Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-01-05
AUSTRALIAN BiLLOF'
Full Text Of Nevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AHo sIdDf IT'S
PROVISIONS.
Fair aud Clean Elections In the
ru,ure if the Law h Observed.
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.

III OGOhkOA VI
Approved March IS, 1884,.
The People Of the State Of Nevada, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
acs o. follows:
sKcrros 1. All ballots cast In elections
or public officers within this State shall
ne printed aud distributed at public ex-
panse. as hereinafter provided. The
printing Of general tickets aud cards oil
instruction 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 9 county charge. the payment oi
which shall be provided for In the same
manner % tbs payment OF other county
expenses, aud in case OF separate elections
for CITY, town or districs officers, the print.
ing snd delivery OF tickets and cards oil
instr ction shall be charged upon the CITY,
town or district in which said tickets and
cards are to be used. the payment Of
which shall be provided for In the same
manner as the pay oil other city
count or district expenses.
SEo. q. Any convention, as hereinafter
eined, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public office, n aiso
electors to the number hereinafter speci-
fed, may nominate candidates for public
offices, 10 be filled by election within the
State. A convention within the meaning
OF this Act Is an organized assem- blage OF
delegates representing q 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-
ical division, for which the nomination is
made.
SEC. g.. All nominations made By such
convention shall be certified as follows:
The certificate OF nomination, which must
BIO ia writing, shall ntain the name OF
each person nominated, his residence and
Office for which he is nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle which
suoh convention represents. IL shall be
signed by the Chairman and Secretary OF
such convention, who shall add to their
signatures their respective places OF resi-
dence, aud make oath before an officer
authorized TO administer the same, that
the matters stated in such certificate are
true TO the beat OF their knowledge aud
belief, and a certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate of
nomination.
SEQ. A.. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated otherwise than by q
o~nvention in the manner following: A
ertiHcate OF nomination containing the
name OF the candidate TO be nominsted,
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
10 be presented. equal In number to at
least three per cent OF the entire vote oast
at the last preceding election in the State,
district or political division for which the
nomination il to be made; provided, that
suoh certificate shall not be valid unless
signed by three voters. Said signatures
need not all be appended to one paper. but
zach siguer shall add TO 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 a cer-
tiioate Of such oath shall be annexed.
Suoh certificate Of nomination shall have
the same effect as a certificate OF nomina-
ton made by q party convention.
SEQ. 5. Certificates OF nomination OF
candidates for Offices to be voted for By
the electors OF the entire State, shall be
hlsd with the Secretary Of State. Certi-
icates Of nomination Of candidates for all
other public ofioss shall be filed with the
Clerks Of the rsspective counties wherein
the officers ara 10 be voted for, aud where
Q district embraces more than one county,
euch certificates shall be fled with the
Clerk OF each OF said counties.
SEQ. 8. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name OF more than one
candidate for each Office TO be filled. No
person shall join In nominating. under
the provision Of Sestion 4 Of this Act.
more than one nominee for each Office TO
be filed. 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. 10 any manner
any other nominee for that office, md no
person shall accept Q nomination TO more
than one office.
SEQ. 7. Certificates OF nomination re-
quired to be fled with the Secretary OF
State shall not be filed more han sixty
days nor less than forty days before the
DAY OF election when the nomination ia
made by q convention, and not more than
sixty days nor less than thirty days before
the day OF election when the nomination
IL made under the provisions OF section
four Of this Act. Should q vacancy occur
from any cause In the list Of nominees for
any ofice. such vacancy may be filled at any
time before the day Of ~elsction by the con-
v~sntion, OF by . committee TO which the
convention has delegated the powe- to
fll vacancies, or by petitions. as provided
10 section four Of this Act. The Chair
man aud 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 he 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 givon 10 an
original certificate Of nomination. 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 printing, II practicable. or by writ
ing the name OF the person thus substi-
tuted.
SEC. 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 Is nomin-
ated, as specified in the certificate OF
nomination filed with him.
SEC. 0. Not less than ten days before
an election to fill any public Office or Of
fees. the County Clerk shall cause TO be
published all the nominations certified to
or died with him. Said nomin ations shall
be published in 9 newspaper printed with
in the county. When DO newspaper is
prin ted within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting q copy Of the
ballot In . 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 in newspapers. ct least two publications
by such newspapers shall be required, one
of which shall appear in the last regular
Issue OF such paper before election day.
SEQ. 10. whena proposed Constitution,
constitutional amendment or other cues
tion lie to be submitted for popular vote, |
the Secretary OF State shall certify the