Title 19, Title 19: ELECTIONS

19:13-13 Amendment of petitions; time. 19:13-13. A candidate whose petition of nomination, or any affidavit or affidavits thereto, is defective may cause such petition, or the affidavit or affidavits thereto, to be amended in matters of substance or of form as may be necessary, b…

19:13-14. Procedure; highest aggregate of votes to determine party candidates The nomination of candidates for the general election by means of the primary election shall be carried out in the manner hereinafter provided, and in such election the person having in the aggregate th…

19:13-14.1 Primary candidate for municipal office may not serve as other political party candidate in general election. 3. A person whose name appears on the ballot at a primary election for the general election as a candidate for nomination by a political party for any municipal…

19:13-15 Presidential and vice presidential electors; certificate of nomination, acceptance. 19:13-15. In presidential years the State committee of a political party shall meet at the call of its chairman, within 1 week following the closing of the party's national convention, fo…

19:13-16 Declined nomination. 19:13-16. When a person nominated as herein provided by direct petition or State convention for election to public office at the general election shall, at least 81 days before the day of the general election, in a writing signed by him and duly ackn…

19:13-17. Notice of declination to signers of petition or committees to fill vacancies The officer to whom the notification of declination is given shall forthwith, by mail or otherwise, inform at least 5 of the persons who signed the original petition that such nomination has be…

19:13-18. In general When a person so declines his nomination, or if a petition or certificate of nomination, or if any nomination, be insufficient or inoperative, or if a nominee shall die, or for any reason vacate his nomination, the vacancy so occasioned may be filled in the m…

19:13-19 Nomination of successor. 19:13-19. If the candidate vacating the nomination was nominated directly by petition his successor shall be nominated in the same manner by direct petition, which new petition of nomination must be filed with the Secretary of State or county cle…

19:13-2. State convention; presidential and vice presidential electors In presidential years the state conventions shall severally nominate for their respective parties such number of candidates for electors of president and vice president of the United States as this state shall…

19:13-20 Vacancy procedure. 19:13-20. In the event of a vacancy, howsoever caused, among candidates nominated at a primary election for the general election, which vacancy shall occur not later than the 70th day before the general election, or in the event of inability to select …

19:13-20.1. Candidate vacancy not filled If there is no candidate on the primary election ballot of a political party for nomination for election to a public office in the general election and no write-in candidate for nomination for that office receives the minimum number of wri…

19:13-21 Candidate for Presidential elector. 19:13-21. If the nomination vacated is that of a candidate for elector of the President and Vice-President of the United States, the vacancy shall be filled by the committee to whom power shall have been delegated to fill vacancies if …

19:13-22 Secretary of State; statement to county clerks of nominations, vacancies. 19:13-22. a. The Secretary of State, not later than 99 days, and with respect to candidates for President and Vice President of the United States not later than 88 days, before any election whereat…

19:13-23. Secretary of state to county clerks of vacancy nominations; contents In the event of vacancies among the candidates whose petitions or certificate of nomination are on file with him, the Secretary of State in certifying the nominations of candidates to fill such vacanci…

19:13-3. To whom petition addressed Direct nomination by petition for the general election shall be as follows: Petitions naming candidates for office to be filled by voters of the entire State, or of any congressional district, or of any political division greater than a single …

19:13-4 Contents of petition. 19:13-4. Such petition shall set forth the names, places of residence and post-office addresses of the candidates for the offices to be filled, the title of the office for which each candidate is named, that the petitioners are legally qualified to v…

19:13-5 Signatures to petition; number. 19:13-5. The petition shall be signed by legally qualified voters of this State residing within the district or political division in and for which the officer or officers nominated are to be elected, equal in number to at least five percen…

19:13-6. Signing of petition; addresses Every voter signing a petition shall add to his signature his place of residence, post-office address and street number, if any. Such voter may sign one petition for each officer and no more, but all the names need not be signed to one peti…

19:13-7 Certification of petition. 19:13-7. Before any petition shall be filed as hereinafter provided, the person who circulates the petition, or a candidate who signs or circulates, or both signs and circulates, such a petition, shall make oath by affidavit before a duly qualif…

19:13-8 Candidate nominated by petition, conditions for acceptance of nomination. 19:13-8. A candidate nominated for an office in a petition shall manifest his acceptance of such nomination by a written acceptance thereof, signed by his hand, upon or annexed to such petition, to …

19:13-8.1 Petitions filed after deadline; ineligible candidates. 7. No petition for direct nomination, including a petition filed pursuant to R.S. 19:13-19, which, for any reason, is filed after the deadline established in R.S. 19:13-9 shall nominate to any elective public office…

19:13-9 Filing of petitions, time. 19:13-9. All such petitions and acceptances thereof shall be filed with the officer or officers to whom they are addressed before 4:00 p.m. of the day of the holding of the primary election for the general election in this Title provided. All pe…