Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-06-08
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text of Nevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND Study ITS
PROVISIONS.
Fair, aud Clean Eicctions In she
ra,ure n The Law ~ Observed.
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.

The People Of the State OF Nevada, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly. do en-
act ss follows:
sEcrroS 1. All ballots cast in elections
or public officers within this State shall
pe printed and distributed ct pubic eA-
psnse, as hereinafter provided. Ine
printing OF general tickets aud cards OF
instruction for the electors OF each county
and the delivery OF the same TO the eiec-
zion officers. as provided Tor 10 tnis Ae..
shall DO 9 county charge, the payment OF
which shall be provided for In the same
mauner a. the payment OF other county
expenses. and in case OF separate elections
Tor oity, town or district officers, the print
ing and delivery Of tickets and cards oil
ipstruction shall be charged upon the city,
toxn 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 pay ment OF other city
county or district expenses.
sEo. q, Any convention. a. hereinafter
e6ned, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public office, and also
electors TO the number hereinafter speci-
fed, maj nominate candidates for public
offices, to be filed BY election within tne
State. A convention within the meaning
OF this Act Is sn organized assemoisge oil
delegates representing q political parry,
which, al the last election, before tne
holding OF such convention, poiied o.
least three per cent OF the entire vote cas'
in the State, county, district or other polit-
ical division. for which the nomination Is
made.
: 8. All nominations made By such
convention shall be certified IS follows:
The certificate OF nomination, which must
be In writing, shall contain the name OF
each person nominated, his residence and
office for which he is nominated, and b
designate the party or principle which
such 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, and make oath before an officer
authorized TO adminis.e. the same, that
the matters stated in such certificate are
true to the beat Of their knowledge and
belief, and q certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate OF
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated other wise than by a
o~nvention in the manner following: A
ertifcase OF nomination containing the
name OF the candidate 10 be nominated,
Will tuG OtlC A4AoA "a A044tO1
given in the certificate provided for in Sec
sion three OF this Act, shall be signed b5
electors residing within the district or
political division for which candidates are
10 be presented. equal in number 10 at
least three per cent OF the entire vote cast
at the last preceding election in the State,
district OF political division for which the
nomination il to be made; provided. that
such certificate shall not be valid unless
signed by three voters. Said signatures
need not all be appended to one paper. but
each signer 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 GER
tihcate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate Of nomination shall have
she 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
fled with the Secretary Of State. Certi-
fcates of nomination Of cspdidstes for all
other public Offices shall be filed with the
Clerks OF the respective counties wherein
the officers are TO be voted for, and where
district embraces more than one county,
such 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. Nc
person shall Join in nominating. under
the provision of Section 4 Of this Act,
more than one nominee for each office tc
be filed, and no person who has voted In
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 nc
person shall accept Q nomination TO more
than n office.
SEQ. z. Certificates OF nomination re-
quired to be filed with the Secretary oil
State shall not be filed more than sixty
days nor less than forty days before the
day OF election when the nomination il
made by . 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 9 vacancy occur
from any cause In the list OF nominees fol
any ofice, such vacancy may be filed at AM
time before the day Of election by the CON
vention. or by . committee TO which the
convention has delegated the power tc
all vacancies, or by petitions. as provided
in section four Of this Act. The Chair.
man and Secretary of the convention, OIL
Of such committee, or such petitioners
shall make and file with the proper oficei
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 il
is 10 be substituted, and such further infor
nation as is required to be given in an
original certificate OF nominatio Wher
such certificate Is filed, the officer with
whom IL is filed hal substitute the name Oh
the person therein for the original nomi
nee. by printing, IL practicable, or by writ
ing the name Of the person thus substi
tuted.
SEQ. s. Not less than 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 he lie nomin'
nomination filed with him.
SEC. Q. 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 hled with him. Said nominations shall
be published in Q newspaper printed with
in the county. When no newspaper ia
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting Q 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 in newspapers, al 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.
SEC. 10. whena proposed Constitution.
constitut ional amendment or other ques-
tion is to BIO submitted for popular vote.
the Secretary OF State shall certify the
same to the several County Clerks. and said
County Clerks shall publish the same as
provided for in section 8 OF this Act.
SEC. IL. II shall be the duty Of the
County Clerk 10 provide printed ballots
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