Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-29
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
rull Text Of Nevada's New
Injection Law.
vorfas SHOULD READ AND srdpr ITS
PROVISIONS.


AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS
AND TO MORE FULLY SECURE
TIE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT.
Approved March IS, 1921
The People Of the State Of Nevada, rep
resented in Senate aud Assembly, do en-
act Is follows:
SECTION /. All ballots cast in elections
or public officers within this State shall
ne printed and distributed at public ex-
psnse. ss hereinafter provided. The
ppriutipg OF general tickets aud cards OF
,nstruotion for the electors OF zach county,
ana the delivery OF the same TO the cleo
tion officers, % provided for In this Act,
shall be a county charge, the payment Of
vhich shall be provided for 10 the same
manner a. the payment Of other county
expenses, and in case of separate elections
Tor city, town or district officers, the print
ing and delivery Of tickets and cards OF
instruction shall be charged upon the city,
town or district in which said tickets and
cards are TO be used. the payment oil
which shall be provided Tor In the same
manner as the payment OF other city,
oouuty or district expenses.
SEC. g.. Any convention, az hereinafter
eined.. held for the purpose Of making
nominations for public Office, and also
~eIeotors 10 the number hereinafter speci-
fed. NAV nominate candidates for public
ofices. 10 be filed by election within the
state. A convention within the meaning
Of this Act is an organized assemblsge OF
delegates representing Q political party,
which. a, the last 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 polit-
ioal division, for which the nomination 10
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
oaice for which he is nominated. aud shall
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. II shall DO
aligned by the Chairman and Secretary Of
suoh 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 in such certifi cate are
true to the best Of their knowledge and
belief, aud 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
invention in the name following: A
ertifcate OF nomination containing the
name of the candidate to be nominated,
with the other information required to bs
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 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
sigu ed 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 tho
statements therein made are true to the
best Of his knowledge and belief. and GER
tihoate OF such oath shall be annexed.
Suoh certificate OF nomination shall have
the same effect as q certificate OF nomina-
ton made by . party convention.
SEQ. 8. 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 he
Clerks OF the respective counties wherein
the officers are TO be voted for, and where
Q district embraces more b 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 filed. No
person shall Join 10 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
. 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 accept . nomination 10 more
than n 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 Ia
made by . 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 Q vacancy occur
from any cause in the list Of nominees for
any ofice. 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, IS provided
in section four Of Ibis Act. The Chair
man and Secretary Of the convention, or
Of such committee. or such petitioners
shall make and file with the proper officer
. certidcate. 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 % is required to be given in an
original certificate Of nomination. When
such certificate Ia filed, the officer with
whom II Is dled 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-
tutsd.
SEC. 8. Not less 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-
ated, IS specified in the certificate OF
nomination fled with him.
SEC. o. E5. less than ten days before
an election to fill any public Office or Of
foes, 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 10
printed within the county. the publication
shall be made by posting 3 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. atleast 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 proposed Constitution.
constitutional amendment or other ques-
ion 10 to be submitted for popular vote.