Title 19, Title 19: ELECTIONS

19:2-1 Primary elections for delegates, alternates, general, special elections. 19:2-1. Primary elections for delegates and alternates to national conventions of political parties and for the general election shall be held in each year on the Tuesday next after the first Monday i…

19:2-3. General and special elections The general election shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in each year. Special elections shall be held on the days hereinafter provided for the purpose in this title or in any other statute relative thereto.

19:3-1. Public offices, party offices and public questions classified Public offices and party offices and public questions shall be divided and classified as follows: a. Those offices voted for and public questions voted upon by the electors of the state or of more than one coun…

19:3-10. Name not printed on ballot; next highest name printed If it shall be determined in a manner hereinafter provided, that the nomination for an office of a successful candidate at any primary election is null and void, and if such determination shall have been made ten days…

19:3-11. No certificate of election to candidate elected If such determination shall not have been made ten days prior to the election at which the candidates at such primary election are to be voted for, and in case such candidate shall be elected at the election to the office f…

19:3-12. Delivered certificate of election void If such determination shall have been made after the delivery of the certificate of election to such candidate, the certificate shall be null and void, and the candidate shall not be inducted into the office for which the certificat…

19:3-13. Candidate inducted into office; proceedings for vacation of office If such determination shall not have been made until after such candidate has been inducted into office, then upon a certified copy of the record of the determination being sent to the Attorney-General, i…

19:3-14. No certificate of election delivered If it shall be determined, in the manner hereinafter provided, that the election to an office of a candidate at any election is null and void, no certificate of election shall be delivered to the candidate whose election shall have be…

19:3-15. Delivered certificate of election void If such determination shall have been made after the delivery of the certificate of election to such candidate, the certificate shall be null and void, and the candidate shall not be inducted into the office for which the certificat…

19:3-16. Candidate inducted into office; proceedings for vacation of office If such determination shall not have been made until after such candidate shall have been inducted into office, then upon a certified copy of the record of the determination being sent to the Attorney-Gen…

19:3-17. No certificate of election delivered If it shall be determined in the manner hereinafter provided, that the election of a person to a party office is null and void, no certificate of election shall be delivered to the candidate whose election shall have been so determine…

19:3-18. Delivered certificate of election void If such determination shall have been made after the delivery of the certificate of election to such candidate, the certificate shall be null and void, and whether such determination shall have been made before or after the delivery…

19:3-19. Surrender by delegates to national convention of certificate voided In the case of a delegate-at-large or district delegate to any national convention, whose election shall have been declared null and void under this Title, after a certificate of election has been issued…

19:3-2. Filling of public offices, vacancies; public questions; exceptions 19:3-2. All elective public offices in this State or any of its political subdivisions, except such as are provided by law to be filled at special, municipal or school elections, shall be filled at the gen…

19:3-2.1 Election to office of Lieutenant Governor, certification. 1. a. Pursuant to Article V, Section I, paragraph 4 of the Constitution of the State of New Jersey, a candidate for election to the office of Lieutenant Governor shall be elected conjointly with the candidate for …

19:3-20. Candidate whose nomination or election annulled ineligible to fill vacancies A candidate nominated for or elected to an office, whose nomination or election has been annulled and set aside for any reason mentioned in this title, shall not, during the period fixed by law …

19:3-21. Candidate removed from office ineligible to fill vacancies; exception A candidate or other person removed from or deprived of his office for any offense mentioned in this title shall not, during the period remaining as the unexpired term of such office, or during the per…

19:3-22. Appointments null and void An appointment to an office made in violation of or contrary to the provisions of section 19:3-20 or section 19:3-21 of this title shall be void.

19:3-23. Vacation of office when nomination or election void When the nomination or election of a person to public office within this State or any of its political subdivisions shall have been declared null and void, such person shall remove or be removed from such office. It sha…

19:3-24. Right to seek recovery of office unabridged Nothing in this Title contained shall abridge any right which a claimant to any office might otherwise have to institute a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ for the recovery of such office. Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 326…

19:3-25. What constitutes vacancy When a person shall remove or be removed from office because his nomination or election thereto has been declared null and void, such office shall be deemed to be vacant. When an equal number of votes shall have been given to two or more persons …

19:3-26 Vacancies in United States senate; election to fill; temporary appointment by governor. 19:3-26. If a vacancy shall happen in the representation of this State in the United States senate, it shall be filled at the general election next succeeding the happening thereof, un…

19:3-27. Vacancies in United States house of representatives; election to fill. 19:3-27. When a vacancy shall happen in the representation of this State in the United States House of Representatives, it shall be the duty of the Governor to issue a writ of election to fill such va…

