Title 19, ELECTIONS

19:15-34. Time limit for challenging The right to challenge voters shall exist until the ballot shall have been deposited in the ballot box, and the procedure in case the right of a person to vote is challenged shall be the same as herein prescribed when the right of a person to …

19:15-4. Official ballots only used; place of keeping and distribution; no envelopes The board shall permit no other ballots to be used at the general election except the ballots which are by this title provided for. It shall confine the distribution and use of such ballots to th…

19:15-5. Emergency ballots; preparation; use If at any election the ballots to be furnished therefor shall not be delivered at the time above mentioned, or if after delivery they shall be destroyed or stolen and other official ballots cannot be obtained in time for such election,…

19:15-6. Unofficial ballots; use permitted If from any cause neither the official ballot nor ballots otherwise prepared as herein prescribed shall be ready for distribution at any polling place, or if the supply of ballots shall be exhausted before the polls are closed, unofficia…

19:15-8 Persons allowed in polling place; simulated voting. 19:15-8. a. No person shall be allowed or permitted to be present in the polling place or polling room during the progress of the election except the officers connected with the election, persons connected with the opera…

19:15-9. Persons in polling place allowed to vote at closing of polls After the hour fixed for closing the polls voters already within such place or room or in line shall be permitted to prepare and cast their ballots.

19:15A-1 Early voting. 1. a. In addition to all other forms of voting provided for by this Title, a registered voter shall be permitted to vote at a specially designated polling place before the day of certain primary and general elections in this State. This procedure shall be k…

19:15A-2 Appointment of challengers for early voting. 2. a. The appointment of challengers for early voting shall be in the following manner: (1) The chairperson of the county committee of any political party that has duly nominated any candidate for public office to be voted for…

19:15A-3 Information available to the public. 3. During each early voting period, the county board shall make available to the public a tally of the total number of voters who have cast a ballot at each early voting location during the previous day. The county boards shall prepar…

19:15A-4 Early votes canvassed after closing of polls on day of election. 4. a. An early vote cast in an election, as provided for in this act, P.L.2021, c.40 (C.19:15A-1 et al.), shall not be canvassed prior to the closing of the polls on the day of an election. Every provisiona…

19:15A-5 Published information concerning early voting procedure. 5. In addition to any publications required under Title 19 of the Revised Statutes, the Secretary of State and each county board of elections shall cause to be published information concerning the early voting proc…

19:15A-6 Reimbursement for local governing body. 6. In compliance with the provisions of Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 5 of the New Jersey Constitution, upon application for reimbursement by a county governing body or a municipal governing body, as may be appropriate, to th…

19:15A-7 Adjustments to regulations, new regulations. 7. The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to make such adjustments to regulations issued pursuant to Title 19 of the Revised Statutes and to issue any new regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this…

19:15A-8 Application of provisions of act. 24. The provisions of this act, P.L.2021, c.40 (C.19:15A-1 et al.), shall only apply to the 2021 general election and general elections thereafter; the 2022 primary election and primary elections thereafter; and, if adopted by a municipa…

19:16-10. Public announcement of results After completing the same the chairman of the board shall audibly and publicly announce the result thereof, particularly specifying the whole number of the votes in the poll book, the name of each person for whom any vote shall have been g…

19:16-2. Votes counted publicly without adjournment The district board shall then proceed forthwith to count the votes for each candidate or proposition and shall complete such count without delay or adjournment. The counting shall be open and public, but not to the extent that t…

19:16-3. Counting votes; distinguishing marks; ballots improperly prepared. 19:16-3. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, when canvassing the ballots the district board shall count the votes as follows: a. If proper marks are made in the squares to the…

19:16-4. Void ballots; distinguishing marks. 19:16-4. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, when counting the ballots: a. The board shall deem null and void all ballots which are wholly blank, or on which more names have been marked for every office tha…

19:16-4.1 Uniform guidelines in assessment of validity, ballots. 3. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the county board of elections in each county, shall establish uniform guidelines to assist the county boards and the district boards canvassing the ballots in their as…

19:16-5. Invalid ballots marked "void," numbering, stringing 19:16-5. In every case in which a ballot shall be declared invalid, the same shall not be canvassed or counted, but shall be marked "void" on the outside thereof, and shall be numbered consecutively along with valid bal…

19:16-6. Majority decision of board final; dissents entered The decision of a majority of the district board on any question shall be deemed the decision of the board and final. If any member of the board shall dissent from any such decision and shall desire to protect himself fr…

19:16-7. Reading, stringing of ballots 19:16-7. The board in the actual procedure of counting the ballots shall thereupon unlock and open the ballot box; the ballots shall then be taken singly and separately therefrom by the judge of the election, and while each ballot shall rema…

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.