Title 19, Title 19: ELECTIONS

19:16-8. Tally sheets; entries; disposition The clerks of the board, under its inspection and direction, shall each, upon a tally sheet provided for that purpose, make a list of the names of all persons for whom one or more votes shall have been given, designating the office whic…

19:16-9. Casting of totals; notation on tally sheets When all the votes which shall have been received shall have been read, examined, numbered and strung, as above directed, the board shall carefully and accurately add up the votes given for each person for any office to be fill…

19:17-1. Statement of results After the district board shall have counted the ballots cast at such election it shall make quadruplicate statements of the result thereof in substantially the following form; provided, that if no officers or public questions were voted upon at the e…

19:17-2. Certification of statement of result of count of votes; form The district board shall then certify such statement in substantially the following form: "We do certify that the foregoing is a true, full and correct statement of the result of the election above mentioned. I…

19:17-3 Filing of statements. 19:17-3. After the district board shall have made up and certified such statements, it shall at the same time and with the ballot boxes, as hereinafter provided, deliver or safely transmit one of the statements to the clerk of the municipality wherei…

19:17-5. Failure to deliver proper statements, etc., penalty 19:17-5. If any district board neglects to give the following information on the statements of results: the total number of names on the signature copy register or register of voters, the total number of ballots rejecte…

19:18-1 Election records placed in ballot box. 19:18-1. As soon as the election shall be finished and the votes canvassed and the statements made and certified by the district board as herein required, all ballots which have been cast, whether the same have been canvassed and cou…

19:18-2. Ballot boxes delivered to municipal clerks The ballot box, after being locked and bound with tape and sealed, shall in all municipalities be immediately taken in charge by 2 members of the district board. It shall then be delivered to the office of the clerk of the munic…

19:18-3. Municipal clerk's office open until all ballot boxes delivered; record of times of delivery The clerk of the municipality shall attend at his office on election day, or appoint one of the clerks in his office to act for him, and keep his office open from the time the pol…

19:18-4. Preservation of ballot boxes and contents 19:18-4. Every municipal clerk to whom the ballot boxes shall be delivered shall thereupon keep the same, with their contents, but shall not have the keys thereof in his possession until required for the next ensuing election, an…

19:18-5. Register of voters in municipalities not having permanent registration filed with county clerk Not later than noon of the day following the canvass of the votes cast at the general election the register of voters, kept and checked by the district boards in municipalities…

19:18-6. Ballot box keys deposited with county clerk Not later than noon of the day following the canvass of the votes the keys of each ballot box shall be deposited by a member of the district board with the county clerk.

19:18-7. Preservation of records; sale as waste paper All registry books and statements of results of elections required to be filed with the Secretary of State, the superintendent of elections, the county clerks of the various counties and the municipal clerks of the various mun…

19:18-8. Inspection of ballot boxes, books and documents by Superior Court A judge of the Superior Court may at any time for satisfactory reasons shown, and when he deems it necessary, issue an order for the opening of any ballot box or boxes and the removal of the contents there…

19:19-1 Meeting of board of county canvassers. 19:19-1. The board of county canvassers of each county shall meet on the 15th day, after any such election, at 12 o'clock noon, at the courthouse of the county, for the purpose of checking the canvass which shall have been made by th…

19:19-10. Form of statement of canvass The statements shall be in substantially the following form: "A statement of the result of election held in the county of , on the day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and , to elect a member of the senate, memb…

19:19-11. Form of certificate to statement of canvass The certificate shall be in substantially the following form: "I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true, full and correct statement of the result of the election above-mentioned, as the same is exhibited by the stateme…

19:19-12. Statements to county clerk and chairmen of Republican and Democratic State Committees The board shall deliver one of the statements to the clerk of the county, who shall forthwith file the same, and one statement to the respective chairmen of the Republican and Democrat…

19:19-13. Other statement delivered to secretary of state The clerk of the board shall inclose and seal up the other statement and deliver or safely transmit the same so inclosed and sealed up, to the secretary of state at Trenton, so that he shall receive the same within three d…

19:19-14. Statements of results by district boards preserved All the statements made by the district boards and copies of such statements which shall be produced and laid before the board shall, by it be delivered to the clerk of the county, and shall be filed and preserved by hi…

19:19-15. Secretary of state to procure missing statements If the secretary of state shall not, on or before the seventh day after the time appointed for the meeting of the board of canvassers in the several counties, have received the statements of the result of such election in…

19:19-16. Defective statements completed by secretary of state When and as soon as such secretary shall receive or obtain any statement of the result of such election, in any county, in the manner hereinbefore provided for, he shall ascertain whether or not the statement includes…

19:19-17. Statements delivered to messenger of secretary of state The district board, the clerk or the chairman of the board of canvassers of any county, or any other person who shall be in possession of any statement, or copy of any statement, which shall have been made and subs…

19:19-2. Absence of county clerk; substitute If the clerk of the county shall be absent from the meeting at the time appointed therefor, the board shall forthwith proceed to appoint a fit person to be its clerk, who shall obtain such statements from the office of such clerk.

