Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-08-11

THE SECRECY OF THE
Approved March 10, 1891
The People OF the State Of Nevada, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly. do en-
act as follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots cast 10 elections
or public officers within this State shall
ne printed and distributed st public ex-
pence, as hereinafter provided. Inc
printing OF general tickets and cards OF
Instruction for the electors Of each county,
and the delivery Of the same to the cleo
zion officers. IS provided for In this Act,
shall be . county charge, the payment OF
which shall be provided for In the same
manner a. the payment OF other county
expenses, and 10 case of separate elections
Tor oity. town or district officers. the print
ing and delivery OF tickets and cards OF
Abstraction shall be charged upon the CITY,
town or district In which said tickets and
cards are 10 be used, the payment OF
which shall be provided for In the same
manner as the payment OF other city,
county or district expenses.
SEc. a. Any conven ton, 40 hereinafter
defined, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public ofice, and Also
electors 10 the number hereinafter speoi-
fed, may nominate candidates for public
Offices, TO be filed by election within tne
State. A convention within the meaning
Of mis- Act Is an organized assembisge Of
delegates representing q political party,
which, a. the last election, before the
holding OF such convention, polled ct
least three per cent Of the entire vote cast
in the State, county, district or other polit-
ical division, for which the nomination is
made.
SEQ. 8. ALI nominations made by such
convention shall be certified as follows:
The certificate OF nomination, which must
be in writing, shall contain the name oil
each person nominated, his residence and
onice for which he is nominated, and b
designate the party or principle which
such tion represents. IL shall be
signed by the Chair nan and Secretary OF
such convention, who shall add 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 to the best OF their knowledge and
belief, and a 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 q
onvention in the manner following: A
ertifcate 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 at
least three per cent OF the entire vote cast
at the last proceeding 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 to the
best OF his knowledge and belief, and a GER
tifoate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate Of nomination shall have
the same effect as a certificate Of nomina-
ton made by q party cor v~ention.
SEQ. 5. Certificates OF nomination of
candidates for offices to be voted for by
the electors OF the entire State, shall be
filed With she Secretary OF State. Oerti-
foates 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
q district embraces more than one county,
suoh certificates 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 10 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
a~convention, either in person or by proxy,
for or against q candidate for say ofhce,
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any other NOMINEE Tor that office, and nc
persau saAA accept q nomination 10 more
shsn one Office.
SEQ. 7. Certificates OF nomination re-
quired to be filed with the Secretary OF
State shall not be filed more thar sixty
days nor less than forsy 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
is made under the provisions OF section
four OF this Act. Should q vacancy OCCUR
from any cause in the list Of nominees for
any office, such vacancy may be filled al any
time before the day Of election by the CON-
vention. or by q committee TO 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 is
lie TO be substituted, and such further infor-
nation as 10 required to be given In an
original certificate of nomina tion. When
such certificate is filed. the officer with
whom II 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.
SEC. 8. Not less thar twenty-five days
before an election 10 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 be is nomin-
aled, a. specified in the certificate OF
nomination filed with him.
SEC. 8. Not less than ten days before
an election TO all 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 o newspaper printed with |
in the county. When no newspaper 10 |
print ted within the county. the publication |
shall be made by posting . copy Of the
ballot in Q public place in each election |
precinct within the county, one OF which
copies shall be posted at the courthouse
door. When publication is made by print
ing 10 newspapers. at least two publications
By such newspapers shall be required. one
OF which shall appear in the last regular
OF such paper before election day.
SEQ. 10. When a proposed Constitution.
,on~stitutional amendment or other ques-
ion is to be submitted for popular vote,
he Secretary OF State shall certify the
,ame 10 thes several County Clerks. and said
Jounty Clerks shall publish the same as
,royided for in section 9 Of this Act.
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