Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-10-26
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text Of Nevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND sTsoY irs
PROVISIONS.


AN Aor RELATING TO ELECTIONS
n TO MORE FULLY SECURE
TIE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved March IS, 1884,
The People Of the State Of Nevada rep
resented In Senate and Assembly. do en-
acs % follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots cast in elections
or public officers within this State shall
ne printed and distributed 81 pubic ek-
psnse, as hereinafter provided. lhe
printing Of general tickets and CARDS OF
instruction for the electors OF each county
and the delivery Of the same 70 the eiec-
sIon ~onicsrs. A. provided for In this Act,
shali be . county charge. the payment OF
which, shall be provided for In the same
hammer AZ the payment Of other counfy
expenses, and in case Of separate elections
for city, town or district officers, the print
ing and delivery Of tickets and cards oil
instruction shall be charged upon the city,
town or district in which said tickets and
cards are to be used, the payment Of
which shall be provided for In the same
manner a. the pay ment OF other city,
county or district expenses.
SEo. q. Any convention, IS hereinafter
efned, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public office. and also
electors TO the number hereinafter speci-
fed, may nominate candidates for pubic
Offices, to be filed by election within tne
State. A convention within the meaning
OF this ACT Is an organized sssem oiage OF
delegates representing . political parry,
which, al the last election, before the
holding Of such convention, polled ct
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.
SEQ. 8. All nominations made by such
convention shall be certified as 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 IL nominated. and shall
designate the party or principle which
such con wen tion 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 administer the same. that
the matters stated in such certificate are
true to the best OF their knowledge and
belief, and Q certificate OF the said osth
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nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated otherwise than by a
convention in the q following: A
ertifcate 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
tion three OF this 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
at the last preceding election in the State,
district or political division for which the
nomination is 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 oil
each such certificate shall swear that the
statements therein made are true to the
best OF his knowledge and belief, and a GER
tidcate OF such oath shall be annexed,
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect as 9 certificate of nomina
ton made by . party convention.
SEQ. 8. Certificates OF nomination oi
candidates for Offices 10 be voted for b
the electors Of the entire State, shall bs
filed with the Secretary Of State. Certi
hcates Of nomination Of candidates for al
other public offices shall be filed with tn
Clerks Of the respective counties wherein
the officers are 10 be voted for, aud whers
district embraces more thar one county
such certificates shall be filed with th'
CLERK Of each Of said counties.
SEQ. 9. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name OF more than on,
candidate for each office to be filled. M
person shall join in nominating. undel
the provision Of Section 4 Of this Act
more than one nominee for each Office 4
be filled. and no person who has voted II
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 NJ
person shall accept . nomination TO NOR
than n office.
6Ko.7. Certificates OF nomination re
quired to be fled with the Secretary o
State shall not be filed more than sixt,
days nor less than forty days before tn
day OF election when the nomination !
made by Q convention, and not more thar
sixty days nor less than thirty days befor'
the day Of election when the nomination
IL made under the provisions OF section
four Of this Act. Should Q vacancy oocui
from any cause in the list Of nominees fD
any office. such vacancy may be filed at an
time before the day Of election by the con
vention. or by . committee 70 which tn
convention has delegated the power Il
all vacancies. or by petitions. as provides
in section four Of this Act. The CHAIR
man and Secretary Of the convention, o
Of such committee, or such petitioner
shall make and file with the proper office
certificate. setting forth the name Of thl
person nominated 10 fill such vacancy, th'
Office for which Le is nominated, the nam
of the person for whom the new nominee i
is to be substituted, and such further infor
nation q is required to be given in al
original certificate OF nomination. Whe,
suoh certificate IL filed. the officer will
whom IL is fled shall substitute the name o
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 day
before an election TO fill any public ofics
the Secretary Of State shall certify to tn
County Clerk OF each county within thu
State the name OF each person, and Thu
name OF the ONCE for which he is nomin
ated, o. specified in the certificate o
nomination fled with him.
SEC. 9. Not less than ten days befor'
an slectionrto fill any public Office or of
aces, the County Clerk shall cause to b,
published all the nominations certified t.
or Hled with him. Said nominations shall
be published in . newspaper printed with
In the county. When no newspaper il
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting . copy OF the
ballot In . 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
log in newspapers. ~ 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. When q proposed Constitution,
nonstitnfionsI Amendment or other dues.