Title 19, Title 19: ELECTIONS

19:31-11a Secretary of State, website, electronic form submission, change of residence, name notice. 14. The Secretary of State shall develop and make available on its website a form to allow a registered voter to electronically complete a change of residence notice, change of na…

19:31-12. Errors in registration corrected When by error an eligible voter has been registered in a district other than the one in which he resides the commissioner shall cause the error to be corrected, of which correction the registrant shall be notified by postal card.

19:31-13 Change in registration due to name change. 19:31-13. Whenever the registrant after his or her original registration shall change his or her name due to marriage, divorce, or by judgment of court, the registrant shall in person or by mail submit to the commissioner of reg…

19:31-13.1. Previous registration in another county; notice; transfer to inactive file When a person appears to register in any county of this State, and in answer to the statement on the registration forms, to wit: "Municipality, house number and street address from which last r…

19:31-13.2 Eligibility to vote in primary after change of declaration if 50 days before primary. 4. If, when submitting a voter registration form for any reason, a registrant declares thereon his or her political party affiliation and in so doing declares an affiliation with a po…

19:31-14. New or altered districts; notice to registrants and to commissioner; registrations not invalidated When a new district has been created or the boundaries of any district have been changed, the commissioner shall transfer the permanent registration forms of registered vo…

19:31-15 Removal of name from Statewide voter registration system; change of residence; confirmation. 19:31-15. a. Upon receipt by the commissioner of registration of a county from a registered voter of that county of a request that the name of the registrant be removed from the …

19:31-16 Data on eligible voters' deaths filed by health officer. 19:31-16. a. (1) Except as prescribed in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the health officer or other officer in charge of records of death in each municipality shall file with the commissioner of registration for…

19:31-16.1 Failure to furnish information on deaths, third degree crime. 32. a. Any State, county or municipal officer in charge of the records of death for the State, or a county or municipality thereof, who knowingly and willfully neglects, fails or refuses to prepare for or to…

19:31-16.2. Provision of list of eligible voters' deaths to chairman of county committee 33. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the State registrar of vital statistics shall provide to the chairman of the county committee of a political party, or the …

19:31-17 Incarceration data; use. 19:31-17. a. Once each month during the first five days thereof, the chief State election official shall notify the commissioner of registration of a county of any information which the official shall have received during the previous month from …

19:31-18 Registry lists; distribution; contents. 19:31-18. On or before the eighth day preceding any general election the commissioner shall certify and transmit to the county clerk a complete list of all persons who are registered in each election district in each municipality i…

19:31-18.1 Registry lists; distribution; availability, use. 2. a. The county clerk in all counties shall cause copies of the registry lists, certified and transmitted under R.S.19:31-18, to be printed, and shall furnish to any voter applying for the same such copies, charging the…

19:31-18.3. Filing of original registry lists The county clerk, after causing copies of such registry lists to be printed, shall file the original registry lists in his office and keep same on file for one year. L.1947, c. 347, p. 1138, s. 4.

19:31-18.4. Repeal Sections 19:30-1 and 19:30-2 of the Revised Statutes are repealed. L.1947, c. 347, p. 1138, s. 5.

19:31-19 Correction of records by commissioner. 19:31-19. The commissioner shall transfer to the deleted file the permanent registration and record of voting forms of such persons as a judge of the Superior Court may, as hereinafter provided, order stricken from the Statewide vot…

19:31-2 Commissioner of registration. 19:31-2. In all counties having a superintendent of elections, the superintendent of elections is hereby constituted the commissioner of registration and in all other counties the secretary of the county board is hereby constituted the commis…

19:31-20 Delivery of signature copy registers. 19:31-20. On or before the eighth day preceding the primary election for the general election and the general election, respectively, the commissioner in counties not having a superintendent of elections, shall deliver to the municip…

19:31-21 Use of signature copy registers on election day. 19:31-21. A person whose name appears in the signature copy register and who upon applying for a ballot or voting authority shall have given the information and signed the signature comparison record as provided in this Ti…

19:31-22 Return of signature copy registers, inspection by commissioner. 19:31-22. Not later than noon of the day following the canvass of the votes cast at the primary election for the general election or the general election, the signature copy registers shall be returned by ea…

19:31-23 Record of voting; maintenance of forms. 19:31-23. Following each election the commissioner shall cause the record of voting as shown on the record of voting forms in the signature copy registers or, in counties in which polling records are used in place of those signatur…

19:31-24 General registration following complete loss, failure of Statewide voter registration system. 19:31-24. In the event of the complete loss or failure of the Statewide voter registration system, the commissioner shall promptly provide for a general registration at the regu…

