Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-02-09
AUSTRALIAN BiLLOT'
Full Text of Nevada's New
Election Law.
ysysas SHOULD READ AND sTsof '1s
PROVISIONS.
Fair aud Clean Elections in 'he
ru,ure NJ Inc Law Is observed

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved March 10, 1911
The People OF the State Of Nevada, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots cast In elections
or public officers within this State shall
De printed aud distributed at public ex-
pense, AZ hereinafter provided. Inc
printing Of general tickets and caras OF
instruction for the electors OF each county
and the delivery Of the same TO the eiec-
tion officers. IS provided for In THIS ACT,
shall be . county charge, the psyment Oh
which shall be provided for In the same
msnner AZ the symen Of other county
expenses, and in case Of separate elections
for city, town or district officers, the print
ing and delivery Of tickets aud cards OF
instruction shall be charged upon the oity,
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 pay OF other CITY,
county or district expenses.
SEC. q. Any convention, as hereinafter
efned, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public ONCE, ana aiso
electors 10 the number hereinafter speci-
fed, may nominate candidates for public
offices, TO be filed by election within the
State. A convention within the meaning
OF this Act is al organized assem- pisge OIL
delegates representing o political party,
which, al the last election, before the
holding OF such convention. polled at
least three per cent OF the ontire vote cast
in the State, county, district or other polit-
icaI division, for which the nomination Is
made.
SEC. 8. All nominations made by such
convention shall be certified IS follows:
The certificate OF nomination, which must
be iu writing, shall contain the name OF
each person nominated, his residence aud
Office for which he 10 nominated, aud shall
designate the party or principle which
such conven lion represents. IL shall be
signed BY the Chairman and Secretary OF
suoh 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 best OF their knowledge and
belief, and a certificate Of the said oath
shall be annexed to said certificate OF
nomination.
SEC. A.. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated otherwise than by o
onvention in the manner following: A
ertihcate 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
60 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 certif cate 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
each such certificate shall swear that the
statements therein made are true to the
best OF his knowledge and belief, and a cer-
tiicate 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 convention.
SEC. 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-
ucat63 Oh uOmiuhbAUu VI CbuuiiotO5 oii
other public ofices shall be filed with the
Clerks OF the respective counties wherein
the Off Gers are to BIO voted for, and whore
q district embraces more than one county,
such certificates shall be filed 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 filed. No
person shall Join in 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 . 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 one Office.
Scot. Certificates OF nomination re
qnired to be filed with the Secretary oil
State shall not be filed more than sixty
dsys nor less than forty days before the
day OF election when the nomination lie
made by Q convention, and not more than
sixty days nor less than thirty days before
the day OF election when the nomination
Ia made under the provisions OF section
four OF this Act. Should . vacancy occur
from any cause in the list Of nominees foI
any office, such vacancy may be filled al any
time before the day Of election by the con.
v~ention, 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 sue 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
ia to be substituted, and such further infor-
nation as Is required to be given in an
original certificate OF nomin alton. When
such certificate IL filed, the officer with
whom it is filed shall su bstitute the name of
the person therein for the original nomi.
nee. by printing. if practicable. or by writ
ing the name OF the person thus substi-
tuted.
SEC. s. 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, 90 specified in the certificate OF
nomination fled with him.
SEC. o. 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 filed with him. Said nominations shall
be Published in a newspaper printed with
in the county. When no newspaper 10
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. n Of which
copies shall be posted at the courthouse
door. When publication Is made by print
log in newspapers. atleast 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. When a proposed Constitution,
constitutional amendment or other ques-
ton is to be submitted for popular vote,