Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-03-23

shall be printed on untco paper AuAa.sA
BY the Secretary OF State. IL shall DO tne
duty Of the Secretary OF state 70 OBTAIN;
aud keep on hand, . sufficient supply OF
such paper for ballots, and 10 furnish tne
same in quantities ordered TO any County
Clerk. Said paper shall be vater-maIkeo
with a design furnished BY the Secretary
~ sts,e. IN such 4 manner that the said
uater.msrk shall be plainly discernable on
Inc outside Of such ballot when prop
erIv folded. Such design shall be changed
for each general election, and the same de-
sign shall not be used al any general
election within the space OF eight
years, but at any special or sep
arate local election paper marked with tne
design used al any previous election may
be used.
SEQ. ~. On each ballot q perforated
line shall extend from top to bottom, one
half.inch from the right hand aide OF sucn
ballot, and upon the hslf-inch strip thus
formed there shall be no writing or PRINT
ing, except the number OF the ballot, which
shall be upon tho back OF The strip IN sucn
position that il shall appear on the outside
when the ballot Is folded. The number
ON each ballot shall be the same ss that on
the corresponding stub, and the ballots
and stubs shall DO numbered consecatively
in each county. Where the names OF
candidates are printed in seperAte Columns
the columns shall be separated by heavy
rules. aud on all ballots the names OF
candidates shall be separated by o rule ex-
tending to the extreme right OF the
column. All ballots shall contain the
name Of each and every candidate whose
nominal tx for any Office specified in the
ballot has been certified to and filed &C
cording to the provisions OF this Act, and
no other name. The names OF the candi-
dates for each Office shall DO arranged
under the designation OF the Office in al
phabeticsl order, according TO surname,
except that the name OF candidates for
Presidential Electors shall be arranged IN
groups as presented in the several certin-
cat 20 Of nomination, and the names OF the
candidates for President aud Vice President
shall precede the proper groups OF Presi-
Dental Electors; 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 DO used when substisut-
ing names to fill vacancies. There shall
be a margin at the right hand side of the
names at least one-half inch wide, so that
the voter may clearly indicate in the way
hereinafter described the candidate or
candidates for whom be wishes to vote.
Whenever any question is to be submitted
to the vote of the people, IL shall be
printed upon the ballot in such q manner
"a to enable the electors to vote upon the
question in the manner hereinafter pro-
vided. There shall be printed on the bal
lots opposite the designation OF each
ofic e such words az will aid the voter to
indicate his choice 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 fifty and
one hundred ballots each. A record OF the
number OF ballots printed for them shall
be kept by the respective County Clerks.
SEC. IA. The County Clerks shall pro-
vide for each election precinct in the
county wherein less than twenty-five voters
are registered fifty ballots, and In all
other precincts one hundred ballots
for each fifty or fraction Of fifty voters
registered in the precinct.
SEQ. Is. Whenever II shall appear. by
affidavit, that an error or omission has 90
CURED in the publication OF the name or
description OF any OF the candidates
nominated, or 10 the printing OF the bal.
lots. any member Of the Board OF
County Commissioners, upon application
by any voter, shall issue an order requir-
ing the county CLERK to correct such err
ror.
SEQ. 16. Before the opening of the
polls, ct any election, the County Clerk
shall cause to be delivered to the Board of
Election OF each election precinct in his
county the proper number of tickets of
the kind to be used in the election precinct.
In case of prevention OF an election in any
precinct by reason of the loss or destruc-
sion OF the ballots intended for that pre-
cinct, or for any other cause, the Inspec-
tor or other election officer for the pre-
cinot shall make an affidavit setting forth
the fact and transmit II TO the Governor
Of the State. Upon receipt Of such afida-
Wit, and upon the application Of any candi-
date for any Office to be voted for by the
voters OF such precinct. the Governor
shall order q new election in such pre-
cinot.
SEC. II. At the same time and in the
same manner as Inspectors and Judges Of
are now appointed in the State.
there shall be appointed two Clerks Of
Election, who shall have charge OF the bal
lots on election day, aud shall furnish
them to the voters in the manner herein
provided for. Said Clerks OF Eiec-
lion shall possess the same qualifications,
and receive the same compensation as In
speetors Of Election. Said Clerks shall be
from the political parties which
polled the largest and the next largest
votes in the precinct at the last preceding
election.
SEQ. 10. The Board Of County Com
missioners shall provide, at each polling
place within the county, 9 sufficient
number OF places. booths or compars-
ments, in which voters may conveniently
mark their ballots, so that In the marking
thereof they may be screened from the obser'
OF others, and q guard rail shall be
so placed that only such persons as are in
side said rail eau approach within 81
feet OF the ballot box, and OF such booths
or compartments. The arrangements
shall be such that neither the ballot boz
nor the booths or compartments shall bs
hidden from the view Of those just out
side the guard rail. The number Of
such booths or compartments shall bt
not less than one for each fifty or fraction
OF fifty voters registered in the precinct
Each of said booths or compartment
shall be kept provided with proper sup
plies and convenience for marking ballots
No person, other than voters engaged il
receiving, preparing or depositing theil
ballots, shall be permitted inside said
guard rail during the time the polls are
open. except by authority Of the Board
OF Election. and In that case only for the
purpose Of keeping order and enforcing
the law.
SEC. 10. Any person desiring to vote
shall give his address to one OF the CLERKS
Of Election, who shall announces hes same,
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upon the registry list he shall repeat the
name and address. One ballot shall ther
be given 10 the voter. and the number oil
the said ballot shall be written by n Of
the Clerks Of Election upon the registry
list opposite the name OF the voter reoeiv-
ing IL.
SEC. 20. On receiving his ballot the
voter shall Immediately retire alone to one
OF the places, booths or compartments
He shall prepare his ballot by marking q
cross or x after the nam Of the person