Chapter 14 — [Old]

PART I. PRESIDENTIAL SHORT BALLOT--REPEALED §§14-1 to 10 REPEALED. L 1973, c 217, §4.

PART II. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS §14-21 Nomination of presidential electors and alternates; certification by parties; notification of nominees; pledge. (a) In each year when electors of president and vice president of the United States are to be chosen, each of the political partie…

§14-22 Contested nominations of presidential electors and alternates. If more than one certificate of choice and selection of presidential electors and alternate electors of the same political party or group is filed with the chief election officer, as chairperson of the conteste…

§14-23 Time for election, number to be chosen. In each presidential election year there shall be elected at large, at the general election, by the voters of the State, as many electors and alternates of president and vice president of the United States as the State is then entitl…

§14-24 Certificate of election, notice of meeting. Not later than 4:30 p.m. on the last day in the month of the election, or as soon as the returns have been received from all counties in the State, if received before that time, the chief election officer shall certify to the gov…

§14-25 Duties of the governor; certification of electors by the governor. (a) In submitting the State's certificate of ascertainment as required by title 3 United States Code section 6, the governor shall certify the State's electors and state in the certificate that: (b) On or b…

§14-26 Assembly of electors at state capital; time. The electors chosen shall assemble at the state capital on the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December next following their election, at two o'clock in the afternoon. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 2024, c 6, §1]

§14-27 Filling vacancies of presidential electors; presiding officer. (a) The chief election officer shall preside at the meeting of electors described in section 14-28. (b) The position of an elector not present to vote shall be vacant. The chief election officer shall appoint a…

§14-28 Convening and voting for president and vice president; party vote; invalid vote. (a) At the time designated for elector voting and after all vacant positions have been filled under section 14-27, the chief election officer shall provide each elector with a presidential and…

§14-29 Naming persons voted for in ballots, separate ballots. The electors shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in separate ballots the person voted for as vice president. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2]

§14-30 Lists of persons voted for and number of votes, certification, transmission to president of the senate. The electors shall separately list the persons voted for as president and as vice president, respectively, and the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign,…

§14-31 Compensation and mileage of electors, amounts. Each presidential elector shall receive $50 for the elector's services, plus the reasonable cost of transportation from the elector's voting residence in the State to the state capital and return. Their accounts shall be certi…