Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-03-02
AUSTRALIAN BiLLOT'
rull Text of Nevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND sIaDf lIs
PROVISIONS.
snIr aud Clean Elections ." 'he
Failure II che Law L. Observed.
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.

IApproved Marcn 10, Ao9i'I
The People Of the State Of Nevada, rep
reseu,ed in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act % follows:
srcrtos /. All ballots cast 10 elections
or publis oficors within this State shall
pe printed aud distributed at public ex-
psnse. a. hereinafter provided. The
printing Of general tickets and cards OF
instrnction for the electors Of each county,
and the delivery Of the same 10 the cleo
tion officers, a. provided for in this Act,
shall be q county charge, the payment OF
which shsll be provided for In the same
manner as the payment OF other county
expenses, and in case OF separate elections
for city, town or district ofi cers, the print
ing and delivery of tickets aud 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 as the pay Of other CITY,
county or district expenses.
SEc. 2. Any convention. az hereinafter
eaned, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public office, and aiso
electors 10 the number hereinafter speci-
fed. may nominate candidates for public
Offices, 10 be filled by election within the
State. A convention within tho meaning
Of this Ac. IL an organized Assem- blsge OF
delegates representing q political party,
which, at the last election, before the
holding OF such convention, polled at
least three per cent Of the entire vote cast
10 the State, county. district or other polit-
ical division, for which the nomination Is
made.
SEC. 8. All nominations mado by such
convention shall bs certified as follows:
The certificate of nomination, which must
be in writing, shall contain the name OF
esch person nominated, his residence and
Office for which he Is nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle which
such convention 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, aud make oath before an officer
authorized to administer the same. that
the matters stated in such certificate are
true to the beat OF their knowledge and
belief. and q 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 q
onvention in the manner following: A
erti6cate OF nomination containing tho
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
to 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
~nominstion is to be made; provided. that
such certificate shall not be valid unless
l. all aim
need not ell 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 aud belief, anda GER
tiicate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate Of nomination shall have
the same effect as a certificate of nouina-
ton made by u party con vention.
SEQ. 5. Certificates OF nomination OF
candidates for offices to be voted for by
the electors OF the entire State, shall be
filed with the Secretary OF State. Certi-
hcstes OF nomination Of candidates for all
other public off oes shall be dled with the
Clerks OF thu respective counties wherein
the officers are 10 be voted for, and where
q district embraces more than one county,
such certificates shall be filed with the
CLERK Of each OF said counties.
SEC. 8. 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. aud no person who has voted In
convention, either in person or by proxy,
for or against q candidate for any Office,
shall join In nominating. in any name
any other nominee for that office. and no
person shall accept 9 nomination TO more
than one Office.
Scot. Certificates Of nomination re-
quired to be filed with the Secretary OF
State shall not be filed more than sixty
days nor less than forty days before the
day OF election when the nomination is
made by . 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 Q cy occur
from any cause in the list of nominees for
any office, such vacancy may be filed at any
time before the day of election by the con-
v~ention, or by . committee to which the
convention has delegated he 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 such 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 hs Ia 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 IN
original certificate Of nomination. When
such certificate is filed, the officer with
whom it Is filed shail substitute the name Of
the person therein for the orr yinal 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 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, as specified in the certificate OF
nomination filed with him.
SEC. 9. 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 died with him. Said nominations shall
be published in g newspaper printed with
in the county. When no newspaper is
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting q copy OF the
ballot 10 q 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
ing 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.
SIC. 10. When a proposed Constitution.
constitutional amendment or other ques-
tion il to b 1submitted for popular vote.
the Secretary OF State shall certify the
sans TO the several County Clerks. and said
County Clerks shall publish the same as
provided for in section 0 Of this Act.
SEC. II. II shall be the duty Of the
County Clerk 10 provide printed ballots
for every election for public officers. in