Title 19, Title 19: ELECTIONS

19:4-4.5. Statement as prima facie evidence of domicile; right to register in voting district A statement satisfying the requirements of sections 2 or 4 of this act shall be prima facie evidence that the place of residence in this State identified therein is the domicile of the a…

19:4-4.6. Act as remedial; construction This act shall be deemed remedial and shall be construed in such manner as to assist the affiant to establish his lawful right to vote in his voting district in advance of casting his vote and to enforce such right, pursuant to law. L.1960,…

19:4-4.7 False oath, affirmation, fourth degree crime. 7. Any person who shall make false oath or affirmation to any statement under this act, or who shall make any false statement therein, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. L.1960,c.195,s.7; amended 2005, c.154, s.…

19:5-1. Powers of and restrictions upon political parties; party columns on official ballot A political party may nominate candidates for public office at primary elections provided for in this Title, elect committees for the party within the State, county or municipality, as the…

19:5-2 Membership and organization of municipal committees. 19:5-2. The members of the municipal committees of political parties shall consist of the elected members of the county committee resident in the respective municipalities. The members of the municipal committee shall ta…

19:5-2.1. Access to financial records of municipal committees; request by persons elected to membership in committee In the time intervening between a primary election at which the members of a municipal committee of a political party are elected and the annual meeting of the mun…

19:5-3 Membership and organization of county committees; vacancies; certification of unit of representation and number of election districts. 19:5-3. The members of the county committees of political parties shall be elected at the primary for the general election in the manner p…

19:5-3.1. Access to financial records of county committees; request by persons elected to membership in committee In the time intervening between a primary election at which the members of a county committee of a political party are elected and the annual meeting of the county co…

19:5-3.2 Adoption of constitution, bylaws by county committee, posting on Internet website. 3. The members of the county committee of a political party shall adopt a constitution and bylaws, ensuring fundamental fairness and the rights of the members of the county committee in th…

19:5-4b State committee members, political parties, elections. 12. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the members of the State committee of each of the political parties shall not be elected at the primary election for the gen…

19:5-5. Maintenance of party organization Any State committee, county committee or municipal committee of any political party may receive and disburse moneys for the general purposes of maintaining such organization during the whole or any part of the year. The expenses for maint…

19:5-6. Annual convention; members; time and place, platform; resolutions and public hearings There shall be held in each year in which all members of the General Assembly are to be elected, a State convention of each of the political parties. Such State convention of each party …

19:6-1. Membership The district boards in each election district shall consist of four members, except that where electronic voting systems are in use any election district in which there are more than 900 registered voters the district board shall consist of six members. The mem…

19:6-10 Meeting, organization of district board. 19:6-10. Each district board shall, on or before the second Tuesday next preceding the primary election, meet and organize by the election of one of its members as judge, who shall be chairman of the board, and another of its membe…

19:6-11. Oath of office of members; power to administer oaths Each member of the district board shall before entering upon the performance of his duties take and subscribe an oath or affirmation in writing before a duly qualified officer, faithfully and impartially to discharge a…

19:6-12. Member becoming candidate 19:6-12. The office of a member of a district board in an election district shall be deemed vacant upon such member becoming a candidate for an office to be voted upon at any primary, general election, school election, or special election for wh…

19:6-13. Vacancies; filling A vacancy arising in a district board otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. The board shall certify the name and address of the person so appointed and the name of th…

19:6-14. Boards for changed or new election districts; appointment When the boundaries of an election district in a municipality shall have been changed or a new district created between the time of holding the general election and the time of holding the next primary or special …

19:6-15. Constabulary powers of members; police assistance 19:6-15. a. The district boards of every election district shall preserve the peace and maintain good order in their respective polling places during the progress of all elections and the counting of the votes cast therea…

19:6-15.1. Uniforms and exposed weapons forbidden; penalty 2. a. No person who is employed as a police officer, either full-time or part-time, by the State or an instrumentality thereof, or by a political subdivision of the State or an instrumentality thereof, including a person …

19:6-16. Police assigned to district boards in municipalities 19:6-16. a. The commission, committee, board or official having charge of the police department in any county or municipality shall not assign police officers to any district board in that county or municipality, in or…

19:6-17 County board of elections, membership, appointments, compensation. 19:6-17. a. The county board shall consist of four persons, who shall be legal voters of the counties for which they are respectively appointed. Two members of such county board shall be members of the pol…

19:6-17.1 Nominations, appointments; timeframe. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of R.S.19:6-18 requiring appointments to be made on or before March 1, the initial nomination and appointment to increase the membership of the county boards of elections by two add…