19:31-26 Card index file; notations, information. 19:31-26. The commissioner may make and maintain a card index file showing on separate cards the full name, address, birth date, driver's license number, last four digits of the social security number, or unique identifying number…

19:31-29. Violations, relief; actions 42. a. Any person who believes that he or she has been denied an opportunity to register to vote or to remain a registered voter in violation of the provisions of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.19:31-6.11 et al.), may seek relief by providing written not…

19:31-3. Registration forms, original and duplicate; contents 19:31-3. a. The commissioner of registration in each county shall maintain one original and one duplicate registration form for the registration of each duly registered voter in the county. Such forms shall consist of …

19:31-3.1 Statewide voter information on party affiliation. 1. If the commissioner of registration has maintained information in any form regarding a registrant's party affiliation, the commissioner shall be responsible for maintaining that information for a period of 10 years as…

19:31-3.2 Voter registration; nondisclosure of street address for domestic violence, stalking victims. 1. a. A person who is (1) a victim of domestic violence who has obtained a permanent restraining order against a defendant pursuant to section 13 of the "Prevention of Domestic …

19:31-3.3 Digitized images of signatures, use; other information. 2. The commissioner may eliminate the use of the duplicate permanent registration binders and may authorize and direct the use at the polls in place of such a binder, as a signature copy register for the purposes o…

19:31-30. Rules, regulations 44. The Secretary of State shall promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1994,c.182,s.44.

19:31-31 Establishment of single Statewide voter registration system. 1. a. There shall be established in the Department of State a single Statewide voter registration system, as required pursuant to section 303 of the federal "Help America Vote Act of 2002," Pub.L.107-252 (42 U.…

19:31-32 Replacement of existing voter registration files. 2. a. The Statewide voter registration system shall replace all other computer or electronic-based registry files of voters and other voter registration files established and maintained by each county commissioner of regi…

19:31-33 Annual report; submission, contents. 3. Each year the Attorney General shall prepare and submit to the Governor and the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly and the Minority Leader of the General Assembly a repor…

19:31-34 Rules, regulations. 4. The Attorney General may promulgate rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, P.L.2005, c.145 (C.19:31-31 et al.). L.2005,c.145,s.4…

19:31-34.1 Secretary of State as member of non-profit organization to improve voter registration accuracy. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Secretary of State may become a member, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, of a non…

19:31-35 Use of electronic poll books. 1. Each county commissioner of registration and county board of elections shall require the use of electronic poll books, as further provided by this act, P.L.2019, c.80 (C.19:31-35 et seq.), at each polling place during the early voting per…

19:31-36 Capabilities, standard of electronic poll book technology. 2. The electronic poll book technology certified by the Secretary of State shall meet at least the following capabilities and standards: a. The ability to enable a poll worker to perform by electronic means all o…

19:31-37 Request for approval for use of electronic poll books. 3. A county commissioner of registration and county board of elections shall submit to the Secretary of State a request for approval in the form, content, and timeframe specified by the Secretary of State. Within 10 …

19:31-38 Rules, regulations. 4. Notwithstanding any provision of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the Secretary of State shall adopt immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law, within 90 days of the effec…

19:31-5 Persons entitled to register; failure to vote no grounds for removal. 19:31-5. Each person, who is at least 17 years of age at the time he or she applies for registration, who resides in the district in which he or she expects to vote, who will be of the age of 18 years o…

19:31-6 Registration places, time, requirements. 19:31-6. Any person qualified to vote in an election shall be entitled to vote in the election if the person shall have registered to vote on or before the 21st day preceding the election by: a. registering in person at any offices…

19:31-6.1 Acceptance of applications for registration during 20 days prior to election, ineligibility to vote. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Title to which this act is a supplement, any person authorized by law to accept applications for voter registration shall …

19:31-6.10. Severability If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this act, but shall be confined in its effect to the section, subsecti…

19:31-6.11 Voter registration agency defined; declination forms, contents. 26. a. As used in this section, "voter registration agency" means: Any agency or office serving as a food stamp issuer, pursuant to P.L.1988, c.79 (C.44:8-153 et seq.) and the "Food Stamp Act of 1977," Pub…

19:31-6.12. Registration of persons in armed forces 20. The Secretary of State is authorized, on behalf of this State, to enter into and to carry out an agreement with the Secretary of Defense of the United States for joint development and implementation of procedures for persons…

19:31-6.13. Commissioners of registration, registration assistance 34. The commissioner of registration in each of the several counties shall make available at the office of the commissioner to each person appearing in person thereat to apply for services or assistance provided t…

19:31-6.14 Procedures for automatic voter registration through State agencies which collect documents. 4. a. Any State agency, except for the Motor Vehicle Commission, that the Secretary of State verifies already collects sufficient information, including through documents or dat…