Title 40, Title 40: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

40:45-12. Order of names of candidates on ballot; drawing lots The municipal clerk shall draw lots to determine the order in which the names of the candidates or groups of candidates shall appear upon the ballots. The name of the person or group of candidates first drawn shall oc…

40:45-13. Publication of names of candidates Within 10 days after the expiration of the time for filing certificates, statements and petitions for candidates, and the drawing for position, the municipal clerk shall cause the names of the candidates as they are to appear upon the …

40:45-14. Persons with same name; statement of identification on ballot When persons bearing the same name are nominated for the same office, either person may file with the municipal clerk a statement in writing containing not more than six words as a means of identification. Th…

40:45-15 Ballots; printing and authentication; contents; delivery. 11. In the case of a regular municipal election occurring on the second Tuesday in May, the municipal clerk shall cause the ballots to be printed and authenticated by the clerk's signature. Upon the ballots shall …

40:45-16. Count of ballots; statement of returns; canvass The district boards of registry and election shall, immediately upon the closing of the polls, count the ballots and ascertain the number of votes cast in the election district for each of the candidates in the manner prov…

40:45-17 Number of votes for election; commencement of term of office. 13. At the regular municipal election in any municipality which has adopted this act, the candidates receiving the greatest number of votes cast shall be elected to the respective offices. Except as otherwise …

40:45-18. Municipalities with run-off elections; election of councilmen-at-large or commissioners or village trustees with less than majority of votes 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 13 of P.L.1981, c.379 (C.40:45-17), if the voters of any municipality shall adopt t…

40:45-19 Run-off elections; votes necessary for election. 15. In any regular municipal election held under section 14 of P.L.1981, c.379 (C.40:45-18), if a sufficient number of candidates do not receive a majority of the votes cast to elect the required number of councilmen-at-la…

40:45-2. Section 40:45-1 inapplicable in certain cases Nothing in this article shall apply to elections of commissioners in municipalities governed by the provisions of subtitle four of this Title (s. 40:70-1 et seq.), or to the election of councilmen in municipalities governed b…

40:45-20. Continuation of provisions for run-off elections Any municipality in which, immediately prior to the effective date of this act, run-off elections were required to be held pursuant to the plan or form of government, or charter, of the municipality, shall, on and after t…

40:45-21. Run-off elections; adoption or abandonment of provisions; submission by ordinance or petition to voters; vote necessary a. Any municipality governed by the provisions of this act, but not by the provisions of sections 14 and 15 of this act, may, by referendum, adopt the…

40:45-3. Time for holding; publication and notice; procedure In every case in which a referendum vote of the legal or qualified voters of a municipality is authorized by law such vote may be taken at a special election to be held in such municipality on a day to be specified in a…

40:45-4. Time for holding district elections; school districts unaffected When there exists in this state any municipality or any district or subdivision thereof, except school districts, whose inhabitants or legal voters are authorized or required to meet annually for the purpos…

40:45-5. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Nonpartisan Elections Law." L.1981, c. 379, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.

40:45-6 Application of act. 2. This act shall govern all municipalities having adopted a plan or form of government, or a charter, which provides for the election of municipal officers at regular municipal elections held on the second Tuesday in May, or having chosen to hold such…

40:45-7 Regular municipal elections; early voting; date; place; conduct; change; election officers. 3. Except as may otherwise be provided by law for initial elections conducted in a municipality following its adoption of a plan or form of government, or a charter or an amendment…

40:45-7.1 Municipal elections, certain, change of date permitted. 1. a. Any municipality governed by the provisions of the "Uniform Nonpartisan Elections Law," P.L.1981, c.379 (C.40:45-5 et seq.) may, by ordinance, choose to hold regular municipal elections on the day of the gene…

40:45-7.2 Arranging ballots for general election. 2. Whenever a municipality has passed an ordinance pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2009, c.196 (C.40:45-7.1), the clerk of the county in which the municipality is located shall arrange the ballot for each subsequent …

40:45-8 Petitions of nomination. 4. On or before the 75th day prior to a regular municipal election, the names of candidates for all elective offices shall be filed with the municipal clerk, in the following manner and form and subject to the following conditions: a. The petition…

40:45-9 Individual certificates of nomination. 5. a. The municipal clerk shall furnish, upon request, a reasonable number of forms of individual certificates of nomination. b. Each certificate shall contain the name of one candidate, and no more. Each signer must not, at the time…