Title 19, Title 19: ELECTIONS

19:49-1. Official ballots furnished Official ballots of the form and description set forth in this subtitle for use upon voting machines shall be prepared and furnished in the same manner as now provided by law.

19:49-2 Official ballots. 19:49-2. All official general election ballots shall be in black ink in type as large as space will reasonably permit, provided, however, that above any public question to be voted upon by the voters of the entire State there shall be a description of th…

19:49-2.1. Repeal All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed insofar as they relate to counties of the first class where voting machines are or shall be used. L.1941, c. 163, p. 521, s. 2.

19:49-3 Number of official ballots to be furnished. 19:49-3. At least one week prior to the start of the early voting period for any primary, local, or general election two sets of official ballots shall be provided for each voting machine, for each polling place, for each electi…

19:49-4. Instruction ballots; sample ballots; preparation; mailing; posting a. (1) The officer or officers whose duty it may be under this subtitle to provide and furnish official ballots for any polling place where a voting machine is to be used shall also provide 2 sample ballo…

19:49-5. Irregular ballots Ballots voted for any person whose name does not appear on the machine as a nominated candidate for office are herein referred to as irregular ballots. Such irregular ballot shall be written or affixed in or upon the receptacle or device provided on the…

19:50-1 Instructional sessions for district board members. 19:50-1. a. Within 30 days before each election, the county board of elections shall cause new members of the district boards who are to serve in election districts to be instructed in the conduct of elections, and in the…

19:50-2 Instruction in use of voting machines; availability. 19:50-2. a. For the first four successive general elections after the adoption of a new type of voting machine in a county, the county board of elections or the superintendent of elections, as the case may be, having cu…

19:50-3. Voting machine model; voter assistance For instructing the voters on any election day there shall, so far as practicable, be provided by the county board of elections or the superintendent of elections or the municipal clerk, as the case may be, having custody of voting …

19:52-1. Preparation of polling places 19:52-1. The district boards of each election district shall meet at the polling place three-quarters of an hour before the time set for opening of the polls at each election and shall proceed to arrange the furniture, stationery and voting …

19:52-2. Location of voting machines At all elections where voting machines may be used, the arrangement of the polling room shall be generally the same as is now provided for by law; the exterior of the voting machine and every part of the polling room shall be in plain view of …

19:52-2.1 Voting authorities; use, stringing. 1. In all counties wherein voting machines are used the county board of elections shall furnish for use in each election district at any election, a sufficient number of voting authorities in substantially the following form: City of …

19:52-2.2. Effective date This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. L.1944, c. 213, p. 752, s. 2.

19:52-3. Time allowed a voter 19:52-3. Where a voter presents himself for the purpose of voting, the election officer shall follow the procedure as now required by this title regarding the eligibility of a person to vote. If such eligibility is established, one of the district el…

19:52-3.1 Display of notice of official count of voters. 1. a. On the day of each primary and general election, the district boards of election at each polling place shall create and publicly display a notice containing an unofficial count of the cumulative number of voters who h…

19:52-4. Blind or physically disabled voters The provisions of this title relating to the assistance to be given to blind or physically disabled voters shall apply also where voting machines are used, and the word "booth" , when used in such provisions, shall include the voting m…

19:52-5. Locking, sealing of voting machine; reading, announcement of votes 19:52-5. Immediately upon the close of the polls, the district election officers shall lock and seal the voting machine against further voting and open the counter compartment in the presence of persons w…

19:52-6. Locking machine, rechecking, cost, deposit; irregular ballots, disposition. 19:52-6. For voting machines that are exempted by paragraph (2) of subsection b. of R.S.19:48-1, the district election officers shall, as soon as the count is completed and fully ascertained, as …

19:52-6.1. Manner of rechecking machines Whenever a judge of the Superior Court assigned to a county enters an order for the recheck of any voting machines the county board of elections of such county shall conduct such recheck in co-operation with the county clerk, the commissio…

19:52-7. Disposition of keys The keys of each voting machine shall be inclosed in an envelope to be supplied by the county board of elections or the superintendent of elections or the municipal clerk, as the case may be, having custody of voting machines, on which shall be writte…

19:52-8 Voter security, paper ballots, privacy sleeves, screens, shield, curtain. 1. In a manner consistent with the requirement for voting machines to secure the voter's secrecy in the act of voting as required under R.S.19:48-1, and for electronic voting systems to provide for …

19:52-9 Certification, primary, general election, county clerk, list, easily identifiable location, Internet site, district-level results. 2. a. Upon the certification of the results of a primary or general election, each county clerk, in consultation with the commissioner of reg…

19:53-1 Unauthorized possession of equipment, tampering, etc., crime. 19:53-1. Any unauthorized person found in possession of any such voting machine in use or to be used in any election, or keys thereof, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Any person willfully tampe…

19:53A-1. Definitions As used in this act, unless otherwise specified: a. "Automatic tabulating equipment" includes apparatus which automatically examines and counts votes recorded on ballot cards, and tabulates the results. b. "Ballot card" means a tabulating card on which votes…

19:53A-10. Effect of overvote or misvote Any overvote or misvote for one or more offices shall not invalidate the entire ballot. L.1973, c. 82, s. 10, eff. April 12, 1973.

