The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-10-24


name of the person therein for the origi-
nal nominee, by printing if practicable,
or by writing the name of the person
thus substituted
Sec. s. Not less than twenty-five
days before an election to fill any public
Office, the Secretary of State shall certi-
fly to the County Clerk of each county
within the State the name of each per-
son, and the name of the office for which
he is nominated, as specified in the GER
tificate of nomination filed with him.
SEC. o. Not less than ten days be-
fore an election to fill any public Office
or offices, the County Clerk shall cause
to be published all the nominations
certified TO or filed with him.
Said nominations shall be
published in 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 Constitu-
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, a 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 at 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. IL, On each ballot perforated
line shall extend from top to bottom,
one half 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 CORE
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, so
that the voter may clearly indicate in
the way hereinafter described the can.
didate or candidates for whom he wishes
to vote. Whenever any question is to
| be submitted to the vote of the people,
1t shall be printed upon the ballot in
| such manner as to enable the electors
to voto upon the question in the man.
ner hereinafter provided. There shall
be printed on the ballots opposite the
designation of each Office such words as
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 respec.
tive County Clerks.
SEQ, IA. The County Clerks shall
provide for each election precinct in
the county wherein less than twenty
five voters are registered fifty ballots,
and in all other preincts one hundred
ballots for each fifty or fraction of fifty
voters registered in the precinct.
See. l5. Whenever it shall appear,
by affidavit, that an error or omission
has occurred in the publication of the
name or description of any of the can
didates nominated, or in the printing
of the ballots, any member of the
Board of County Commissioners, upon
application by any voter, shall issue an
order requir ng the County Clerk to
correct such error.
Sec. 16. Before the opening Of the
4 polls at an election the County Clerk