Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-22
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Fail Text Of Nevada's New
Injection Law.
vortss SHOULD READ AND sTaOf ITS
Provisions.
x.,r aud Clean Elections In she
v.tYre ~ the Law 10 Observed.

~ ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
M TO MORE FULLY SECURE
TaE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved March Is. 1871
The People Of the State Of Nevada, rep
rsssnted in Senate aud Assembly. do en-
act as follows:
arortoS 1. All ballots cast In elections
a. nablio officers within this State shall
na nrinsed and distributed ct public ex-
nsnse. A hereinafter provided. The
nrinting OF general tickets and cards OF
iostruction for the electors OF each county,
and the delivery OF the same to the cleo
tiou officers, as provided for in this Act,
shail be . county charge, the payment OF
which shall be provided for in the same
manner 40 the payment OF other county
expenses, and in case OF separate elections
for city, town or district officers. the print
ing aud delivery OF tickets aud cards oil
t~nssruetiou shall be charged upon the city,
tovn or district in which said tickets aud
osrds are TO be used. the payment OF
which shall be provided for In ;he same
msnner as the payment OF other city,
county or district expenses.
SEo. q. Any CONVEX lion, as hereinafter
eined. held for the purpose Of making
nominations for public Office, and also
electors 10 the number hereinafter speci-
led, may nominate candidates for public
ofioes. 10 be filed by election within The
state. A convention within the meaning
az tnis Act IL an organized assemblsge OF
delegates representing a political party,
which, al the last election, before the
holding OF such convention, polled at
lssst three per cent OF the entire vote cass
in the State, county, district or other polit-
ioaI division, for which the nomination Is
made.
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
oeice for which he Is nominated. and shall
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. IL shall be
Aligned BY the Chair man and Secretary Of
such convention, who shall add to their
signatures their respective places Of resi-
dence, and make oath before an oMcer
authorized TO administer the same, that
The matters stated in such certificate are
true 20 the best OF their knowledge and
belief, and 9 certificate Of the said oath
shall be annexed TO said certificate Of
nomination.
SEQ. 4. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated otherwise than by a
invention in the name following: A
ertifcate 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
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 ia 10 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 GER
tifoate Of such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate Of nomination shall have
the same effect a. q certificate OF nomina-
ton made by q party convention.
SEQ. 5. Certificates OF nomination OF
candidates for Offices 10 be voted for By
the electors OF the entire State, shall DO
flad with the Secretary Of State. Oerti-
hcstes Of nomination Of candidates for all
other public Offices shall be filed with the
Clerks OF the respective counties wherein
the officers are 20 be voted for. and where
district embraces more than one county,
such certificates shall be fled with the
Clerk Of each Of said counties.
SEC. 6. No certificate Of nomination
shall contain the nsme 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, and no person who has voted In
aoonvention, either 10 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 shali accept . nomination to more
than one Office.
SEQ. Z. Certificates OF nomination re-
qu;red 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 ia
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 for
any Office. such vacancy may be filed a. ANY
time before the day Of election by the con-
v~ention, or by . committee TO which the
convention has delegated the power 10
hll 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 fll such vacancy. the
office for which he Is nominated. the name
Of the person for whom the new NOMINEES ia
is 10 be substituted. and such further infor.
nation ~ is required to be given in an
such certificate is fled, the officer with
whom II is filed shall substitute the name OF
the person therein for the original nomi.
nee. by printing, il practicable, or by writ
ing the name OF the person thus substi-
tuted.
SEQ. 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 ONCE for which he ia nomin-
ated, as specified in the certificate OF
nomination fled with him.
SEC. 9. Not less than ten days before
an election to fill any public Office or Of
Aces, the County Clerk shall cause to be
published all the nominations certified to
or dled with him. Said nominations shall
be Published In q newspaper printed With
in the county. When no newspaper Is
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting q copy OF tho
ballot in . public place in each election
precinct within the county. one Of which
copies shall be posted Al the courthouse
door. When publication is made by print
ing In newspapers, Al 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-
ion 10 to be submitted for popular vote,
the Secretary OF State shall certify the