Title 19, ELECTIONS

19:14-21.1 Information sent to newly-registered voters for general election. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a voter who registers after the 29th day prior to a general election and who is eligible to participate in that election may be sent, i…

19:14-22 Form and contents; color of paper. 19:14-22. The official general election sample ballots shall be as nearly as possible facsimiles of the official general election ballot to be voted at such election and shall have printed thereon, after the words which indicate the num…

19:14-23. Envelopes for mailing official general election sample ballots The stamped envelopes shall be of sufficient size and have sufficient postage to enable the official general election sample ballots and anything else required to be enclosed therewith to be mailed therein. …

19:14-24 Delivery by municipal clerks to district boards. 19:14-24. The municipal clerk to whom the sample ballots and stamped envelopes have been so delivered by the county clerk shall deliver the same at his office, or in any other way he sees fit, on or before noon of the Tues…

19:14-25 Mailing by district board or commissioner of registration; county board of elections; duties of. 19:14-25. In counties not having a superintendent of elections where the county board of elections does not have the equipment or facilities to address and mail sample ballot…

19:14-25.1 Sample ballot not required to be sent under certain circumstances. 9. A county clerk shall not be required to send a sample ballot for any election to a voter who has been sent a mail-in ballot for that election, pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2009, c.79 (C.19:63-3), and…

19:14-26. Preservation of envelopes and ballots returned by postmaster The county board, commissioner, or superintendent, as the case may be, shall preserve all envelopes and sample ballots which shall have been mailed by the district boards but returned to it or him by the postm…

19:14-27. Inclusion with sample ballot; other arrangements in certain counties Except as provided by section 19:14-33 of this Title, when any question or proposition shall be submitted to the people of the State at any general election or at any election held to vote on a constit…

19:14-28. Descriptive marks in case of amendments When an amendment to the constitution or to a statute is so mailed, such part thereof as is new and not contained in the existing constitution or statute shall be underscored, and if any portion of the existing law or constitution…

19:14-29. Relation to statute or constitution made clear When a copy of an act of the legislature is required by section 19:14-27 of this title to be printed and mailed to each registered voter, and such act is an amendment or supplement to a statute of this state, there shall be…

19:14-3. Detachable coupon; printing thereon Each ballot shall have at the top a detachable coupon the width of the ballot above a perforated line not less than two inches from and parallel to the upper edge of the paper. These coupons shall be numbered consecutively from one to …

19:14-30. Attorney general to designate information to be sent When under the provisions of this title it shall be necessary to mail to the voters any portion of the statute law of the state or any portion of the state constitution, the attorney general shall designate by writing…

19:14-31. Summary statement sufficient The attorney general, in place of or in addition to designating any portion of the statute law or state constitution to be so printed and mailed, may, if he deems proper, make a summary statement of the existing law or constitutional provisi…

19:14-32. Printing and delivery by secretary of state When by section 19:14-27 of this title copies of an act of the legislature or of a constitutional amendment are required to be printed and mailed, the secretary of state shall cause to be printed and, at least twenty days befo…

19:14-33. When referendum notices unnecessary It shall not be necessary for the secretary of state, or any other official, to cause notice to be published of any state-wide proposition directed by the legislature to be submitted to the people, nor shall it be necessary for the se…

19:14-34. County clerks to municipal clerks; packages sealed; record of delivery; receipts The county clerks of the several counties, not later than three days prior to the general election shall cause to be delivered to the clerk of each municipality within their respective coun…

19:14-35. Municipal clerk to member of district board; delivery by member of board to board; receipts The municipal clerk shall on the day preceding any such general election, deliver, at his office or in any other way that he sees fit, to one of the members of each district boar…

19:14-4 Official elections; ballots; specifications. 19:14-4. In the center of the ballot immediately below the perforated line shall be printed in bold-faced type the words "Official general election ballot." Below these words and extending across the ballot shall appear the wor…

19:14-5. Printing body of ballot From each end of such six-point diagram rule there shall be printed a four-point diagram rule extending at right angles and from such six-point rule to within not less than a half inch of the lower edge of the paper. Between these four-point rules…

19:14-6 Column designations; accompanying instructions. 19:14-6. In each column, immediately below the six-point rule, shall be printed the proper word or words to designate the column, to be known as the "column designation." In the columns at the extreme left shall be printed t…

19:14-7. Printed rulings on ballot Below such six-point rule and parallel thereto, extending across the entire ballot from one four-point rule to the other, shall be printed two-point hair line rules approximately five-sixteenths inch and not over twenty-four points apart of a nu…

19:14-8 Arrangement of ballots. 19:14-8. In the columns of each of the political parties which made nominations at the next preceding primary election to the general election and in the personal choice column, within the space between the two-point hair line rules, there shall be…

19:14-8.1. Ballots for presidential electors When Presidential Electors are to be elected, their names shall not be printed upon the ballot, either paper or voting machine, but in lieu thereof, the names of the candidates of their respective parties or political bodies for Presid…

19:14-9. Duplicate nominations for same office; selection of column and designation A candidate who receives more than one nomination for the same office, either from more than one political party or from more than one group of petitioners, or from one or more political parties a…

19:15-1. Supervision of district boards by county board; district boards to hold and conduct elections The county board shall have supervision and direction of and authority over the district boards at all elections, including commission form of government elections held within t…

19:15-10. Proclamation of opening of polls The district boards, before they receive any vote, shall make public proclamation of the opening of the election and of their readiness to receive the votes of the voters, and thereupon the election shall be opened.

