Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-09-28
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text Of Nevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND sIs0f IIs
PROVISIONS.
Fair aud Clean Elections In she
r.sure az the Iaw Is observed.
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.

ADHLOHNa
The People Of the State Of Nessds' rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
scs Is follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots cast in elections
or public officers within this State SHAH
ne printed and distributed at pubhe ex-
pense, a. hereinafter provided. Ihe
printing Of general tickets and cards OF
instruction for the electors OF each county,
ana the delivery OF the same TO the cleo
tion ~oficers. az provided for in this ACT.
sball be q county charge. the payment Of
which shall be provided for In the same
manner a. the payment OF other county
expenses, and in case Of separate eiections
for city, town or district ofhcers, the PRINT
ing and delivery Of tickets and CARDS OF
instruction shall be charged upon u city,
town or district in which said tickets an,
cards are to be used, the payment OF
which shall BIO provided for in the same
manner as the payment OF other city,
ounty or district expenses.
SEC. 2. Any convention, as hereinafter
efned. held for the purpose OF making
nominations for public ONCE, ana also
electors to the number hereinafter speci-
fed, may nominate candidates Tor puolic
ofice 10 be filed By election within the
State. A convention within the meaning
OF this Act il an organized sssemblage OF
delegates representing Q political party
which. at the las. 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 polt-
ical division, for which the nomination Is
made.
SEC. 8. All nominations made BY such
convention shall be certified as follows:
M. -~-,f..<o - nnunfnattOn whfeh mnSt
be IA writing. 3hall 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 ton 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 10 such certificate are
true to the best of their knowledge and
belief, and a certificate OF the said oath
shall be annexed TO said certificate OF
nomination.
SIC. 4. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated otherwise than by a
convention in the manner following: A
erti6cate OF nomination containing The
name OF the candidate to be nominated,
Hatu tl9 OtuGL iutOA A014AAN4 ~ ~
given in the certificate provided for 10 Soc
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 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
each such certificate shall swear that the
statements therein made are true to the
best of his knowledge and belief. and cer-
tifcate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect IS 9 certificate of nomina-
ton made by q party invention.
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. Oerti-
fcates OF nomination OF candidates for all
other public offices shall be filed with the
Clerks Of the respective couuties wherein
the officers are TO be voted for, aud where
district embraces more than one county,
such certificates shall be fled with the
CLERK Of each Of said counties.
SEQ. 8. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name Of more than one
candidate for each Office to be filled. Nc
person shall join 10 nominating, under
the provision OF Section 4 Of this Act,
more than one nominee for each Office &c
be filled, and no person who has voted ir
convention, either in person or by proxy,
for or against o candidate for any office
I'LL. a. - -A-s-.kt-. 10 N. .an.ne
any other nominee for that office, and nc
person shall accept Q nomination to more
than on office.
quired to be filed with the Secretary oi
State shall not be filed more than sixty
days nor less than forty days before the
day OF election when the nomination ID
made by . convention, and not more than
sixty days nor less than thirty days before
the day OF election when the nomination
is made under the provisions Of section
four Of this Act. Should . vacancy occur
from any cause in the list Of nominees fol-
any Office. such vacancy may be filled at 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
ill vacancies. or by petitions. as provided
In section four Of this Act. The Chair.
man and Secretary Of the convention, OF
OF such committee, or such petitioners
shall make and file with the proper officer
certificate, setting forth the name Of the
person nominated to fll such vacancy, the
Office for which he is nominated. the name
of the person for whom the new nominee ia
lie TO be substituted, and such further infor-
nation a. is required to be given in an
original certificate of nomination. When
such certificate Is filed, the officer with
whom it is filed shall substitute the name OF
the person therein for the original nomi-
nee, by prin ting, il practicable. or by writ
ing the name OF the person thus substi-
tuted.
SEQ. s. 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 be is nomin-
ated, IS 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 died with him. Said nominations shall
be published in q newspaper printed with
10 the county. When no newspaper 10
printed within the county, the publication
shall be made by posting a copy Of the
ballot in . public place in each election
precinct within the county. M OF which
copies shall be posted at the courthouse
door. When publication is made by print
ing In ne wspapers, at 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 a proposed Constitution.
constitutional amendment or other ques-
ton is to be submitted for popular vote.
the Secretary OF State shall certify the
10 the several County Clerks. and said
County Clerks shall publish the Same as
provided for in section 0 Of this Act.
SEQ. IL. II shall be the duty Of the
County Clerk to provide printed ballots