19:19-3. Oath of substitute clerk Before proceeding to canvass and estimate the votes the chairman of the board shall administer to the person appointed as clerk in the absence of the county clerk an oath or affirmation in the following form: "You do swear (or affirm, as the case…

19:19-4. Adjournment of meeting If on the day appointed for the meeting of such board, a major part thereof shall not attend at the courthouse of the county at the hour of twelve o'clock noon, or if at that time the statements of the result of such election from every election di…

19:19-5. Statements obtained If such adjournment is occasioned by the fact that at the time fixed for the meeting of the board the statements from every election district have not been filed with the clerk of the county, such clerk shall forthwith, by a special messenger, or othe…

19:19-6. Second adjournment of meeting At the hour to which such adjournment shall have been ordered, the member or members present may proceed as hereinafter directed, or may again adjourn for a period not exceeding three days, at which time the member or members present shall s…

19:19-7. Custody of statements during adjournment When such board shall find it necessary to adjourn, as herein provided, all statements of the result of an election which shall have been delivered to it or to any member thereof, shall in the presence of the board, and before it …

19:19-8. Canvass and statement of result of election The members of the board shall proceed to examine the statements and copies of statements produced before them and shall canvass and determine the votes cast at such election; and shall forthwith make four statements of the res…

19:19-9. Contents of statement of canvass; certification Each of such statements shall contain the name of each election district, the number of names on the signature copy register or the register of voters, the number of names of the voters on the poll books of each election di…

19:20-1. Scope of authority The board of county canvassers, in case of officers voted for or public questions voted upon exclusively by the voters of a single county or any political subdivision thereof, except for any congressional district or part of a congressional district, s…

19:20-2. Statement of determination The board in the case of an election for a member of the senate, members of the general assembly, or other officer elected or public question approved or rejected by all of the voters of the county, except for members of the house of representa…

19:20-3. Certification of statement; form The board shall thereupon certify such statement to be true and correct, by a certificate appended to the same, and signed by the chairman of the board in the presence of the clerk of the board: "I do certify that the foregoing is a true,…

19:20-4. Statements and certifications filed with county clerk One of the statements of such determination, and the certificate thereto, shall be annexed to one of the statements of the results of the canvass of the election, and delivered therewith to the clerk of the county and…

19:20-5. Certificates to successful candidates; signing and attestation The chairman of the board, in the case of an election for senator or members of the assembly, or for any officer voted for by the voters of the entire county or of any subdivision thereof, except for members …

19:20-6. Statement of result of canvass for secretary of state In the case of a state senator, member of the general assembly or any county officer, or any public questions to be voted upon by the voters of the entire state or any political subdivision thereof greater than a coun…

19:20-7. Certificate prima facie evidence of legislator's right to seat In the organization of the senate and general assembly the certificates so issued by the board based upon such statements of its determination shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the right of the persons …

19:20-8. Statements and certificates filed with municipal clerks The board in the case of officers elected or public questions approved or rejected by the voters of a municipality or part thereof shall in the same manner and form make, certify and sign as many statements as to it…

19:20-9. Certificates issued to successful municipal candidates; signing and attestation The chairman of the board, in the case of an election of officers of a municipality or part thereof, or public questions voted upon in such municipalities, shall issue a certificate to the su…

19:21-1 Meeting times. 19:21-1. a. The Board of State Canvassers shall meet at Trenton as soon as practicable but no later than the 30th day after the day of election, for the purpose of canvassing and estimating the votes cast for each person for whom any vote or votes shall hav…

19:21-2. Substitute members 19:21-2. If a number of the members of the Legislature who shall have been summoned as members of the board sufficient to constitute it shall not attend the meeting thereof, the chairman shall summon as members of the board as many fit persons who shal…

19:21-3. Oath of members The chairman of the board shall administer, and each member thereof shall take, an oath or affirmation in the following form: "You do swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that you will faithfully and impartially execute the duties of a member of this boa…

19:21-4. Substitute clerk of the board 19:21-4. If the clerk of the board be absent from such meeting at the time appointed therefor, the chairman of the board shall forthwith, after the oaths or affirmations shall have been administered and taken, proceed to appoint a fit person…

19:21-5. Production of relevant statements, copies 19:21-5. The Secretary of State or the secretary's designee shall thereupon produce and lay before the board all statements and copies relating to such election which the secretary shall have received or obtained, as hereinbefore…

19:21-6. Statement and certification of canvass The board shall forthwith canvass such statements and proceed to make a statement of the result of the election in the state; the statement shall contain the whole number of names of the voters in all the signature copy registers an…