Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-12-07

rs ACT RELATING TO LEOlioN
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved March IS, 1884,
The People Of the State Of NevadA' rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do IN
act as follows:
SECTION 1. ALI ballots cast in elections
or public officers within this state shai'
De printed aud distributed at pubic ex'
pense, as hereinafter provided. Inc
printing Of general tickets and cards oil
instrnction for the electors OF each county,
and the delivery OF the same to the cleo
zion officers, as provided for in this Act,
shall be q county charge, the payment oil
which shall be provided for in the same
manner as the payment OF other COUNTY
,xpenses, and in case Of separate elections
for oity. 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 ana
cards are to be used, the payment oil
which shall be provided for in the same
manner AZ the payment OF other city,
county or district expenses.
SEo. q. Any convention. as hereinafter
eined, held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public office, and also
electors to the number hereinafter speci-
fed, may nominate candidates for public
Offices. 20 be filed by election within tne
State. A convention within the meaning
OF this ACT Is an organized Assem- biage OF
delegates representing q political party,
wi 'ch, at the last election, before the
holding OF such convention, polled at
least three per cent Of the entire vote cas-
in the State, county, district or other polit-
icsl division, for which the nomination is
made. :,
SEC. 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 10 nominated. and shall
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. Ii shall DO
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 beat OF their knowledge and
belief, and q certificate Of the said oath
shall be annexed to said certihcats OF
nomination.
SEQ. 4. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated otherwise than By a
onvention in the manner following: A
erti6cate 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
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
nomination is 10 be made; provided, that
such certificate shsll not be valid unless
sign ed 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
best Of his knowledge and belief, and GER
tihcate OF such oath shall be annexed,
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect as a certificate of nomins
ton made by u party convention.
SEC. 5. Certificates OF nomination oil
candidates for offices to be voted for By
the electors OF the entire State, shall be
filed with the Secretary OF State. Certi
icates OF nomination of candidates for al
other public Offices shall be filed with thu
Clerks OF the respective counties wherein
the officers are to be voted for, aud wheTs
district embraces more than one county
such certificates shall be filed with tn,
Clerk Of each Of said counties.
SEQ. 6. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name OF more than on
candidate for each Office to be filed. M
person shall join in nominating, undel
the provision Of Section 4 Of this Act
more than one nominee for each Office I,
be filed, and no person who has voted II
a~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 n,
person shall accept 9 nomination TO NOR
than one office.
Scot. Certificates OF nomination re
quired to be filed with the Secretary o
State shall not be fled more than sixt
days nor less than forty days before tn
day Of election when the nomination
made BY . convention. and not more thai
sixty days nor less than thirty days befor
the day Of election when the nomination
is made under the provisions OF sectio
four of this Act. Should . vacancy occu
from any cause in the list Of nominees 70
any office. such vacancy may be filled at an
time before the day Of election by the cor
vention, or by . committee to which Oh
convention has delegated the power I
I'LL vacancies, or by petitions, as provide
in section four Of this Act. The Chsil
man and Secretary Of the convention, Q
OF such committee, or such petitioner
shall make and file with the proper Office
certificate. setting forth the name Of til
person nominated to fill such vacancy, til
office for which he Is nominated, the nam
OF the person for whom the new nominee
is TO be substituted, and such further info
nation as is required to be given in a
original certificate OF nomin alton. Whe
such certificate is filed, the officer wiz
whom it ia filed shall substitute the name
the person therein for the original nom
nee. by printing, if practicable. or by wri
ing the name Of the person thus subst
tuted.
SEQ. 8. Not less than twenty-five day
before an election to fill any public ofic
the Secretary Of State shall certify to I'll
County Clerk OF each county within til
State the name Of each person, and th
name OF the office for which he is nomir
ated, Is specified in the certificate {
nomination filed with him.
SEC. 9. Not less than ten days befoi
an election to fill any public Office or o
foes. the County Clerk shall cause 10 b
published all the nominations certified /
or fled with him. Said nominations sha
be published In . newspaper printed witt
in the county. When no newspaper
printed within the county. the publicatio
shall be made by posting . copy of th
ballot 10 . public place In each electio
precinct within the county. n Of whic
copies shall be posted at the COURTEOUS
door. When publication is made by prin,
Ing in newspapers. 81 least two publication
BY such newspapers shall be required. on
Of which shall appear in the last reguls
issue Of such paper before election day.
SEC. 10. When . proposed Constitution
constitutional amendment or other CUES
tfon is to be submitted for popular vote
ths Secretary OF State shall certify th,