Title 19, Title 19: ELECTIONS

19:3-13. Candidate inducted into office; proceedings for vacation of office If such determination shall not have been made until after such candidate has been inducted into office, then upon a certified copy of the record of the determination being sent to the Attorney-General, i…

19:3-14. No certificate of election delivered If it shall be determined, in the manner hereinafter provided, that the election to an office of a candidate at any election is null and void, no certificate of election shall be delivered to the candidate whose election shall have be…

19:3-15. Delivered certificate of election void If such determination shall have been made after the delivery of the certificate of election to such candidate, the certificate shall be null and void, and the candidate shall not be inducted into the office for which the certificat…

19:3-16. Candidate inducted into office; proceedings for vacation of office If such determination shall not have been made until after such candidate shall have been inducted into office, then upon a certified copy of the record of the determination being sent to the Attorney-Gen…

19:3-17. No certificate of election delivered If it shall be determined in the manner hereinafter provided, that the election of a person to a party office is null and void, no certificate of election shall be delivered to the candidate whose election shall have been so determine…

19:3-18. Delivered certificate of election void If such determination shall have been made after the delivery of the certificate of election to such candidate, the certificate shall be null and void, and whether such determination shall have been made before or after the delivery…

19:3-19. Surrender by delegates to national convention of certificate voided In the case of a delegate-at-large or district delegate to any national convention, whose election shall have been declared null and void under this Title, after a certificate of election has been issued…

19:3-2. Filling of public offices, vacancies; public questions; exceptions 19:3-2. All elective public offices in this State or any of its political subdivisions, except such as are provided by law to be filled at special, municipal or school elections, shall be filled at the gen…

19:3-2.1 Election to office of Lieutenant Governor, certification. 1. a. Pursuant to Article V, Section I, paragraph 4 of the Constitution of the State of New Jersey, a candidate for election to the office of Lieutenant Governor shall be elected conjointly with the candidate for …

19:3-20. Candidate whose nomination or election annulled ineligible to fill vacancies A candidate nominated for or elected to an office, whose nomination or election has been annulled and set aside for any reason mentioned in this title, shall not, during the period fixed by law …

19:3-21. Candidate removed from office ineligible to fill vacancies; exception A candidate or other person removed from or deprived of his office for any offense mentioned in this title shall not, during the period remaining as the unexpired term of such office, or during the per…

19:3-22. Appointments null and void An appointment to an office made in violation of or contrary to the provisions of section 19:3-20 or section 19:3-21 of this title shall be void.

19:3-23. Vacation of office when nomination or election void When the nomination or election of a person to public office within this State or any of its political subdivisions shall have been declared null and void, such person shall remove or be removed from such office. It sha…

19:3-24. Right to seek recovery of office unabridged Nothing in this Title contained shall abridge any right which a claimant to any office might otherwise have to institute a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ for the recovery of such office. Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 326…

19:3-25. What constitutes vacancy When a person shall remove or be removed from office because his nomination or election thereto has been declared null and void, such office shall be deemed to be vacant. When an equal number of votes shall have been given to two or more persons …

19:3-26 Vacancies in United States senate; election to fill; temporary appointment by governor. 19:3-26. If a vacancy shall happen in the representation of this State in the United States senate, it shall be filled at the general election next succeeding the happening thereof, un…

19:3-27. Vacancies in United States house of representatives; election to fill. 19:3-27. When a vacancy shall happen in the representation of this State in the United States House of Representatives, it shall be the duty of the Governor to issue a writ of election to fill such va…

19:3-29 Other vacancies; election to fill. 19:3-29. A vacancy happening in a public office other than that of United States Senator, Member of Congress, State Senator, or member of the House of Assembly, shall be filled at the general election next succeeding the happening thereo…

19:3-3 Election of delegates, alternates at primary election. 19:3-3. Delegates and alternates to the national conventions of the political parties shall be elected at the primary election to be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in June in that year. The members of …

19:3-30 Databases established; information on certain appointed positions and elected offices. 1. a. The Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, The State University, shall establish and maintain two databases that contain for every person appointed to a State board, commissio…

19:3-4. Basis of election to office At every election the person or persons, to the number to be elected therein, who shall by law be qualified for the office or offices to be filled at such election, and for whom the greatest number of votes shall have been given therein for suc…

19:3-5 Incompatible offices, prohibition; qualifications for certain elected offices. 19:3-5. No person shall hold at the same time more than one of the following offices: elector of President and Vice-President of the United States, member of the United States Senate, member of …

19:3-5.1 Accepting nomination for more than one office. 1. No person may accept a nomination by petition in the manner provided by R.S.19:13-8 or consent to the acceptance of a nomination in a petition for a primary election in the manner provided by R.S.19:23-7, for more than on…

19:3-5.2 Holding simultaneously more than one elective public office prohibited; exceptions. 3. a. For elective public office other than as provided in R.S.19:3-5 or N.J.S.40A:9-4, a person elected to public office in this State shall not hold simultaneously any other elective pu…

19:3-6. Form of public question; when question deemed approved; "legal voters" defined Any public question voted upon at an election shall be presented in simple language that can be easily understood by the voter. The printed phrasing of said question on the ballots shall clearl…

19:3-7. Office forfeited by nonfiling of statement or filing of false statement If any candidate for nomination for or election to any public office or party position, or his campaign manager, shall fail to file any statement or oath required by this Title to be filed, at the tim…

19:3-9. Circumstances under which office not void When upon the trial of any action or proceedings instituted under this Title for the purpose of securing a determination that any nomination for or election to any public office or party position is null and void, it shall appear …