Title 19, Title 19: ELECTIONS

19:53C-13 Opening of provisional ballot bag. 19. When the office of the commissioner of registration receives a provisional ballot bag that has been found to be in good order, the commissioner thereof shall first break the seal and open the bag. In any county where the superinten…

19:53C-14. Canvassing provisional ballots 20. In canvassing the provisional ballots, the county board shall count the votes as follows: a. If proper marks are made in the squares provided for the names of any candidates in any column and the total number voted for, for each offic…

19:53C-15. Counting provisional ballots; standards for validity 21. In counting the provisional ballots, the board shall deem void all provisional ballots which are wholly blank, or on which more names have been marked or designated for every office than there are persons to be e…

19:53C-16. Invalid provisional ballots 22. In every case in which a provisional ballot shall be declared invalid, the ballot, which shall be enclosed in a envelope, shall not be canvassed or counted, but shall be marked "REJECTED" on the outside thereof. Provisional ballots which…

19:53C-17. Votes counted, void votes 23. If, for any reason, a provisional ballot voter votes a ballot other than the ballot for the district in which the voter is qualified to vote, the votes for those offices and questions for which the voter would be otherwise qualified to vot…

19:53C-18. Decision of county board final 24. The decision of a majority of the county board on any question concerning a provisional ballot matter shall be deemed the decision of the board and final. If any member of the board dissents from any decision and wishes to make the di…

19:53C-19. Use of tally sheets 25. a. The clerk of the board shall, upon the tally sheets provided for that purpose, make a list of the names of all persons for whom one or more votes shall have been given, designating the office which that person shall be voted for, and of any p…

19:53C-2. procedures, use of provisional ballots 8. a. The district board shall not permit other provisional ballots to be used at an election except those provisional ballots provided for by P.L.1999, c.232 (C.19:53C-1 et al.). It shall confine the distribution and use of the pr…

19:53C-20. Votes tallied 26. Upon the receipt of a certified tally sheet from the county board, the county clerk shall add the votes contained thereon to the total vote for all candidates and in favor of or against all public questions cast at the polling place from which the tal…

19:53C-21 List by district, number of provisional ballots used. 2. Within 15 calendar days after an election other than the general election or three days after the certification of the results of that election, whichever occurs later, or in the case of a general election on the …

19:53C-3 Procedure as to voters changing residence within the county, certain use of provisional, mail-in ballots. 9. Whenever a voter enters a polling place to vote on the day of an election and the circumstance of that voter matches the circumstance of a voter described in subs…

19:53C-4. Designated area for marking provisional ballot, affirmation statement 10. The district board shall designate an area within the polling place, which may be a voting booth, for the voter to mark the provisional ballot and affirmation statement. If the district board desi…

19:53C-5 Voters given provisional ballot, retire into designated voting area. 11. Every voter to whom a provisional ballot and envelope with an affirmation statement is given shall retire into the designated voting area. Not more than one voter shall be permitted to enter or be i…

19:53C-6. Completion of affirmation statement 12. Prior to voting the provisional ballot or immediately thereafter, the voter shall complete the affirmation statement attached to the provisional ballot envelope. The statement shall conform with the requirements for such a stateme…

19:53C-7 Voting with provisional ballot. 13. To vote for a candidate whose name is printed in any column, or to vote in favor of or against any public question printed on the provisional ballot, the voter shall: a. Mark a cross x, plus + or check in the square provided for the na…

19:53C-8. Write-in votes on provisional ballot permitted 14. Nothing in P.L.1999, c.232 (C.19:53C-1 et al.) shall prevent any voter from writing or pasting within the proper title of office in the column designated personal choice, the name or names of any person or persons for w…

19:53C-9. Spoiled provisional ballot, affirmation statement; procedure 15. If any voter to whom a provisional ballot and envelope with an affirmation statement has been handed spoils or renders any of the same unfit for use, the voter shall return the ballot and the envelope with…