Title 19, Title 19: ELECTIONS

19:63-13 Certificate of mail-in voter. 13. a. On the margin of the flap on the inner envelopes to be sent to mail-in voters there shall be printed a certificate in the following form: CERTIFICATE OF MAIL-IN VOTER I, ........................., whose home address is ...............…

19:63-14 Certification by county clerk. 14. Each county clerk shall, from time to time and prior to each election, certify in writing under oath to the commissioner of registration of the county, the names and addresses of the persons to whom mail-in ballots to be voted at such e…

19:63-15 Marking of applicant's record. 15. The commissioner of registration upon receipt of the information from the county clerk required by section 14 of P.L.2009, c.79 (C.19:63-14) shall mark the applicant's record in the Statewide voter registration system and duplicate voti…

19:63-16 Marking, delivery of mail-in ballot. 16. a. A mail-in voter shall be entitled to mark any mail-in ballot forwarded to the voter for voting at any election by indicating the voter's choice of candidates for the offices named, and as to public questions, if any, stated the…

19:63-16.1 Options for delivery of mail-in ballot by voter. 1. a. In addition to delivering a voted mail-in ballot by mail or in person as provided under "The Vote By Mail Law," P.L.2009, c.79 (C.19:63-1 et seq.), a mail-in voter shall be entitled to deposit the voter's completed…

19:63-17 Actions of county board of elections relative to mail-in ballot. 17. a. The county board of elections shall, promptly after receiving each mail-in ballot, remove the inner envelope containing the ballot from the outer envelope and shall compare the signature and the info…

19:63-17.1 Determination of validity of mail-in ballot. 4. a. Following the attempt to cure any alleged deficiencies in a mail-in ballot pursuant to section 17 of P.L.2009, c.79 (C.19:63-17), the county board of elections shall make a final determination about whether or not the …

19:63-17.2 Educational materials for "evaluators." 5. a. The Secretary of State shall prepare educational materials regarding the provisions of section 17 of P.L.2009, c.79 (C.19:63-17) that all county boards of elections persons handling ballots shall be required to read or view…

19:63-19 Mail-in ballot deemed valid. 19. No mail-in ballot shall be rejected or declared invalid because it does not contain all of the names of the candidates or all of the public questions to be voted for in the election district in the election in which it is to be counted. A…

19:63-2 Definitions relative to voting by mail. 2. As used in this act, unless otherwise indicated by the context: "Election," "general election," "primary election for the general election," "municipal election," "school election," and "special election" mean, respectively, such…

19:63-20 Mail-in voters, certain, not permitted to vote in person. 20. a. Any person who has applied for a mail-in ballot and has had the mail-in ballot either delivered in person or forwarded by mail, and voted and returned the voted ballot to the county board, shall not be perm…

19:63-21 Rejection of ballot mailed in by voter subsequently deceased. 21. Whenever the county board receives evidence that a mail-in voter who has marked and forwarded a mail-in ballot has died before the opening of the polls on the day of the election, the ballot shall be rejec…

19:63-22 Opening of mail-in ballot. 22. a. On the day of each election, or as provided under subsection b. of this section, each county board of elections shall open in the presence of the commissioner of registration, or the designee thereof, the inner envelopes that contain the…

19:63-23 Marking in voting records of information relative to mail-in ballots. 23. On an ongoing basis as each action is completed, the county clerk shall mark in the Statewide voter registration system, which will be shared with the free-access system, to show that mail-in ballo…

19:63-24 Board of elections to keep voted mail-in ballots and certifications for two years. 24. The county board of elections shall keep, for two years, all of the requests and applications for mail-in ballots, all voted mail-in ballots, and all of the certificates that have been…

19:63-25 Powers exercised over mail-in voting. 25. The county board of elections, the county clerk, the superintendent of elections and the commissioner of registration shall exercise the same powers over mail-in voting as over other voting in elections, except as otherwise provi…

19:63-26 No election held invalid due to mail-in ballots. 26. No election shall be held to be invalid due to any irregularity or failure in the preparation or forwarding of any mail-in ballots prepared or forwarded pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2009, c.79 (C.19:63-1 et al.). …

19:63-27 Ballot required to be sealed before delivery. 27. No person shall take a mail-in ballot from a voter or other person having custody of it for the purpose of delivering it to the county board of elections or to a postal box or post office, nor shall any voter permit any p…

19:63-28 Violations, third degree crime; penalties. 28. a. Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of P.L.2009, c.79 (C.19:63-1 et al.), or who, not being entitled to vote thereunder, fraudulently votes or attempts to vote thereunder, or enables or attempts to ena…

19:63-29 "Mail-in Ballot Local Reimbursement Fund." 1. There is created a special, non-lapsing fund in the Department of State that shall be designated the "Mail-In Ballot Local Reimbursement Fund." The fund shall be maintained as a separate account and administered by the Secret…

19:63-3 Procedure for use of mail-in ballot. 3. a. A qualified voter shall be entitled to vote using a mail-in ballot: (1) in all future elections, including general elections, held in this State, in which the voter is eligible to vote; or (2) in any single election held in this …

19:63-3.1 Additions to list of mail-in voters. 14. a. The clerk of each county shall add to the list of registered voters receiving a mail-in ballot for all future elections without further request each voter in the county who requested and received a mail-in ballot for the 2016 …

19:63-30 Retroactivity. 6. To the extent deemed expired by the Council on Local Mandates, established by section 4 of P.L.1996, c.24 (C.52:13H-4) pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 5 of the New Jersey Constitution, the provisions of P.L.2018, c.72 and P.L.2019, c.265…

19:63-31 Conducting of November 2020 General Election. 2. a. The November 2020 General Election shall be conducted primarily via vote-by-mail ballots, which will be sent to all "Active" registered voters without the need for an application to receive a vote-by-mail ballot. The No…

19:63-4 Application for mail-in ballot; authorized messenger, bearer. 4. a. A qualified voter is entitled to apply for and obtain a mail-in ballot by authorized messenger, who shall be so designated over the signature of the voter and whose printed name and address shall appear o…

19:63-5 Application for mail-in ballot to county clerk. 5. In the case of any election, the application for a mail-in ballot shall be made to the county clerk. The county clerk shall stamp thereon the date on which the application was received in the clerk's office. In the case o…

19:63-6 Publication of notice. 6. a. The county clerk, in the case of any Statewide election, countywide election, or school election in a regional or other school district comprising more than one municipality; the municipal clerk, in the case of any municipal election or school…

19:63-6.1 Voter education campaign, vote by mail status; removal, change, potential. 6. Each county shall undertake a voter education campaign, through existing media such as television or newspapers, through online platforms, or by mail addressed to registered voters with vote b…

19:63-7 Printing of mail-in ballots. 7. a. Each county clerk shall have printed sufficient mail-in ballots for each primary election for the general election, and for the general election. Along with such ballots the clerk shall also furnish inner and outer envelopes and printed …

19:63-7.1 Production, transmission of mail-in ballots in certain circumstances. 36. a. If in the year in which the Apportionment Commission establishes new legislative districts the production and transmission of mail-in ballots for the primary or general election cannot be accom…

19:63-8 Verification of voter's signature for issuance of mail-in ballot; actions upon disapproval. 8. Upon receipt of a request for a mail-in ballot, the county clerk shall, with the cooperation of the commissioner of registration, cause the signature of the applicant to be comp…

19:63-9 Delivery of mail-in ballots. 9. a. Except as provided in subsection d. of this section, starting on or before the 45th day before the day an election is held, each county clerk shall forward mail-in ballots by first-class postage or hand delivery to each mail-in voter who…