Title 19, Title 19: ELECTIONS

19:8-2 Suggested list of available places, selection. 19:8-2. The clerk of every municipality, on or before April 1 shall certify to the county board of every county wherein such municipality is located a suggested list of places in the municipality suitable for polling places. T…

19:8-3 Schoolhouses and public buildings; other locations; certification of expenses. 19:8-3. The county board may select the schoolhouse or schoolhouses, public building or public buildings as the polling places in any municipality in the county whether or not such schoolhouses …

19:8-3.1 Accessibility of polling places. 1. Each polling place selected by the county board of elections for use in any election shall be accessible to individuals with disabilities and the elderly unless: a. the Attorney General determines that a state of emergency exists that …

19:8-3.2 Inaccessible polling place; alternate place, mail-in ballot. 2. The Secretary of State shall establish, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the rules and regulations necessary to ensure that in any election a voter…

19:8-3.3 Polling places, compliance with federal ADA. 3. The Attorney General shall be responsible for ensuring that each polling place is in compliance with the federal "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990" (42 U.S.C. s. 12101 et seq.) and shall exercise oversight authority …

19:8-3.4 Report of inaccessible polling places, ADA guidelines. 4. No later than May 15 of every other year, beginning with May 15 next following the enactment of P.L.2005, c.146, each Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee, established pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1991, c.429 …

19:8-3.5 Review and compliance. 5. No later than July 1st of each year, beginning with July 1 next following the enactment of P.L.2005, c.146, the Attorney General shall review the reports of the Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee and shall ensure that every possible effort …

19:8-3.6. Report to federal authorities 6. No later than December 31st of each even-numbered year, the Secretary of State shall report to the Federal Election Commission, in the manner required by the commission, the number of accessible and inaccessible polling places in the Sta…

19:8-3.7 Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee in each county. 11. a. The county executive in each county in which that office is established, or the governing body of the county in any other county, shall establish a Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee, which shall consist…

19:8-3.8 "Polling Place Accessibility Fund"; use. 10. a. There shall be established in the Department of Law and Public Safety a non-lapsing fund to be known as the "Polling Place Accessibility Fund," hereinafter referred to as the fund, to be held separate from all other funds o…

19:8-4 Certification of list of polling places. 19:8-4. The county board before May 15 of each year shall certify a list of polling places so selected to the sheriff and to the clerk of the county and to the superintendent of elections of the county if any there be and to each mu…

19:8-5. Display of American flag An American flag, approximately 3 feet by 5 feet in size, shall be displayed at the outside entrance of each polling place in this State by the district boards during the hours when the boards are in session; except that, when more than one pollin…

19:8-5.1 Sign identifying polling place, hours. 1. For seven days before the day of any election, each county board of elections may cause to be displayed a sign outside of each polling place identifying it as such, and identifying the date and hours of polling. L.2005,c.151,s.1.…

19:8-6 Proper equipment and voting instructions. 19:8-6. The county boards in counties of the first class and the municipal clerks in counties other than counties of the first class shall purchase or lease and furnish the proper equipment of polling places, to enable the district…

19:8-7 Booths; size; doors or curtains; shelf; privacy sleeves, folders. 19:8-7. The booths shall be sufficiently large to enable the voter to conveniently prepare the voter's ballot as provided for and shall have swinging doors or privacy screens, shields, or curtains so that pr…

19:8-8. Number of booths In municipalities having permanent registration the number of booths in each election district shall not be less than one for every one hundred persons registered in such district at the last preceding general election and not less than three booths shall…

19:8-9. Location of booths The booths shall be erected within the polling room or place and so arranged that all the officers conducting the election can see whether more than one person enters or is in any booth at the same time.