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New Jersey Constitution, Article II

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Article II, ELECTIONS AND SUFFRAGE

2 sections · 15 paragraphs in this article.

All articles201 Art. I0 Art. II17 Art. III0 Art. IV51 Art. V29 Art. VI30 Art. VII12 Art. VIII25 Art. IX0 Art. X0 Art. XI37

17 provisions·Filtered byArt. II✕

N.J. Const. art. II, § I, ¶ 1 General elections shall be held annually on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
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General elections shall be held annually on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November; but the time of holding such elections may be altered by law. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and members of the Legislature shall be chosen at general elections. Local elective o…
N.J. Const. art. II, § I, ¶ 2 Paragraph 2
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All questions submitted to the people of the entire State shall be voted upon at the general election next occurring at least 70 days following the final action of the Governor or the Legislature, as appropriate, necessary to submit the questions. The text of any such question sh…
N.J. Const. art. II, § I, ¶ 3 Paragraph 3
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(a) Every citizen of the United States, of the age of 18 years, who shall have been a resident of this State and of the county in which he claims his vote 30 days, next before the election, shall be entitled to vote for all officers that now are or hereafter may be elective by th…
N.J. Const. art. II, § I, ¶ 4 Paragraph 4

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In time of war no elector in the military service of the State or in the armed forces of the United States shall be deprived of his vote by reason of absence from his election district. The Legislature may provide for absentee voting by members of the armed forces of the United S…

N.J. Const. art. II, § I, ¶ 5 Paragraph 5

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No person in the military, naval or marine service of the United States shall be considered a resident of this State by being stationed in any garrison, barrack, or military or naval place or station within this State.

N.J. Const. art. II, § I, ¶ 6 Paragraph 6

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No person who has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting shall enjoy the right of suffrage. [Amended in 20078 from "No idiot or insane person shall enjoy the right of suffrage."]

N.J. Const. art. II, § I, ¶ 7 The Legislature may pass laws to deprive persons of the right of suffrage who shall be convicted of such crimes as it may designate

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The Legislature may pass laws to deprive persons of the right of suffrage who shall be convicted of such crimes as it may designate. Any person so deprived, when pardoned or otherwise restored by law to the right of suffrage, shall again enjoy that right.

N.J. Const. art. II, § I Section I

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N.J. Const. art. II, § I Section I Structural section heading for the NJ Constitution. Operative constitutional text is stored in child paragraph rows. Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Constitution_of_1947

N.J. Const. art. II, § II, ¶ 2 The independent member shall serve as the chairman of the commission

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The independent member shall serve as the chairman of the commission. The commission shall meet to organize as soon as may be practicable after certification of the appointment of the independent member, but not later than the Wednesday after the first Monday in September of each…

N.J. Const. art. II, § II, ¶ 3 Paragraph 3

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On or before the third Tuesday of each year ending in two, or within three months after receipt in each decade by the appropriate State officer of the official statement by the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, issued pursuant to federal law, regarding the numb…

N.J. Const. art. II, § II, ¶ 4 The New Jersey Redistricting Commission shall hold at least three public hearings in different parts of the State

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The New Jersey Redistricting Commission shall hold at least three public hearings in different parts of the State. The commission shall, subject to the constraints of time and convenience, review written plans for the establishment of Congressional districts submitted by members …

N.J. Const. art. II, § II, ¶ 5 Paragraph 5

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Meetings of the New Jersey Redistricting Commission shall be held at convenient times and locations and, with the exception of the public hearings required by paragraph 4 of this section and the meeting at which the establishment of districts is certified as prescribed by paragra…

N.J. Const. art. II, § II, ¶ 6 Paragraph 6

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The Legislature shall appropriate the funds necessary for the efficient operation of the New Jersey Redistricting Commission.

N.J. Const. art. II, § II, ¶ 7 Paragraph 7

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Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of this Constitution and except as otherwise required by the Constitution or laws of the United States, no court of this State other than the Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction over any judicial proceeding challenging the appointme…

N.J. Const. art. II, § II, ¶ 8 Paragraph 8

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The establishment of Congressional districts shall be used thereafter for the election of members of the House of Representatives and shall remain unaltered through the next year ending in zero in which a federal census for this State is taken.

N.J. Const. art. II, § II, ¶ 9 Paragraph 9

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If a plan certified by the commission is declared unlawful, the commission shall reorganize and adopt another Congressional district plan in the same manner as herein required and within the period of time prescribed by the court or within such shorter period as may be necessary …

N.J. Const. art. II, § II Section II

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N.J. Const. art. II, § II Section II Structural section heading for the NJ Constitution. Operative constitutional text is stored in child paragraph rows. Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Constitution_of_1947