19:53A-11. Instruction of voters; model of device For instructing the voters on any election day there shall, so far as practicable, be provided by the county board of elections or the superintendent of elections or the municipal clerk, as the case may be, having custody of votin…

19:53A-12. Challengers Challengers may be appointed in the same manner as provided in R.S. 19:7-1 et seq., for each counting center set up in each county and said challengers shall have the right to be present and represent the candidates or party appointing them during any time …

19:53A-13. Application of Title 19 The provisions of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes except as herein modified shall be applicable to the use of electronic voting systems in elections as herein provided for. L.1973, c. 82, s. 13, eff. April 12, 1973.

19:53A-14. Recount In case of a recount the ballot cards shall be recounted in the manner provided by section 8 of this act unless the court ordering the recount directs that they be counted manually. L.1973, c. 82, s. 14, eff. April 12, 1973.

19:53A-15 Tampering with or willfully injuring record or equipment or interference with conduct of election; penalty; application of laws. 15. a. Any person who before, during or after an election tampers with or willfully injures any voting device, ballot cards, or other records…

19:53A-2 Use of electronic voting systems; devices, certain, prohibited. 2. a. The board of chosen freeholders of any county may adopt, acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise, or abandon any electronic voting system or mechanical system authorized herein which has been approved…

19:53A-3 Requirements of electronic voting systems. 3. Every electronic voting system, consisting of a voting device in combination with automatic tabulating equipment, acquired or used in accordance with this act, shall: a. Provide for voting in secrecy, except in the case of vo…

19:53A-3.1 Reimbursement for purchase, retrofit of voting machine to produce paper record, provision suspended until certain conditions met. 3. Unless federal funding is made available to pay for the purchase or retrofit of a voting machine to produce a voter-verified paper recor…

19:53A-4. Approval No voting device shall be used in an election in this State unless in combination with automatic tabulating equipment used to count and tabulate ballots it meets the requirements in section 3 of this act, and has been approved by the Secretary of State, or othe…

19:53A-5 Ballots; labels, form; samples; write-ins. 5. a. Ballot labels shall be in plain clear type in black, of such size and arrangement as to fit the construction of the voting device; they shall be on clear white material or on material of different colors to identify differ…

19:53A-6. Preparation for elections; ballot cards; secrecy while marking ballot 6. a. Prior to any election at which electronic voting devices are used the county board of elections shall have the voting devices prepared for the election and shall provide the district election of…

19:53A-7. Elections; conduct, report 7. a. Thirty minutes before the opening of the polls the local district election officers shall arrive at the polling place, place the voting devices in position for voting, and examine them to see that they have the correct ballot labels by c…

19:53A-8. Counting of ballots; testing of equipment 8. a. Prior to the start of the count of the ballots, each county board of elections shall have the automatic tabulating equipment tested to ascertain that it will accurately count the votes cast for all offices and on all measu…

19:53A-9 Absentee votes, permitted methods. 9. Absentee votes may be cast on paper ballots or ballot cards, or both methods may be used, provided that, following the effective date of P.L.2004, c.88 (C.19:61-1 et al.), absentee votes shall not be cast in any election in this Stat…

19:53B-1. Emergency ballot box packet, packages; preparation 10. a. The county clerk or the municipal clerk, in the case of a municipal election, shall prepare an emergency ballot box packet which shall include the appropriate number of emergency ballots, the appropriate number o…

19:53B-10. Voted emergency ballot placed in sealed envelope 19. After voting the emergency ballot and before leaving the polling booth or the designated voting area, as the case may be, the voter shall place the voted emergency ballot in the pre-punched single-hole plain white en…

19:53B-11. Deposit of sealed envelope in emergency ballot box 20. The voter shall hand the sealed envelope to the member of the election board having charge of the voting machine. The member shall keep the sealed white envelope in full view of the voter, the other district board …

19:53B-12 Challenge of voter using emergency ballot, electronic voting machine. 21. The right to challenge a voter who uses the emergency ballot shall exist until the emergency ballot is deposited in the emergency ballot box. If the right of a person to vote is challenged, the sa…

19:53B-13. Canvassing emergency ballots 22. In canvassing the emergency ballots, the district board shall count the votes as follows: a. If proper marks are made in the squares provided for the names of any candidates in any column and the total number voted for, for each office,…

19:53B-14. Void emergency ballots 23. In counting the emergency ballots, the board shall deem void all emergency ballots which are wholly blank, or on which more names have been marked for every office than there are persons to be elected to the office, and on which both "Yes" an…

19:53B-15. Void emergency ballots not counted 24. In every case in which an emergency ballot shall be declared invalid, the same, which shall be enclosed in a pre-punched single-hole plain white envelope shall not be canvassed or counted, but shall be marked "VOID" on the outside…