Title 19, ELECTIONS

19:53C-7 Voting with provisional ballot. 13. To vote for a candidate whose name is printed in any column, or to vote in favor of or against any public question printed on the provisional ballot, the voter shall: a. Mark a cross x, plus + or check in the square provided for the na…

19:53C-8. Write-in votes on provisional ballot permitted 14. Nothing in P.L.1999, c.232 (C.19:53C-1 et al.) shall prevent any voter from writing or pasting within the proper title of office in the column designated personal choice, the name or names of any person or persons for w…

19:53C-9. Spoiled provisional ballot, affirmation statement; procedure 15. If any voter to whom a provisional ballot and envelope with an affirmation statement has been handed spoils or renders any of the same unfit for use, the voter shall return the ballot and the envelope with…

19:57-27 Ballots not to be invalidated because of omissions, withdrawal of candidates. 27. a. No absentee ballot shall be rejected or declared invalid because it does not contain all of the names of the candidates or all of the public questions to be voted for or upon in the elec…

19:58-1. Short title This act shall be known as and may be cited as the "Presidential Ballot Law (1964)." L.1964, c. 134, s. 1.

19:58-10. Form of presidential ballot The county clerk shall prescribe the form of the Presidential ballots, which shall in all respects conform with the provisions of this act and shall be of such character that they can be voted only for the election of electors for President a…

19:58-11. Duty of county clerk to furnish presidential ballots, inner and outer envelopes, and directions; payment of expenses Each county clerk shall cause to be printed a sufficient number of Presidential ballots for each Presidential election to be held in this State and along…

19:58-12. List of applicants; inspection Each county clerk, upon receipt of applications for Presidential ballots for removed residents shall make a list of them according to the municipalities of the addresses, or former addresses, in this State of the voters making such applica…

19:58-13. Examination and approval of qualifications of applicant; investigations Upon receipt of any application for a Presidential ballot, the county clerk shall make an examination, from any available information, to determine whether or not such applicant is qualified to vote…

19:58-14. Transfer of permanent registration forms of removed residents The county clerk, upon receipt of an application for a Presidential ballot, based upon the applicant's removal from this State to another state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Isla…

19:58-15. Delivery of ballots; deadline for applications Each county clerk shall deliver a Presidential ballot for use under this act, to each applicant, whose application therefor has been so approved, in person, or by forwarding the same by first-class mail, in a sealed envelop…

19:58-16. Forwarding applications and accompanying certificates to county board of elections; list of applications Each county clerk, after processing the applications for Presidential ballots, in the manner prescribed by this act, shall forward such applications, including those…

19:58-17. Directions to be sent with ballots; envelopes Each county clerk shall send, with each Presidential ballot, appropriate printed directions for the preparation and transmission of such ballot, together with an inner and outer envelope of the character described in the act…

19:58-19. Certificate; form 19. Upon the said margin of said flap on the inner envelope to be sent to a removed resident there shall be printed a certificate in affidavit form substantially as follows: State of ........................ County of ......................., or (if ap…

19:58-2. Definitions As used in this act unless the context otherwise indicates the following terms shall have the following meaning: "Removed resident" means a person, who was formerly a resident of one of the counties of this State but who has, or shall have, removed to another…

19:58-20. Certification of names and addresses of recipients of ballots Each county clerk shall, from time to time, prior to each Presidential election, certify in writing, under oath, to the commissioner of registration of the county, the names and home addresses of the persons …

19:58-21. Marking and handling of presidential ballots by voters Any voter shall be entitled to mark any Presidential ballot, so forwarded to him, for voting at any election by indicating his choice of candidates for the offices named. When so marked, such ballot shall be placed …

19:58-22. Mailing of ballots to county board of elections Said sealed outer envelope with the inner envelope and the ballot enclosed therein, shall then be mailed with sufficient postage to the county board of elections to which it is addressed, or shall be presented in person to…

19:58-23. Completed ballots; handling by county boards 23. The county board of elections shall, promptly after receiving each Presidential ballot, remove the inner envelope, containing the ballot, from the outer envelope and shall compare the signature and the information contain…

19:58-25. Ballots received prior to closing of polls counted; validity of ballots notwithstanding absence of voter's name on certificate All valid Presidential ballots received by the county boards prior to the time designated for the closing of the polls for each election shall …

19:58-26. Person receiving presidential ballot not to vote in person No person who has applied for a Presidential ballot and to whom such a ballot has been either delivered in person or forwarded by mail by a county clerk, shall be permitted to vote in person at the polling place…

19:58-27. Death of voter Whenever it shall be made to appear by due proof to the county board that a voter who has marked and forwarded a Presidential ballot as provided in this act has died, prior to the opening of the polls on the day of the election, such ballot shall be rejec…

19:58-28. Canvass of presidential ballots The inner envelopes containing the Presidential ballots shall be opened and the Presidential ballots shall be removed therefrom and counted, and the votes so cast canvassed, and the results thereof certified, by the county board of electi…

