Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-07-06

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
avn 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-
act Is follows:
SECTION /. All ballots cast IN eieenons
or public officers within this state shAli
ne nrinted and distributed at pubic e4-
nsnsa. a. hereinafter provided. The
printiug Of general tickets aud CARDS OF
ins,ruction for the electors Of each county
ana the delivery OF the same to the eiee-
tion officers, as provided for In this Act,
shall be q county charge, the payment OF
which shall be provided for in the same
manner ~ the payment oil otner county
,xpenses. and in case Of separate elections
Tor eity. town or district oficers, the print
ing sod delivery Of tickets and cards oil
i~ustruction shall be charged upon the eiiy.
toyn or district in which said tickets ana
cards are 10 be used, the payment OF
which shall be provided for In the same
manner ss the payment oil other ehy'
county or district expenses.
SIC, 2. Any convention. a. hereinAitef
eaned. held for the purpose Of making
nominations for public office, and also
electors 10 the number hereinafter specl-
fed. msy nominate candidates for public
offices, 10 be filed By election within NE
state. A convention within the meaning
Of this 40, is 40 organized sssemblsge OF
delegates representing Q political party
which, At ths last election, before the
holding OF such conyeation, polled 81
least shree PER cent OF the entire vote eAes
in the State, county, district or other pollt-
ical division, for which the nomination 10
made.
convention shall be certified ~ 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 Is nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle wnlcn
such convention represents. IL shall be
signed by the Chairman and Secretary OF
snoh 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 a certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate oil
nomination.
$50. 4. A candidate for public Office
NAV be nominated otherwise than by a
invention in the manner following: A
ertifcate of nomination containing the
name OF the candidate 10 be nominated,
with the other information required to be
given in the certificate provided for 10 sec
lion 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 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 of
eaoh such certificate shall swear that the
statements therein made are true TO the
best OF his knowledge and belief, n a GER
tifcate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect IS a certificate of nomina-
ton made by q party convention.
SEC. 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. Oerti-
ficates Of nomination OF candidates for all
other public offices shall be filed with the
Clerks OF the respective counties wherein
the officers are 10 be voted for, and where
district embraces more than one county,
such certificates shall be filed with the
CLERK Of each Of said counties.
SEC. 6. 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 filled. aud no person who has voted in
a~convention, either in person or by proxy,
for or against q candidate for any Office,
shall Join In nominating. In any manner,
any other nominee for that office, and no
person shall accept q nomination TO more
than one office.
SEo.7 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 Q convention, and not more than
sixty days nor less than thirty days before
the day OF election when the nomination
IL made urder the provisions of section
four OF this Act. Should . vacancy occur
from any cause in the list Of nominees for
any office. such vacancy may be filled al any
time before the day Of election by the con-
v%ention. or by q committee TO which the
convention has delegated the 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 lie is 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 an
--ina' lcate OF nomin alton. When
fe Ia filed, the officer with
Nh shall substitute the name of
Ehs lin for the original nomi-
il practicable. or by writ
~ the person thus substi-
81 than twenty-five days
before an election 10 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-
ased, as specified in the certificate OF
nomination filed with him.
SEC. 8. 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 hled with him. Said nominations shall
be published in 9 newspaper printed with
in the county. When no newspaper is
printed within tho county. the publication
shall be made by posting q copy Of the
ballot in 9 public place in each election
--Aeinct within the county. one Of which