Title 19, Title 19: ELECTIONS

19:23-45.1 Notice of requirements for voting in primary elections, publication. 2. a. The county commissioner of registration in each of the several counties shall cause a notice to be published in each municipality of their respective counties in a newspaper or newspapers circul…

19:23-45.2. Cost of publication; payment by counties The cost of the publishing of the notices required to be published by this act by the county commissioners of registration shall be paid by the respective counties. L.1976, c. 16, s. 3, eff. April 8, 1976.

19:23-45.3. Rules and regulations The Secretary of State shall promulgate such rules and regulations as he deems necessary to implement this act, including the procedures to be followed in the filing, reporting and authentication of declarations of political party affiliation pur…

19:23-46 Determination of right to vote. 19:23-46. Each voter offering to vote shall announce his name and the party primary in which he wishes to vote. The district board shall thereupon ascertain by reference to the signature copy register or the primary election registry book …

19:23-47. Preparation and casting of ballots Such voter shall thereupon prepare and cast his ballot in substantially the same manner as is herein provided for the preparation and casting of ballots at the general election and subject to the same regulations. The blank space or sp…

19:23-48. Challenges; procedure If a voter who desires to vote in the same political party box in which he voted at the next preceding primary election is challenged, he shall take an oath or affirmation, to be administered by a member of the district board in the following form:…

19:23-49 Counting of votes. 19:23-49. At the close of the primary election for the general election each district board shall immediately proceed to count the votes cast at the election and ascertain the results thereof for the candidates of each political party holding such elec…

19:23-5. Party candidates for primary nominated by members of same party by petition Candidates to be voted for at the primary election for the general election shall be nominated exclusively by the members of the same political party by petition in the manner herein provided.

19:23-50. Statements of result; contents The district boards shall at the conclusion of the canvass make up and sign three statements of the result of such election. The statements shall in words at length show the total number of names of persons entitled to vote, the whole numb…

19:23-51. Form of statement Such statement shall be substantially in the following form: Statement of the result of a primary election held in the ward election district of the of (municipality) in the county of and state of New Jersey, on the day of 19 : Total number of names of…

19:23-52. Certification of statement To such statement shall be added a certificate in the following form: We certify the foregoing to be a true and correct statement of the result of the primary election held in such district at the time above stated and that it correctly exhibi…

19:23-53 Statements transmitted to clerks and superintendent of elections; access to office of municipal clerk. 19:23-53. The district board shall immediately deliver or transmit this statement to the clerks of the county and municipality within which such primary election was he…

19:23-54 Canvass of votes by municipal clerks; certificates of election to county board. 19:23-54. The municipal clerk shall canvass the statements of the district board, not later than the third day after they are received, as far as they relate to the election of members of the…

19:23-55. Canvass of votes by county clerks; statement The county clerks shall within 10 days canvass such statements relating to all officers and positions to be voted for by the voters of the entire State, county, county election district, congressional district, municipality o…

19:23-56. Certificates of election of members of state committee The county clerk shall issue a certificate to the male or males receiving the highest number of votes among the male candidates for the number of positions to be filled by male members of the State committee and to …

19:23-57. Canvass of votes by secretary of state; certificates of election issued The secretary of state shall forthwith canvass such statements of the county clerks and determine by the highest number of votes what persons have been so nominated by the voters of the political pa…

19:23-58 Provisions of title applicable. 19:23-58. Any provisions of this title which pertain particularly to any election or to the general election shall apply to the primary election for the general election insofar as they are not inconsistent with the special provisions of t…

19:23-6. Address of petitions Petitions nominating candidates to be voted for by the voters of a political party throughout the entire State or of any subdivisions thereof more than a single county or any congressional district shall be addressed to the Secretary of State. Petiti…

19:23-7 Signers; certificates of candidates. 19:23-7. Each such petition shall set forth that the signers thereof are qualified voters of the State, congressional district, county, or county election district, municipality, ward or election district, as the case may be, in which …

19:23-7.1 Promulgation, publication, candidate nomination petitions. 5. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Secretary of State shall promulgate and publish the forms to be used for petitions nominating candidates to be vote…

19:23-8. Numbers of signers to petitions. 19:23-8. a. The petitions for candidates to be voted for by the voters of a political party throughout the entire State shall in the aggregate be signed by at least 2,500 of such voters; in the case of candidates to be voted for by the vo…

19:24-1 Notification relative to number of delegates, alternates to be elected. 19:24-1. In every year in which primary elections are to be held as herein provided for the election of delegates and alternates to the national conventions of political parties, including any nationa…

19:24-2 Certification as to number of delegates, alternates to be elected. 19:24-2. The Secretary of State shall, on or before March 20 of that year, certify to the county clerk and county board of each county the number of delegates and alternates-at-large to be chosen by each s…

