Title 19, ELECTIONS

19:29-13. Enforcement of judgment on appeal The Appellate Division of the Superior Court in the appeal in lieu of prerogative writ shall enforce its judgment in such manner as may be appropriate and where appropriate, remove from office the party against whom judgment is rendered…

19:29-14. Costs; liability for The contestant and incumbent shall be liable to the officers and witnesses for the costs made by them, respectively. If the election be confirmed, or the petition dismissed, or the prosecution fail, judgment shall be rendered against the contestant …

19:29-2. Petition filed with Clerk of Superior Court; contents; verification; bond to incumbent In the case of an office or proposition voted for by the voters of the entire State or more than 1 county thereof, the contest shall be heard by any judge of the Superior Court assigne…

19:29-3 Filing of certain petitions. 19:29-3. The petition contesting any nomination to public office, election to party office or position or the proposal of any proposition shall be filed not later than 12 days after the primary election. The petition contesting any election to…

19:29-4. Time for trial; notice The judge shall appoint a suitable time for hearing such complaint, not more than 30 nor less than 15 days after the filing of the petition, and the contestant shall cause a notice of such hearing, with a copy of the contestant's petition, to be se…

19:29-5. Procedure at trial The proceedings shall be similar to those in a civil action so far as practicable, but shall be under the control and direction of the court, which shall hear and determine the matter without a jury, with power to order any amendments in the petition, …

19:29-6. Witnesses and evidence The court may compel the attendance of any officer of such election and of any other person capable of testifying concerning the same, and also compel the production of all ballot boxes, books, papers, tally lists, ballots and other documents which…

19:29-7. Witnesses required to testify The judge may require any person called as a witness who voted at such election to answer touching his qualification as a voter, and if the court, from his examination, or otherwise, is satisfied that he was not a qualified voter in the elec…

19:29-8. Judgment; misconduct by members of district boards The judge shall pronounce judgment whether the incumbent or any contestant was duly elected, and the person so declared elected will be entitled to his certificate; and in the case of a proposition, whether the same was …

19:29-9. Form and effect of judgment If the judgment be against the incumbent, and he has already received a certificate of election, the judgment shall annul it. If the judge finds that no person was duly elected, the judgment shall be that the election be set aside. Amended by …

19:31-1. Registration required to vote 19:31-1. No person shall be permitted to vote at any election unless such person shall have been registered in the manner hereinafter in this chapter provided. Amended 1940,c.18; 1940,c.19; 1981,c.462,s.23; 1994,c.182,s.1.

19:31-10. Filing of registration forms 19:31-10. The original and duplicate registration forms when filled out shall be filed alphabetically by districts at the office of the commissioner in separate sets of locked binders, one for the permanent office record and the other for us…

19:31-10.1 Maintenance of original, updated voter registration forms. 1. The commissioner of registration may eliminate use of original permanent registration binders, as provided for in R.S.19:31-10, and may maintain in a permanent and separate file the original completed voter …

19:31-11 Change of residence notice. 19:31-11. a. In all counties within the State, change of residence notices shall be made: (1) by a written request, signed by the registrant, forwarded to the commissioner by mail, and actually received by the commissioner; (2) by calling in p…

19:31-11a Secretary of State, website, electronic form submission, change of residence, name notice. 14. The Secretary of State shall develop and make available on its website a form to allow a registered voter to electronically complete a change of residence notice, change of na…

19:31-12. Errors in registration corrected When by error an eligible voter has been registered in a district other than the one in which he resides the commissioner shall cause the error to be corrected, of which correction the registrant shall be notified by postal card.

19:31-13 Change in registration due to name change. 19:31-13. Whenever the registrant after his or her original registration shall change his or her name due to marriage, divorce, or by judgment of court, the registrant shall in person or by mail submit to the commissioner of reg…

19:31-13.1. Previous registration in another county; notice; transfer to inactive file When a person appears to register in any county of this State, and in answer to the statement on the registration forms, to wit: "Municipality, house number and street address from which last r…

19:31-13.2 Eligibility to vote in primary after change of declaration if 50 days before primary. 4. If, when submitting a voter registration form for any reason, a registrant declares thereon his or her political party affiliation and in so doing declares an affiliation with a po…

19:31-14. New or altered districts; notice to registrants and to commissioner; registrations not invalidated When a new district has been created or the boundaries of any district have been changed, the commissioner shall transfer the permanent registration forms of registered vo…

19:31-15 Removal of name from Statewide voter registration system; change of residence; confirmation. 19:31-15. a. Upon receipt by the commissioner of registration of a county from a registered voter of that county of a request that the name of the registrant be removed from the …

19:31-16 Data on eligible voters' deaths filed by health officer. 19:31-16. a. (1) Except as prescribed in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the health officer or other officer in charge of records of death in each municipality shall file with the commissioner of registration for…