19:15-11. Distribution and use of ballot box keys; locking ballot boxes At the opening of the election each of the keys of the locks of the ballot box shall be taken by a different member of the board, who shall keep the same until the statement of the result of the election shal…

19:15-12. Ballot box shown to be empty; locking Immediately before proceeding to receive the votes the board shall in an open and public manner exhibit the ballot box so that those present may see that there is nothing contained therein, and thereupon close and lock the same, lea…

19:15-17 Comparison of signatures or statements; identifying documentation. 19:15-17. a. The comparison of signatures of a voter made upon registration and upon election day, and if the voter alleges his inability to write, the comparison of the answers made by such voter upon re…

19:15-18. Voter challenges 19:15-18. The members of the district boards and any duly authorized challenger, respectively, shall at any election challenge every person who shall claim to have a right to vote therein whom they or he shall know, suspect or believe not to be qualifie…

19:15-18.1. Challenged voter may establish right to vote 2. a. Any voter whose name does not appear on a challenge list prepared by the superintendent of elections of the county but who is challenged as not qualified or entitled to vote by a duly authorized challenger or by a mem…

19:15-18.2. Grounds for challenging right to vote specified 3. If a person whose name does not appear on a challenge list prepared by the superintendent of elections of the county is challenged as not qualified or entitled to vote by a duly authorized challenger or by a member of…

19:15-18.3 Challenged voter may appeal to Superior Court judge. 6. Any person whose name does not appear on a challenge list prepared by the superintendent of elections of the county but who is challenged and denied the right to vote on the day of a municipal, primary, general, o…

19:15-19. Challenge on ground of conviction of crime; questions and answers If a person be challenged as convicted of a crime which bars him from exercising the right to vote, he shall be required to answer in relation to such alleged conviction, and if he shall admit that he has…

19:15-2 Operation hours of polls; members present. 19:15-2. The district boards shall open the polls for such election at 6:00 A.M. and close them at 8:00 P.M., and shall keep them open during the whole day of election between these hours; except that for a school election held a…

19:15-20. Challenge on ground of alienage; evidence of citizenship If a person shall be challenged as not qualified or entitled to vote, and the person challenging him shall specify a ground for such challenge to be that the person so challenged is an alien, the judge of election…

19:15-21. Challenge on grounds of disqualification; oath 19:15-21. If a person shall be challenged as not qualified or entitled to vote, the judge may forthwith tender to him an oath or affirmation, in the following form: "You do swear (or affirm, as the case may be), that you ar…

19:15-22. Examination of challenged voter Upon any question or challenge of a voter duly registered it shall be the duty of the board, and the privilege of all its members, to put all such questions as are proper to determine the right of the voter to vote.

19:15-23. Questions asked persons challenged in municipalities having permanent registration In municipalities having permanent registration, if a voter is challenged, the board shall ask him the questions which were asked him upon registration, the answers to which appear on the…

19:15-24. Challenging voter, procedure, violations by members of board, removal 19:15-24. The district boards shall not give a ballot to any person unless they shall be satisfied that such person is in all respects qualified and entitled to vote; and for the purpose of satisfying…

19:15-25. Ballot given to voter; instructions In all municipalities after the district board shall have ascertained that a voter is properly registered and qualified to vote the inspector of election shall furnish to the voter one official ballot numbered to correspond with the p…

19:15-26 Ballots marked secretly in booth; violation disorderly persons offense. 19:15-26. Every voter to whom a ballot is given shall thereupon retire into the polling booth. Each booth in a polling place shall be arranged in accordance with the provisions of R.S.19:8-7. Not mor…

19:15-27. Voting 19:15-27. To vote for any candidates whose names are printed in any column, the voter shall mark a cross x , plus + or check in ink or pencil in the square at the left of the name of each candidate in any column for whom he desires to vote to the number to be ele…

19:15-28. Voting for personal choice 19:15-28. Nothing in this Title shall prevent any voter from writing or pasting under the proper title of office in the column designated personal choice the name or names of any person or persons for whom he desires to vote whose name or name…

19:15-29. Ballot spoiled by voter; procedure to obtain another Should any voter to whom any official ballot has been handed spoil or render the same unfit for use, he may return it and obtain another from the district board, but no more than two official ballots shall be furnishe…

19:15-3. Lighting and equipment of booths The board shall cause the booths of the polling places to be at all hours well and sufficiently lighted to enable voters to read and prepare their ballots with ease, and shall cause each booth to be kept provided with sufficient lead penc…