19:24-3. Nomination by petition Candidates for election as delegates or alternates to the national conventions of political parties shall be nominated by petition in the manner herein provided for the nomination of candidates to be voted for at the primary election for the genera…

19:24-4 National convention delegates. 19:24-4. Not less than 100 members of each such political party may file with the Secretary of State at least 64 days prior to the primary election for the general election in any year of a national convention a petition requesting that the …

19:24-5. Delegates grouped; choice for president included in petition Candidates for the position of delegates or alternates may be grouped together, if they so request in their petitions, and in any year of a presidential election may also have the name of the candidate for Pres…

19:24-6. Delegates and alternates at large; election; ballots For the purposes of electing delegates-at-large and alternates-at-large and district delegates and alternates to national conventions of the political parties in counties in which paper ballots are used, the county cle…

19:25-3 Presidential candidates. 1. Not less than 1,000 voters of any political party may file a petition with the Secretary of State on or before the 64th day before a primary election in any year in which a President of the United States is to be chosen, requesting that the nam…

19:25-4 Certification of names indorsed. 2. The Secretary of State shall certify the names so indorsed to the county clerk of each county not later than the 54th day before such primary election, but if any person so indorsed shall on or before such date decline in writing, filed…

19:26-1 Return of election documents, equipment. 19:26-1. At the close of all primary elections held according to the provisions of this title, and after counting the ballots cast at such primary and making the statements thereof as herein provided, each district board shall plac…

19:26-2. Primary books; public inspection; removal of names 19:26-2. The party primary poll books shall be subject to public inspection, and any voter whose name appears therein may apply to a judge of the Superior Court in the county, at any time prior to the next primary electi…

19:27-1. Nominations, elections and ascertainment and certification of results as provided for primary and general elections Except as herein otherwise provided candidates for public office to be voted for at any special election shall be nominated and the special election shall …

19:27-10.1 Vacancy in house of representatives between dates preceding primary and general elections. 1. a. In the case of a vacancy in the representation of this State in the House of Representatives, the writ shall designate the next general election day or a special election d…

19:27-11 Filling vacancies in county, municipal offices. 19:27-11. In the event of any vacancy in any county or municipal office, except for the office of a member of the board of county commissioners, which vacancy shall occur after the 77th day preceding the primary election fo…

19:27-11.1 Filling of vacancies in Legislature. 7. When any vacancy happens in the Legislature otherwise than by expiration of term, it shall be filled by election for the unexpired term only at the next general election occurring not less than 51 days after the occurrence of the…

19:27-11.2. Interim successor In the case of a vacancy occurring with respect to a member of the Senate or General Assembly who was elected as the candidate of a political party which at the last preceding general election held for all members of the General Assembly received the…

19:27-11.3. Nomination from floor Members of the political party's county committee or committees who are empowered to select a candidate for the vacated office shall only nominate a candidate from the floor during the selection meeting called under R.S. 19:13-20 by the chairman …

19:27-11.4. Office remaining vacant In the case of a vacancy occurring with respect to a member of the Senate or General Assembly who was not elected as the candidate of such a political party, the office shall remain vacant pending expiration of the term. L. 1988, c. 126, s. 10.…

19:27-12. Notice of other special elections Notice of special elections other than those to fill vacancies in the United States senate, United States house of representatives, state senate or general assembly shall be given in accordance with the provisions of any statute, ordina…

19:27-13. Make-up of registers of voters The registers of voters for such special elections shall be made up as herein provided with such modifications, if any, as to the time of meeting of the district boards as the county boards deem necessary.

19:27-14. Delivery of registers; disposition after election In each municipality in counties not having a superintendent of elections, the commissioner shall deliver to the clerk of the municipality in which the special election is to be held, at least thirty days prior thereto, …

19:27-2. New register not required in unchanged election districts In all cases where the boundaries of an election district shall have remained unchanged between one election and the time for preparing registers of voters for a next ensuing special election, it shall not be nece…

19:27-3. Nomination of candidates by petition Candidates to be voted for at a special election shall be nominated exclusively by the members of the same political party by petition in the manner herein provided.

19:27-4. Writ of election. 19:27-4. When any vacancy happens in the representation of this State in the United States Senate or in the House of Representatives, the Governor shall, within 10 days of the happening of the vacancy, issue a writ of election to fill the same unless th…

19:27-5. Proclamation. 19:27-5. Every writ of election issued under the provisions of this title shall be of the nature of a proclamation, and shall be signed by the Governor. Amended 1988, c. 126, s. 3.

19:27-6 Congressional vacancies. 19:27-6. In the case of a vacancy in the representation of this State in the United States Senate, the writ may designate the next general election day for the election, but if a special day is designated, it shall specify the cause and purpose of…