Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-01-04
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text of Mevada's New
Election Law.
VOTERS SHOULD READ AND Study ITS
PROVISIONS.
Fair. aud Clean. Elections I'm che
Failure n the Law Is Observed.
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
THE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.

TIE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Improved March Is. 1871
The People Of the State Of Nevada. rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act % follows:
SECTION 1. All ballots cast in elections
or public officers within this State shall
De printed and distributed ct public ex-
pense. A. hereinafter provided. The
printing Of general tickets and cards oil
Instruction for the electors Of each county,
aud the delivery Of the same TO the cleo
tion officers, as provided for In this Act,
shall be a county charge, the payment OF
which shsll be provided for 10 the same
hammer A. the payment Of other county
expenses, and in case OF separate elections
for city, town or districtoficers the print
ing asd delivery Of tickets and cards oil
instruction shall be charged upon the city,
town or district In which said tickets md
cards are 10 be used, the payment oil
which shall BE- provided for In the same
manner as the payment OF other city
bounty or district expenses.
SKc. q. Any convention, as hereinafter
efned, held for the purpose Of making
nominations for public office, aud also
electors 10 the number hereinafter speci-
fed, may nominate candidates for public
offices, TO be filed by election within the
State. A convention within the meaning
OF this Act is an organized assemblsge OF
delegates representing . political party.
which, AZ the last election, before the
holding Of such convention, polled at
least three per cent OF the entire vote cast
in the State, county, district or other polit-
ioai division, for which the nomination is
made.
SEQ. 8. All nominations made by such
convention shall be certified as follows:
Tho certificate Of nomination, which must
be 10 writing, shall contain the name OF
each person nominated, his residence and
ofioe for which he is nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. II shall BIO
signed 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 officer
authorized to administer the same. that
the matters stated in such certificate are
true to the best of their knowledge and
belief, aud . certificate Of the said oath
shall be annexed 10 said certificate OF
nomination.
SEQ. 4. A candidate for public ofics
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,
with the other information required to be
given in the certificate provided for 10 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 cent of the entire vote cast
al 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
sign ed by three voters. Said signatures
need not ell 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 q GER
tiioate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Such certificate Of nomination shall have
the same effect as q certificate of nomina-
ton made by q party convention.
SEC. s. 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. Certi-
fcates Of nomination Of candidates for all
other public offices shall be filed with the
Clerks Of the respective counties wherein
the officers are to be voted for, and 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 each Office to be Allied. 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
Q 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 Office, and no
person shall sooept . nomination to more
than one Office.
SEQ. z. Certificates Of nomination re.
quired to be fled 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 . convention, and not more than
sixty days nor less than thirty days before
the day Of election wher 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 al any
time before the day Of election by the con-
v~ention. or by . committee TO which the
convention has delegated the power TO
I'LL vacancies, or BY petitions, as provi6 id
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 nominee ia
is 10 be substituted, and such further infor-
nation Is 10 required to be given in an
original certificate OF nomination. When
such certificate IL 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.
SEQ. 8. Not less than twenty-five days |
before an election TO fill any public Office |
the Secretary Of State shall certify 70 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-
ated. a. specified in the certificate Of
filed with him.
SEQ. 8. Not less than ten days before
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 . newspaper printed with
In the county. When no newspaper is
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting . 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. 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 q proposed Consultation,
constitutional amendment or other ques-
tion 10 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
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