Title 19, Title 19: ELECTIONS

19:58-13. Examination and approval of qualifications of applicant; investigations Upon receipt of any application for a Presidential ballot, the county clerk shall make an examination, from any available information, to determine whether or not such applicant is qualified to vote…

19:58-14. Transfer of permanent registration forms of removed residents The county clerk, upon receipt of an application for a Presidential ballot, based upon the applicant's removal from this State to another state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Isla…

19:58-15. Delivery of ballots; deadline for applications Each county clerk shall deliver a Presidential ballot for use under this act, to each applicant, whose application therefor has been so approved, in person, or by forwarding the same by first-class mail, in a sealed envelop…

19:58-16. Forwarding applications and accompanying certificates to county board of elections; list of applications Each county clerk, after processing the applications for Presidential ballots, in the manner prescribed by this act, shall forward such applications, including those…

19:58-17. Directions to be sent with ballots; envelopes Each county clerk shall send, with each Presidential ballot, appropriate printed directions for the preparation and transmission of such ballot, together with an inner and outer envelope of the character described in the act…

19:58-19. Certificate; form 19. Upon the said margin of said flap on the inner envelope to be sent to a removed resident there shall be printed a certificate in affidavit form substantially as follows: State of ........................ County of ......................., or (if ap…

19:58-2. Definitions As used in this act unless the context otherwise indicates the following terms shall have the following meaning: "Removed resident" means a person, who was formerly a resident of one of the counties of this State but who has, or shall have, removed to another…

19:58-20. Certification of names and addresses of recipients of ballots Each county clerk shall, from time to time, prior to each Presidential election, certify in writing, under oath, to the commissioner of registration of the county, the names and home addresses of the persons …

19:58-21. Marking and handling of presidential ballots by voters Any voter shall be entitled to mark any Presidential ballot, so forwarded to him, for voting at any election by indicating his choice of candidates for the offices named. When so marked, such ballot shall be placed …

19:58-22. Mailing of ballots to county board of elections Said sealed outer envelope with the inner envelope and the ballot enclosed therein, shall then be mailed with sufficient postage to the county board of elections to which it is addressed, or shall be presented in person to…

19:58-23. Completed ballots; handling by county boards 23. The county board of elections shall, promptly after receiving each Presidential ballot, remove the inner envelope, containing the ballot, from the outer envelope and shall compare the signature and the information contain…

19:58-25. Ballots received prior to closing of polls counted; validity of ballots notwithstanding absence of voter's name on certificate All valid Presidential ballots received by the county boards prior to the time designated for the closing of the polls for each election shall …

19:58-26. Person receiving presidential ballot not to vote in person No person who has applied for a Presidential ballot and to whom such a ballot has been either delivered in person or forwarded by mail by a county clerk, shall be permitted to vote in person at the polling place…

19:58-27. Death of voter Whenever it shall be made to appear by due proof to the county board that a voter who has marked and forwarded a Presidential ballot as provided in this act has died, prior to the opening of the polls on the day of the election, such ballot shall be rejec…

19:58-28. Canvass of presidential ballots The inner envelopes containing the Presidential ballots shall be opened and the Presidential ballots shall be removed therefrom and counted, and the votes so cast canvassed, and the results thereof certified, by the county board of electi…

19:58-29 Marking of Statewide voter registration system, duplicate voting records. 29. As soon as practicable after each election, the commissioner of registration shall cause to be marked the Statewide voter registration system and all duplicate voting records to show that a Pre…

19:58-3. Persons entitled to qualify and vote for presidential electors Any removed resident shall be entitled to qualify and vote for electors for President and Vice-President of the United States in any Presidential Election to be held in this State in the manner provided in th…

19:58-30. Ballots and other papers 30. The county board of elections shall keep, for a period of one year, all of the affidavits of residence and applications for Presidential ballots, together with all certificates accompanying the same, all voted Presidential ballots, and all o…

19:58-31. Powers of county board, clerk, superintendent and commissioner over voting by presidential ballot The county board of elections, the county clerk, the superintendent of elections and the commissioner of registration shall exercise the same powers over voting by Presiden…

19:58-32. Validity of election not affected by irregularities No election shall be held to be invalid by reason of any irregularity or failure in the preparation or forwarding of any Presidential ballots pursuant to the provisions of this act. L.1964, c. 134, s. 32.

19:58-33 Violations; disenfranchisement. 33. Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of this act, or who, not being entitled to vote under this act, fraudulently votes, or attempts to vote thereunder or enables, or attempts to enable another person, not entitled t…

19:58-4. Certificate of disqualification of removed resident; authority for determination Any certificate filed by an applicant for a Presidential ballot as to the disqualification of a removed resident, who does not reside in this State, to vote for electors for President and Vi…

19:58-5. Obtaining application form for presidential ballot An application form for a Presidential ballot may be obtained from the clerk of the municipality, or the county clerk of the county, in which such applicant was last registered to vote in this State prior to the date of …

19:58-6. Preparation of application forms for presidential ballots and forms of affidavits of residence; color of paper Application forms for Presidential ballots to be made by removed residents and forms of affidavits of residence shall be prepared by the county clerk and shall …

19:58-8. Application for presidential ballot by removed resident; form and contents An application for a Presidential ballot to be made by a removed resident shall be in substantially the following form: APPLICATION FOR PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT-- REMOVED RESIDENT I, the undersigned, d…

19:58-9. Time and manner of application; certificate of registration officer in election district in which removed resident resides Applications for Presidential ballots shall be made, as prescribed by this act, to the clerk of the county, in which the ballot is to be voted, in p…