19:31-16.1 Failure to furnish information on deaths, third degree crime. 32. a. Any State, county or municipal officer in charge of the records of death for the State, or a county or municipality thereof, who knowingly and willfully neglects, fails or refuses to prepare for or to…

19:31-16.2. Provision of list of eligible voters' deaths to chairman of county committee 33. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the State registrar of vital statistics shall provide to the chairman of the county committee of a political party, or the …

19:31-17 Incarceration data; use. 19:31-17. a. Once each month during the first five days thereof, the chief State election official shall notify the commissioner of registration of a county of any information which the official shall have received during the previous month from …

19:31-18 Registry lists; distribution; contents. 19:31-18. On or before the eighth day preceding any general election the commissioner shall certify and transmit to the county clerk a complete list of all persons who are registered in each election district in each municipality i…

19:31-18.1 Registry lists; distribution; availability, use. 2. a. The county clerk in all counties shall cause copies of the registry lists, certified and transmitted under R.S.19:31-18, to be printed, and shall furnish to any voter applying for the same such copies, charging the…

19:31-18.3. Filing of original registry lists The county clerk, after causing copies of such registry lists to be printed, shall file the original registry lists in his office and keep same on file for one year. L.1947, c. 347, p. 1138, s. 4.

19:31-18.4. Repeal Sections 19:30-1 and 19:30-2 of the Revised Statutes are repealed. L.1947, c. 347, p. 1138, s. 5.

19:31-19 Correction of records by commissioner. 19:31-19. The commissioner shall transfer to the deleted file the permanent registration and record of voting forms of such persons as a judge of the Superior Court may, as hereinafter provided, order stricken from the Statewide vot…

19:31-2 Commissioner of registration. 19:31-2. In all counties having a superintendent of elections, the superintendent of elections is hereby constituted the commissioner of registration and in all other counties the secretary of the county board is hereby constituted the commis…

19:31-20 Delivery of signature copy registers. 19:31-20. On or before the eighth day preceding the primary election for the general election and the general election, respectively, the commissioner in counties not having a superintendent of elections, shall deliver to the municip…

19:31-21 Use of signature copy registers on election day. 19:31-21. A person whose name appears in the signature copy register and who upon applying for a ballot or voting authority shall have given the information and signed the signature comparison record as provided in this Ti…

19:31-22 Return of signature copy registers, inspection by commissioner. 19:31-22. Not later than noon of the day following the canvass of the votes cast at the primary election for the general election or the general election, the signature copy registers shall be returned by ea…

19:31-23 Record of voting; maintenance of forms. 19:31-23. Following each election the commissioner shall cause the record of voting as shown on the record of voting forms in the signature copy registers or, in counties in which polling records are used in place of those signatur…

19:31-24 General registration following complete loss, failure of Statewide voter registration system. 19:31-24. In the event of the complete loss or failure of the Statewide voter registration system, the commissioner shall promptly provide for a general registration at the regu…

19:31-26 Card index file; notations, information. 19:31-26. The commissioner may make and maintain a card index file showing on separate cards the full name, address, birth date, driver's license number, last four digits of the social security number, or unique identifying number…

19:31-29. Violations, relief; actions 42. a. Any person who believes that he or she has been denied an opportunity to register to vote or to remain a registered voter in violation of the provisions of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.19:31-6.11 et al.), may seek relief by providing written not…

19:31-3. Registration forms, original and duplicate; contents 19:31-3. a. The commissioner of registration in each county shall maintain one original and one duplicate registration form for the registration of each duly registered voter in the county. Such forms shall consist of …

19:31-3.1 Statewide voter information on party affiliation. 1. If the commissioner of registration has maintained information in any form regarding a registrant's party affiliation, the commissioner shall be responsible for maintaining that information for a period of 10 years as…

19:31-3.2 Voter registration; nondisclosure of street address for domestic violence, stalking victims. 1. a. A person who is (1) a victim of domestic violence who has obtained a permanent restraining order against a defendant pursuant to section 13 of the "Prevention of Domestic …

19:31-3.3 Digitized images of signatures, use; other information. 2. The commissioner may eliminate the use of the duplicate permanent registration binders and may authorize and direct the use at the polls in place of such a binder, as a signature copy register for the purposes o…

19:31-30. Rules, regulations 44. The Secretary of State shall promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1994,c.182,s.44.

19:31-31 Establishment of single Statewide voter registration system. 1. a. There shall be established in the Department of State a single Statewide voter registration system, as required pursuant to section 303 of the federal "Help America Vote Act of 2002," Pub.L.107-252 (42 U.…

19:31-32 Replacement of existing voter registration files. 2. a. The Statewide voter registration system shall replace all other computer or electronic-based registry files of voters and other voter registration files established and maintained by each county commissioner of regi…

19:31-33 Annual report; submission, contents. 3. Each year the Attorney General shall prepare and submit to the Governor and the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly and the Minority Leader of the General Assembly a repor…