Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-10-19
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text of Mevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND sIaoY ITs
PROVISIONS.
Fair aud Clean Elections In she
Fusure if the Law Is observed.

AN ACT RELATING TO ELEoiioNe
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved March IS, 1871
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 shsh
ne printed and distributed at pubic ex-
pense, as hereinafter provided. Ihe
printing Of general tickets and cards oil
instruction for the electors OF escn county,
and the delivery OF the same TO the cleo
sion officers. as provided for in this Act,
shall be 4 county charge, the payment oil
which shall be provided for in the same
q az the payment Of other county
expenses, and in case Of separate elections
for CITY, town or district officers, the print
ing and delivery OF tickets and cards OF
t~nstruction shall be charged upon the city,
town or district in which said tickets ana
cards are to be used, the payment Oh
which shall be provided for in the same
manner as the payment of other city,
county or district expenses.
SEc. q. Any convention, as hereinafter
efned, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public ofice, and aiso
electors TO the number hereinafter speci-
fed, may nominate candidates for pubic
offices, to be filed by election within tne
State. A convention within the meaning
of this Act is an organized sssem biage OF
delegates representing Q political party
which, al 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. 8. All nominations made by such
convention shall be certified as follows:
The certificate of nomination, which must
be in writing, shall contain the namo OF
each person nominated, his residence and
Office for which he is nominated. and shall
designate the party or principle which
suoh convention represents. II shall be
signed by the Chair man 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 . certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate Of
nomination.
HEC. 4. a Cauuiudbo lOI RuDlAO UNIV
may be nominated otherwise than by a
onvention in the manner following: A
ertifcate of nomination containing the
name OF the candidate to be nominated,
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 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 unles;
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 o
each such certificate shall swear that thu
statements therein made are true TO tn
best Of his knowledge and belief. anda Ger
tiicate OF such oath shall be annexed
Such certificate Of nomination shall havt
the same effect as a certificate of nomina
ton made by . party convention.
SEQ. S. Certificates Of nomination o
candidates for offices to be voted for b.
the electors Of the entire State, shall b
filed with the Secretary Of State. Certi
icates Of nomination of candidates for al
other public Offices shall be filed with tn
Clerks Of the respective counties wherein
the officers are TO be voted for, and wher
district embraces more than one county
such certificates shall be filed with tn
CLERK Of each Of said counties.
SEQ. 8. No certificate Of nomination
shall contain the name OF more than on
candidate for each Office to be filed. N
person shall join in nominating, unde
the provision OF Section 4 OF this Ac,
more than one nominee for each Office t
be filled. and no person who has voted Il
convention, either in person or by proxy
for or against Q candidate for any office
shall join In nominating. in any manner
any other nominee for that Office, and n
person shall accept . nomination TO NOR
than one Office.
Scot. Certificates OF nomination re
quired to be filed with the Secretary O
State shall not be filed more than sixt
days nor less than forty days before tn
day Of election when the nomination
made by . convention, and not more thal
sixty days nor less Than thirty days befor
the day OF election when the nomination
is made under the provisions Of section
four OF this Act. Should q vacancy occu
from any cause in the list of nominees TO
any office. such vacancy may be filled at an
time before the day Of election by the con
vention, or by . committee to which tb
convention has delegated the power t
fill vacancies, or by petitions, as provide
in section four Of this Act. The Chair
man and Secretary of the convention, o
OF such committee, or such petitioner
shall make and file with the proper Office
certificate. setting forth the name of tn
person nominated TO fill such vacancy, tn
Office for which he is nominated. the nam
Of the person for whom the new nominee
Is to be substituted, and such further infor
nation as is required to be given in q
original certificate Of nomination. Who
such certificate il filed, the officer wit
whom 1t is filed shall substitute the name Q
the person therein for the original nom
nee, by printing. Il practicable. or by writ
ing the name Of the person thus substi
tuted.
SEC. 8. Not less thar twenty-five day
before an election TO fill any public ofic
the Secretary OF State shall certify to tn
County Clerk Of each county within til
State the name OF each person, and til
name OF the office for which he is nomin
ated, IS specified in the certificate o
nomination fled with him.
SEC. 8. Not less than ten days befor
an election to fill any public Office or OF
foes, the County Clerk shall cause TO b
published ell the nominations certified 4
or hled with him. Said nominations shall
be published in q newspaper printed with
In the county. When no newspaper /
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting q copy Of tn
ballot in . public place in each election
precinct within the county. one OF which
copies shall be posted at the c~ourt-hous'
door. When publication is made by print
Jog In newspapers. at least two publication
BY such newspapers shall be required. on,
Of which shall appear in the last regular
issue OF such paper before election day.
SEQ. 10. When q proposed Constitution,
constitutional amendment or other ques-
tion 10 70 be submitted for popular vote.