Title 19, Title 19: ELECTIONS

19:53A-13. Application of Title 19 The provisions of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes except as herein modified shall be applicable to the use of electronic voting systems in elections as herein provided for. L.1973, c. 82, s. 13, eff. April 12, 1973.

19:53A-14. Recount In case of a recount the ballot cards shall be recounted in the manner provided by section 8 of this act unless the court ordering the recount directs that they be counted manually. L.1973, c. 82, s. 14, eff. April 12, 1973.

19:53A-15 Tampering with or willfully injuring record or equipment or interference with conduct of election; penalty; application of laws. 15. a. Any person who before, during or after an election tampers with or willfully injures any voting device, ballot cards, or other records…

19:53A-2 Use of electronic voting systems; devices, certain, prohibited. 2. a. The board of chosen freeholders of any county may adopt, acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise, or abandon any electronic voting system or mechanical system authorized herein which has been approved…

19:53A-3 Requirements of electronic voting systems. 3. Every electronic voting system, consisting of a voting device in combination with automatic tabulating equipment, acquired or used in accordance with this act, shall: a. Provide for voting in secrecy, except in the case of vo…

19:53A-3.1 Reimbursement for purchase, retrofit of voting machine to produce paper record, provision suspended until certain conditions met. 3. Unless federal funding is made available to pay for the purchase or retrofit of a voting machine to produce a voter-verified paper recor…

19:53A-4. Approval No voting device shall be used in an election in this State unless in combination with automatic tabulating equipment used to count and tabulate ballots it meets the requirements in section 3 of this act, and has been approved by the Secretary of State, or othe…

19:53A-5 Ballots; labels, form; samples; write-ins. 5. a. Ballot labels shall be in plain clear type in black, of such size and arrangement as to fit the construction of the voting device; they shall be on clear white material or on material of different colors to identify differ…

19:53A-6. Preparation for elections; ballot cards; secrecy while marking ballot 6. a. Prior to any election at which electronic voting devices are used the county board of elections shall have the voting devices prepared for the election and shall provide the district election of…

19:53A-7. Elections; conduct, report 7. a. Thirty minutes before the opening of the polls the local district election officers shall arrive at the polling place, place the voting devices in position for voting, and examine them to see that they have the correct ballot labels by c…

19:53A-8. Counting of ballots; testing of equipment 8. a. Prior to the start of the count of the ballots, each county board of elections shall have the automatic tabulating equipment tested to ascertain that it will accurately count the votes cast for all offices and on all measu…

19:53A-9 Absentee votes, permitted methods. 9. Absentee votes may be cast on paper ballots or ballot cards, or both methods may be used, provided that, following the effective date of P.L.2004, c.88 (C.19:61-1 et al.), absentee votes shall not be cast in any election in this Stat…