19:58-29 Marking of Statewide voter registration system, duplicate voting records. 29. As soon as practicable after each election, the commissioner of registration shall cause to be marked the Statewide voter registration system and all duplicate voting records to show that a Pre…

19:58-3. Persons entitled to qualify and vote for presidential electors Any removed resident shall be entitled to qualify and vote for electors for President and Vice-President of the United States in any Presidential Election to be held in this State in the manner provided in th…

19:58-30. Ballots and other papers 30. The county board of elections shall keep, for a period of one year, all of the affidavits of residence and applications for Presidential ballots, together with all certificates accompanying the same, all voted Presidential ballots, and all o…

19:58-31. Powers of county board, clerk, superintendent and commissioner over voting by presidential ballot The county board of elections, the county clerk, the superintendent of elections and the commissioner of registration shall exercise the same powers over voting by Presiden…

19:58-32. Validity of election not affected by irregularities No election shall be held to be invalid by reason of any irregularity or failure in the preparation or forwarding of any Presidential ballots pursuant to the provisions of this act. L.1964, c. 134, s. 32.

19:58-33 Violations; disenfranchisement. 33. Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of this act, or who, not being entitled to vote under this act, fraudulently votes, or attempts to vote thereunder or enables, or attempts to enable another person, not entitled t…

19:58-4. Certificate of disqualification of removed resident; authority for determination Any certificate filed by an applicant for a Presidential ballot as to the disqualification of a removed resident, who does not reside in this State, to vote for electors for President and Vi…

19:58-5. Obtaining application form for presidential ballot An application form for a Presidential ballot may be obtained from the clerk of the municipality, or the county clerk of the county, in which such applicant was last registered to vote in this State prior to the date of …

19:58-6. Preparation of application forms for presidential ballots and forms of affidavits of residence; color of paper Application forms for Presidential ballots to be made by removed residents and forms of affidavits of residence shall be prepared by the county clerk and shall …

19:58-8. Application for presidential ballot by removed resident; form and contents An application for a Presidential ballot to be made by a removed resident shall be in substantially the following form: APPLICATION FOR PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT-- REMOVED RESIDENT I, the undersigned, d…

19:58-9. Time and manner of application; certificate of registration officer in election district in which removed resident resides Applications for Presidential ballots shall be made, as prescribed by this act, to the clerk of the county, in which the ballot is to be voted, in p…

19:59-1 Short title amended. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Overseas Residents Absentee Voting Law." L.1976, c.23, s.1; amended 2008, c.61, s.1.

19:59-10 Completion, transmittal of ballot. 10. a. For ballots sent to overseas voters or overseas federal election voters or overseas State and federal election voters, other than such ballots sent to the voter by electronic means, the procedure for completing the ballot shall b…

19:59-11 Receiving and handling of ballots. 11. Upon receipt of each ballot from an overseas voter or overseas federal election voter or overseas State and federal election voter, other than a ballot which had been sent by electronic means to an overseas voter or overseas federal…

19:59-12 Request for ballots, transmittal. 12. An overseas voter or overseas federal election voter or overseas State and federal election voter may request, on any application form used, a ballot for all elections held during the calendar year in which the request is made and in…

19:59-13 Rules and regulations. 13. To effectuate the purposes of this act, P.L.1976, c.23 (C.19:59-1 et seq.), and its administration, the Secretary of State is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as he deems necessary and desirable. L.1976, c.23, s.13; amended 2…

19:59-14 Validity of voted overseas ballot transmitted by electronic means. 3. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a copy of an overseas voter's or overseas federal election voter's or overseas State and federal election voter's voted ballot, or a voted f…

19:59-15 Procedure relative to ballot transmission by electronic means. 4. a. Immediately after a copy of an overseas voter's or overseas federal election voter's or overseas State and federal election voter's voted ballot, or a voted federal write-in absentee ballot, has been tr…

19:59-16 Information provided to overseas voters, overseas federal elections voters. 26. For the purpose of complying with the federal "Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act," 52 U.S.C. s.20301 et seq., the office of the Secretary of State shall: a. be designated as…

19:59-2 Definitions. 2. As used in this act: a. "United States" means each of the several states, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa and the United States Virgin Islands; the term does not mean or include the Canal Zone or any other territ…

19:59-3 Registration of overseas voter, oversea federal election voter. 3. Upon compliance with the provisions of this act, P.L.1976, c.23 (C.19:59-1 et seq.), as amended by P.L.2017, c.39: a. any person meeting the qualifications of an overseas voter may register to vote and may…

19:59-4 Request for application; qualification to vote. 4. a. Requests for an application to vote in any election as an overseas voter or a federal election as an overseas federal election voter or a State election or federal election as an overseas State and federal election vot…

19:59-5 Application form. 5. a. Other than a federal postcard application, an application for a ballot by an overseas voter or overseas federal election voter or overseas State and federal election voter shall be in substantially the following form: I the undersigned, certify the…