19:6-18 Nomination for member of county board; certification, appointment, term. 19:6-18. During the 30-day period immediately preceding February 15 in each year, the chairman and vice-chairlady of each county committee and the State committeeman and State committeewoman of each …

19:6-19. Filling vacancies If a vacancy arises in any county board from any cause other than expiration of the term, the secretary of the county board, within 5 days thereafter, shall in writing notify the Governor, the appropriate county committee chairman, county committee vice…

19:6-2 Application for membership on district board; qualifications. 19:6-2. a. The following persons may apply in writing to the county board, on a form prepared and furnished by the county board, for appointment as a member of a district board of any municipality in the county …

19:6-20. Appointments by Governor in absence of nomination If any nomination is not made and certified in writing to the Governor within the time specified, the Governor shall make such appointments of his own selection from the citizens of the county in which such failure occurs…

19:6-21. Board office; equipment; supplies The county boards shall be provided by the board of chosen freeholders of the respective counties with a suitable office or offices, furniture and such other equipment as the county boards deem necessary. The county board in counties of …

19:6-21.1 Preparation of annual budget request by county board of elections. 11. A county board of elections shall prepare the annual budget request for the office of county board of elections pursuant to the requirements of section 3 of P.L.2015, c.249 (C.40A:4-45.45b). L.2015, …

19:6-22 Organization of county board of elections. 19:6-22. a. (1) The county boards shall, at 10 a.m., on the second Tuesday in March, or on such other day as they may agree on within the first 15 days in March in each year, meet at the courthouse, or other place as provided for…

19:6-23. Oath of office of members; power to administer oaths Each member of the county board shall, before entering upon the performance of his duties, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, in writing, before the clerk of the county for which he is appointed, faithfully and…

19:6-24 Powers and duties of board delegated to clerk. 19:6-24. Wherever under the provisions of this Title any powers or duties are given or conferred upon the county boards in any county, the county board having a clerk pursuant to subsection b. of R.S.19:6-17 may, if it so det…

19:6-25 Sitting on general election days required. 19:6-25. The county boards in each of the counties shall sit on the day of the general election at the office of the county boards between the hours of 5:00 A.M. and midnight. Amended 2001, c.245, s.2.

19:6-26. County boards of elections as; clerk For the purposes of this title, the county board in each county shall be and act as a board of county canvassers for such county. The clerk of the county shall be the clerk of the board.

19:6-27. Board of State Canvassers 19:6-27. The Board of State Canvassers shall consist of five persons, including the chairman, who shall be the Governor of this State. In the absence of the Governor, the Secretary of State shall serve as the chairman of the board and in the abs…

19:6-28. Proceedings open and public All the proceedings of the district boards, county boards, boards of county canvassers and board of state canvassers shall be open and public.

19:6-29. Majority necessary for decisions; dissents A decision of the major part of the members thereof, who shall be present at a meeting, shall be deemed to be the decision of such board. If any member shall dissent from a decision of the board, and shall desire to protect hims…

19:6-3 Appointment of district board members by county board, Assignment Judge of Superior Court. 19:6-3. a. (1) The county board shall, on or before April 1, appoint the members of the district boards in the manner prescribed by paragraph (2) of this subsection. The members of a…

19:6-30. Maintenance of order, powers. 19:6-30. The district board in each election district, the county board, and the clerk thereof, the board of county canvassers and the board of State canvassers and the Superior Court shall, respectively, possess full power and authority to …

19:6-4. Removal of members 19:6-4. A judge of the Superior Court or the county board shall have power to dismiss any member of a district board from such board for an illegal act, or for any cause which shall be determined in a summary way by such judge or county board. The count…

19:6-5. Removal of district board member; filing of vacancies 19:6-5. Any member of a district board in an election district may be summarily removed from office, with or without cause, and vacancies filled, at any time by the members of the county board of the county in which su…

19:6-6. Board may function notwithstanding vacancies If there shall be a vacancy in the membership of any district board the remaining members shall function until the vacancy be filled.

19:6-7. Assignment of members to election districts Any person selected as a member of a district board may be assigned by the county board to any election district, or transferred from one district to another after having been so assigned, in the municipality for which such pers…

19:6-8. Term of office; notification of appointment The terms of office of the members of the district boards shall be for 1 year, or until their successors are appointed, and shall begin on April 25 of each year. The county board shall notify the members of each district board o…

19:6-9. Attendance of members Every person so assigned shall attend at the times and places now or hereafter fixed by law or by the county board for the performance of any duty now or hereafter required of any member of a district board.

19:6-9.1. Conduct of election may be divided into two shifts Notwithstanding any other provision of this Title to the contrary, in any election the county board may direct that responsibility for the conduct of that election in an election district shall be divided between a firs…