In the last regular
Issue of such paper before election day.
SEC. 10. When . proposed Constitution,
constitutional amendment or other ques-
lion is to be submitted for popular vote,
Ihe Secretary OF State shall certify the
same 10 the several County Clerks. and said
County CLERKS shall publish the same as
for in section Q Of this Act.