19:3-29 Other vacancies; election to fill. 19:3-29. A vacancy happening in a public office other than that of United States Senator, Member of Congress, State Senator, or member of the House of Assembly, shall be filled at the general election next succeeding the happening thereo…

19:3-3 Election of delegates, alternates at primary election. 19:3-3. Delegates and alternates to the national conventions of the political parties shall be elected at the primary election to be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in June in that year. The members of …

19:3-30 Databases established; information on certain appointed positions and elected offices. 1. a. The Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, The State University, shall establish and maintain two databases that contain for every person appointed to a State board, commissio…

19:3-4. Basis of election to office At every election the person or persons, to the number to be elected therein, who shall by law be qualified for the office or offices to be filled at such election, and for whom the greatest number of votes shall have been given therein for suc…

19:3-5 Incompatible offices, prohibition; qualifications for certain elected offices. 19:3-5. No person shall hold at the same time more than one of the following offices: elector of President and Vice-President of the United States, member of the United States Senate, member of …

19:3-5.1 Accepting nomination for more than one office. 1. No person may accept a nomination by petition in the manner provided by R.S.19:13-8 or consent to the acceptance of a nomination in a petition for a primary election in the manner provided by R.S.19:23-7, for more than on…

19:3-5.2 Holding simultaneously more than one elective public office prohibited; exceptions. 3. a. For elective public office other than as provided in R.S.19:3-5 or N.J.S.40A:9-4, a person elected to public office in this State shall not hold simultaneously any other elective pu…

19:3-6. Form of public question; when question deemed approved; "legal voters" defined Any public question voted upon at an election shall be presented in simple language that can be easily understood by the voter. The printed phrasing of said question on the ballots shall clearl…

19:3-7. Office forfeited by nonfiling of statement or filing of false statement If any candidate for nomination for or election to any public office or party position, or his campaign manager, shall fail to file any statement or oath required by this Title to be filed, at the tim…

19:3-9. Circumstances under which office not void When upon the trial of any action or proceedings instituted under this Title for the purpose of securing a determination that any nomination for or election to any public office or party position is null and void, it shall appear …

19:4-1 Qualifications; persons not having right of suffrage; right to register. 19:4-1. Every person possessing the qualifications required by Article II, paragraph 3, of the Constitution of the State of New Jersey and having none of the disqualifications hereinafter stated and b…

19:4-1.1 Findings, declarations relative to the right to vote by persons on parole or probation. 1. The Legislature finds and declares: a. Voting is both a fundamental right and a civic duty. b. In New Jersey, many people are denied the right to vote because they are on probation…

19:4-1.2 Primary election, permission to vote, voter attains 18 years of age by the next succeeding general election. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.19:4-1, or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any registered voter who is 17 years of age prior to the d…

19:4-10. Geographical composition As nearly as practicable, each election district shall be composed of contiguous and compact areas having clearly definable boundaries and shall be contained wholly within only one ward, only one municipality, only one county freeholder district,…

19:4-11 District with one voting machine or four electronic system voting devices; accommodation for person with disabilities; number of voters. 2. a. Subject to the provisions of law as to redistricting, each election district in which only one voting machine or four electronic …

19:4-12 Districts with more voters; allotment of voting machines devices; appointment of additional members of district board. 3. Except as provided pursuant to subsection b. of section 2 of P.L.1976, c.83 (C.19:4-11), each district in which two voting machines or five electronic…

19:4-13. Readjustment of boundaries for correct number of voters When in any two consecutive general elections in an election district more than 750 or less than 250 votes shall have been cast, the county board shall readjust the boundary lines of such election district and other…

19:4-14. Revision or readjustment of boundaries at option of county board Where it appears that serious inconveniences have been caused the voters by the size or shape of an election district, or that certain districts contain an unreasonably large or small number of voters in co…

19:4-15 Division of election district, timing. 6. a. No county board shall make division of an election district in any year in the period commencing 82 days before the primary election for the general election, and the day of the general election. b. To facilitate the use of Fed…

19:4-16 Maps of county, municipality; filing; formats. 7. a. The county board shall cause to have prepared and shall maintain an up-to-date suitable map of the county and of each constituent municipality clearly delineating the geographical boundaries of each election district co…

19:4-17. Secretary of state as liaison with Bureau of Census The Secretary of State shall serve as the State liaison with the Bureau of the Census, United States Department of Commerce, on matters relating to the preparation of maps and the tabulation of the population for electi…

19:4-18 "Voting Precinct Transparency Act." 1. a. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Voting Precinct Transparency Act." b. The Secretary of State shall make available on the official website of the Division of Elections in the Department of State the election distri…

19:4-4. Arrest under civil process on election day No person who shall have a right to vote at any election shall be arrested by virtue of any civil process on the day on which such election shall be held.