The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-07

daysbefore an election to fill any public
Office the Secretary of State shall certi-
fy to he County Clerk of each county
within the State the name of each per-
son, md the name of the office for which
he is nominated, as specified in the GER
tificat OF nomination filed with him.
SEC 8. Not less than ton days be-
fore Al election to fill any public office
or offres, 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 within the county. When no
newspaper is printed within the county,
the Publication shall be made by post
ing copy of the ballot in apublic place
in each election precinct within the
county, one of which copies shall be
posted at the court house door. When
publication is made by printing in news
papers, at least two publications by such
newspaper shall be required, one of
which shall appear in the last regular
issue of such paper before election day.
Sec. 10. When proposed Constltu-
ton, constitutional amendment or
other question is to be 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 in
section nine of this Act.
Sec. IL. 1t shall be the duty of the
County Clerk to provide printed ballots
for every election for public offices in
which any voters within the county par
ticipate, and to cause to be printed in
the ballot prescribed herein, the name
of each and every candidate whose
name has been certified to, or filed With
him, as provided in this Act Ballots
other than those printed, as provided in
this Act, shall not be cast, or counted in
any election. All ballots shall be print
ed on tinted paper, furnished by the
Secretary OF State. 1t shall be the duty
of the Secretary of State to obtain, and
keep on hand, sufficient supply of
such paper for ballots, and to furnish
the same in quantities ordered, to any
County Clerk. Said paper shall be
water marked with design furnished
by the Secretary of State, in such
manner that the said water-mark shall
be plainly observable on the outside of
such ballot when properly folded. Such
design shall be changed for each general
election, and the same design shall not
be used again al any general election
within the space Of eight years, but at
any special or separate local election
paper marked with the design used at
any previous election may be used.
Sec. 10. On each ballot perforated
line shall extend from top to bottom,
onehalf inch from the right hand side
of such ballot, and upon the half-inch
strip thus formed there shall be no writ
ing or printing, except the number of
the ballot, which shall be upon the back
of the strip in such position that it shall
appear on the outside when the ballot is
folded. The number on each ballot
shall be the same as that on the corre-
spending stub, and the ballots and stubs
shall be numbered consecutively in each
county, Where the names of candi-
dates are printed in separate columns,
the columns shall be separated by heavy
rules, and on all ballots the names of
candidates shall be separated by rule
extending to the extreme right of the
column. All ballots shall contain the
name of each and every candidate whose
nomination for any Office specified in
the ballot has been certified to and filed
according to the provisions of this Act,
and no other name. The names of the
candidates for each office shall be
arranged under the designation of the
Office in alphabetical order, according to
surname, except that the name of candi-
dates for Presidential Electors shall be
arranged in groups as presented in the
several certificates of nomination, and
the names of the candidates for Presi-
dent and Vice President shall precede
the proper groups OF Presidential Elect
ors the political designation of each
candidate shall be printed opposite his
name. There shall be left at the end of
the list of candidates for each Office one
blank space to be used when substituting
names to fill vacancies. There shall be
margin at the right hand side of the
names at least one-half inch wide, sc
the way hereinafter described the can
didate or candidates for whom he wishes
to vote. Whenever any question is tc
be submitted to the vote of the people
it shall be printed upon the ballot il
such a manner as TO enable the elector,
to vote upon the question in the man
ner hereinafter provided. There shal
ha N or on h.
designation of each Office such words a
will aid the voter to indicate his choic
of candidates such as "vote for one
"vote for three" and the like.
Sec. Is. All ballots, when printed
shall be bound in stub books of fit
and one hundred ballots each.
record of the number of ballots printe
for them shall be kept by the respee
tive County Clerks.
SEQ. IA. The County Clerks shal
provide for each election precinct i
the county wherein less than twenty
five voters are registered fifty ballots
and in all other preincts one hundre
ballots for each fifty or fraction of fit
| voters registered in the precinct.
Sec. Is. Whenever it shall appea
by affidavit, that an error or omissio
has occurred in the publication of til
name or description of any OF the car
didates nominated, or in the printin
Of the ballots, any member of Ii
Board of County Commissioners, upo
application by any voter, shall issue a
order requir ng the County Clerk
correct such error.
Sec. 16. Before the opening of th
polls at an election, the County Clel
shall cause to be delivered to I'll
Board OF election Of each election pr
cinct in his county the proper numbt
of tickets of the kind to be used in Il
election nracinct In case of nraYaI