Election Laws of the State of NebraskaState Journal Company, Printers, 1905 - 180 pages |
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affidavit Amended annual appointed ballot box board of education candidates canvass certificate of nomination chap city clerk city council city election city governed clerks of election committee or governing Compiled Statutes contest conviction thereof councilmen county clerk county commissioners county seat Doe John Doe dollars duty elec elected and qualified election district election held election officers election precinct filed hereby hereinafter highest number John Doe John judges and clerks judges of election legal voters less manner mayor meeting metropolitan class Nebraska notice number of votes oath offering to vote official ballot ordinance petition political party poll books polling place primary election printed proposed proposition purpose qualified electors qualified voters received registration books registration or revision residence returns revision of registration school district secretary special election submitted supervisors of registration term thereafter therein tion town township organization treasurer vacancy village votes cast voting machine ward
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Page 68 - No person shall show his ballot after it is marked to any person in such a way as to reveal the contents thereof or the name of the candidate or candidates for whom he has marked his vote, nor shall any person solicit the elector to show the same.
Page 108 - You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will fully and truly answer all such questions as shall be put to you touching your place of residence, name, place of birth, your qualifications as an elector and your right as such to register and vote under the laws of this State.
Page 168 - Such notices must specify the time of holding the election, the amount of bonds proposed to be issued; and said election must be held, and the result thereof determined and declared in all respects as nearly as practicable in conformity with the provisions of this act governing the election of officers: Provided, That no informalities in conducting such an election shall invalidate the same, if the election shall have been otherwise fairly conducted. At such election the ballots shall contain the...
Page 170 - ... published in the county where the office of the board of directors is situated, and if any portion of such territory to be excluded lie within another county or counties, then said notice shall be so published in a newspaper published within each of said counties; or...
Page 102 - ... any paper, document, or evidence 'of any description in this act directed to be made, filed, or preserved, who is guilty of stealing, wilfully destroying, mutilating, defacing, falsifying, or fraudulently removing or secreting the whole or any part thereof, or who shall fraudulently make...
Page 170 - In case of the inclusion of any land within any district by proceedings under this act the board of directors must, at least thirty days prior to the next succeeding general election, make an order re-dividing such district into three...
Page 167 - If, at the time of meeting, the returns from each precinct in the district in which the polls were opened have been received, the Board of Directors must then and there proceed to canvass the returns; but if all the returns have not been received, the canvass must be postponed from day to day until all the returns have been received, or until six postponements have been had. The canvass must be made in public and by opening the returns and estimating the vote of the district for each person voted...
Page 167 - For the purpose of constructing necessary conduits, drains, sluices, water-gates, embankments and all works necessary for the purpose of drainage, and acquiring the necessary property and rights therefor, and otherwise carrying out the provisions of this act...
Page 61 - ... have the same force and effect as an original certificate of nomination. When such certificate shall be filed with the Secretary of State he shall in certifying the nominations to the various county clerks insert the name of the person who has thus been nominated to fill a vacancy in place of that of the original nominee. And in the event that he has already sent...
Page 166 - If the board fails to appoint a board of election, or the members appointed do not attend at the opening. of the polls on the morning of election, the electors of the precinct, present at that hour may appoint the board, or supply the place of an absent member thereof. The board of directors must, in its order appointing the board of election, designate the hour and place in the precinct where the election must be held.