Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

AN ACT RELATING TO ELEolioNS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved March IS, 1871
The People Of the State Of Nevada. rep
resented in Senate and Assembly. do en-
ACT 90 follows:
SECTION /. All ballots cast in elections
or public officers within this State shall
ne nrln,sd and distributed at public ex-
nsnse. a. hereinafter provided. The
printing Of general tickets aud cards oil
instruction for the electors Of each county,
and the delivery Of he same to the cleo
tion officers. as provided for In this Act:
shall be a county charge, the payment OF
which shall be provided for In the same
msnper a. the payment Of other county
expenses, and in case Of separate elections
Tor atty, town or district officers, the print
ing and delivery Of tickets and cards OF
instruction shall be charged upo the city,
tovn or district in which said tickets and
cards are TO be used. the payment OF
which shall be provided Tor in the same
manner as the payment OF other city,
county or district expenses.
Sro. 2. Any convention, as hereinafter
efiped, held for the purpose Of making
nominations for public Office, n also
electors 10 the number hereinafter speci-
fed. may nominate candidates for public
Offices, to be filled by election within the
State. A convention within the meaning
OF this Act is an organized sssemblsge OF
delegates representing g political party,
which, al the last election. before the
holding OF such convention. polled at
least three per cent OF the entire vote cast
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ioai 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 Tor which he is nominated. aud shall
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. Ii shall be
signed by the Chairman and Secretary OF
such convention, who shall add to their
signatures their respective places OF resi-
dence, aud make oath before an officer
authorized to administer the same, that
the matters stated 10 such certificate are
true to the boat OF their knowledge and
belief, and Q certificate Of the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate Of
nomination.
SEC. 4. A candidate for public Office
may be nominated otherwise than by a
convention in the name following: A
ertifcste 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
tion 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 sent OF the entire vote cast
at the last preceding election in abe 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 a GER
tifoate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect as q oertifcate of nomina.
tion made by q party convention.
SEQ. 5. Certificates oil nomination OF
candidates for offices to be voted for by
the electors OF the entire State, shall be
filed with the Secretary OF State. Certi-
uoat65 OF uOmluatiou VI chhuAuatcs " aAA
other public offices shall be filed with the
clerks Of the respective counties wherein
the officers are 10 be voted for, aud where
q district embraces more than one county,
such certificates shall. be filed with the
CLERK OF each of said counties.
SEQ. 6. No certificate OF nomination
shall contain the name OF more than one
candidate for zach office to be filed. No
person shall Join in nominating. under
the provision OF Section 4 Of this Act.
more than one nominee for each Office 10
be filled, and no person who has voted In
. convention, either In person or BY proxy,
for or against . candidate for any office,
shall Join In nominating. in any manner,
any other nominee for that ofice, and no
person shall accept Q nomination 10 more
than one office.
SEo.7 Certificates Of nomination re-
quired to be fled with the Secretary Of
State shall not be fled 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 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 filled at any
time before the day Of election by the con-
v~ention. or by . 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, 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
ONCE for which lie Is nominated. the name
OF The person for whom the new nominee Is
IL TO be substituted, and such further infor-
nation as 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 printing, IL practicable. or by writ
ing the name OF the person thus substi-
tuted.
SEC. 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 he il nomin-
ated, a. specified in the certificate of
nomination fled with him.
SEC. o. 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 filed 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 the
ballot In . public place in each election
precinct within the county. one OF which
copies shall be posted at the courthouse
door,. When publication is made by print
ing in newspapers. 9 tlssst two publications
by such newspapers shall be required. n
Of which shall appear in the last regular
Issue OF such paper before election day.
SEC. 10. When . proposed Constitution,
oonstitutionai amendment or other ques-
ion is to be submitted for popular vote.
the Secretary OF State shall certify the