Title 19, ELECTIONS

19:6-21.1 Preparation of annual budget request by county board of elections. 11. A county board of elections shall prepare the annual budget request for the office of county board of elections pursuant to the requirements of section 3 of P.L.2015, c.249 (C.40A:4-45.45b). L.2015, …

19:6-22 Organization of county board of elections. 19:6-22. a. (1) The county boards shall, at 10 a.m., on the second Tuesday in March, or on such other day as they may agree on within the first 15 days in March in each year, meet at the courthouse, or other place as provided for…

19:6-23. Oath of office of members; power to administer oaths Each member of the county board shall, before entering upon the performance of his duties, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, in writing, before the clerk of the county for which he is appointed, faithfully and…

19:6-24 Powers and duties of board delegated to clerk. 19:6-24. Wherever under the provisions of this Title any powers or duties are given or conferred upon the county boards in any county, the county board having a clerk pursuant to subsection b. of R.S.19:6-17 may, if it so det…

19:6-25 Sitting on general election days required. 19:6-25. The county boards in each of the counties shall sit on the day of the general election at the office of the county boards between the hours of 5:00 A.M. and midnight. Amended 2001, c.245, s.2.

19:6-26. County boards of elections as; clerk For the purposes of this title, the county board in each county shall be and act as a board of county canvassers for such county. The clerk of the county shall be the clerk of the board.

19:6-27. Board of State Canvassers 19:6-27. The Board of State Canvassers shall consist of five persons, including the chairman, who shall be the Governor of this State. In the absence of the Governor, the Secretary of State shall serve as the chairman of the board and in the abs…

19:6-28. Proceedings open and public All the proceedings of the district boards, county boards, boards of county canvassers and board of state canvassers shall be open and public.

19:6-29. Majority necessary for decisions; dissents A decision of the major part of the members thereof, who shall be present at a meeting, shall be deemed to be the decision of such board. If any member shall dissent from a decision of the board, and shall desire to protect hims…

19:6-3 Appointment of district board members by county board, Assignment Judge of Superior Court. 19:6-3. a. (1) The county board shall, on or before April 1, appoint the members of the district boards in the manner prescribed by paragraph (2) of this subsection. The members of a…

19:6-30. Maintenance of order, powers. 19:6-30. The district board in each election district, the county board, and the clerk thereof, the board of county canvassers and the board of State canvassers and the Superior Court shall, respectively, possess full power and authority to …

19:6-4. Removal of members 19:6-4. A judge of the Superior Court or the county board shall have power to dismiss any member of a district board from such board for an illegal act, or for any cause which shall be determined in a summary way by such judge or county board. The count…

19:6-5. Removal of district board member; filing of vacancies 19:6-5. Any member of a district board in an election district may be summarily removed from office, with or without cause, and vacancies filled, at any time by the members of the county board of the county in which su…

19:6-6. Board may function notwithstanding vacancies If there shall be a vacancy in the membership of any district board the remaining members shall function until the vacancy be filled.

19:6-7. Assignment of members to election districts Any person selected as a member of a district board may be assigned by the county board to any election district, or transferred from one district to another after having been so assigned, in the municipality for which such pers…

19:6-8. Term of office; notification of appointment The terms of office of the members of the district boards shall be for 1 year, or until their successors are appointed, and shall begin on April 25 of each year. The county board shall notify the members of each district board o…

19:6-9. Attendance of members Every person so assigned shall attend at the times and places now or hereafter fixed by law or by the county board for the performance of any duty now or hereafter required of any member of a district board.

19:6-9.1. Conduct of election may be divided into two shifts Notwithstanding any other provision of this Title to the contrary, in any election the county board may direct that responsibility for the conduct of that election in an election district shall be divided between a firs…

19:7-1. Appointment of challengers 19:7-1. a. The chairman of the county committee of any political party that has duly nominated any candidate for public office to be voted for at an election by all the voters within the county or any political division thereof greater than a si…

19:7-2 Appointment of challengers. 19:7-2. A candidate who has filed a petition for an office to be voted for at the primary election, and a candidate for an office whose name may appear upon the ballot to be used in any election, may also act as a challenger as herein provided a…

19:7-3. Filing of appointment, application for challengers. 19:7-3. The appointment of or application for challengers shall be filed with the county board not later than the third Tuesday preceding any election. No person shall be appointed a challenger under this Title who is no…

19:7-4. Permits issued to challengers, revocation 19:7-4. The county board shall thereupon issue, under the hands of its members, to the persons named in such appointment papers, or application, permits for them to act as challengers for their respective parties or candidates or …

19:7-5 Powers. 19:7-5. Such challengers shall be the authorized challengers for their respective political parties and candidates or for the proponents or opponents of a public question. They shall have the power to challenge the right to vote therein of any person claiming such …

19:7-6. Badge Every such challenger shall at any election wear a badge, to be furnished by the county board, which shall show to any person the political party or candidate or group of candidates or the side for whom or for which the challenger is acting. Amended by L.1956, c. 66…

19:7-6.1. Limitation on number of challengers present in polling place 1. Unless express permission be given by the district board, not more than one challenger appointed for a party, candidate, or on a public question, shall be present at any one time in any polling place while …

19:8-1. Location For the purpose of this title a polling place or room shall be within a building wherein a district board is directed as hereinafter provided to meet for the purpose of registering voters or conducting elections.

19:8-10. Location of ballot boxes in polling places The ballot boxes at every polling place shall be within the polling room or place, and so placed that the voter shall be able to deliver his ballot to the election officers after emerging from the booth before leaving the room o…

19:8-11. By whom provided and repaired The county board in counties of the first class and the board of chosen freeholders in counties other than counties of the first class shall provide sufficient ballot boxes for use in the polling places of each election district within the c…

19:8-12. Size and construction of boxes The boxes shall be at least one foot in depth, width, and length, measuring the same on the exterior thereof, and shall be constructed with wooden or metal tops and bottoms and wooden or metal frames and glass or metal sides. Each box shall…

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.