Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-17
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An ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved March IS, lssI.l
Ths People Of the State OF Nevada. rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do En-
act 81 follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots east in elections
ar public ofirers within this State shall
DC printed and distributed At public ex-
pense. a. hereinafter provided. The
printing Of general tickets and cards oil
instruction for the electors OF each county
and the delivery OF the same to the cleo
ton officers. ~ provided tor in this ACT.
shall be . county charge, The payment OF
which shall be provided for in the same
manner - the payment oil otner counsy
expenses, and in case Of separate eiections
for city, town or district officers, the print
ing aud delivery Of tickets and cards OF
instruction shall be charged upon the city.
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 a. 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 office, and also
electors 10 the number hereinafter speci-
fed, may nominate candidates Tor pubic
Offices, to be filled by election within the
State. A convention within the meaning
OF this 40. is an organized essen blage oil
delegates representing o 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. 3. 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 shall
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. ~ snail ne
signed by the Chairman aud 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 10 the beat OF their knowledge aud
belief, and a certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate OF
nomination.
SRo. 4. A candidate for public ofice
may be nominated otherwise than by a
invention in the manner following: A
srti6cate OF nomination containing the
name OF the candidate to be nominated,
with the other information required to be
given Ia the certificate provided for IN sec
ton three OF his 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 cast
al the last proceeding election in the State,
district or political division for which the
nomination is 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
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
bes. OF his knowledge and belief, and q GER
tihcase OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate Of nomination shall have
the same effect as a certificate OF nomina-
tion 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 DO
hled with the Secretary Of State. Oerti-
fcates OF nomination of candidates for all
other public offices shall be filed with the
clerks Of the respective counties wherein
the officers are 10 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 filled. 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
convention, either in person or by proxy,
shall Join In nominating. In any manner,
any other nominee for that office. and no
person shall accept q nomination 10 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 Is
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 9 vacancy occur
from any cause In the list Of nominees for
any Office. such vacancy may be filled at any
time before the day Of election by the con-
vention, or by . committee to which the
convention has delegated the power to
fill vacancies. or by petitions, a. provided
In section four Of this Act. The Chair
man and Secretary Of the convention, or
OF such committee, or such petitioners
shall make and file with the proper officer
Q certificate, setting forth the name Of the
person nominated 10 fill such vacancy, the
ofice for which he Is nominated, the name
OF the person for whom the new nominee is
is to be substituted and such further infor-
nation as is required to be given in an
original certificate OF nomin ation. When
such certificate is filed, the officer with
whom it is filed shall substitut 10 the name of
the person therein for the original nomi.
nee. by printing, il practicable. or by writ
ing the name OF the person thus substi-
tuted.
SEC. 8. 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 Is nomin-
ated, ss specified in the certificate OF
nomination filed with him.
SEC. O.. Not less than ten days before
an election TO fill any public Office or Of
foes, the County Clerk shall cause to be
published all the nominations certified to
or fled with him. Said nominations shall
be published in q newspaper printed with
In the county. When no newspaper is
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting g copy Of the
ballot in 8 public place in each election
precinct within the county, one OF which
copies shall be posted al the courthouse
door. When publication is made by print
ing in newspapers, s.ie:s..wo 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,
o institutional amendment or other ques-
lion is to be submitted for popular vote,
he Secretary OF State shall certify the