N.J. Stat. § 19:27-10.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-10.1
Vacancy in house of representatives between dates preceding primary and general elections.
Status: in_force

1. a. In the case of a vacancy in the representation of this State in the House of Representatives, the writ shall designate the next general election day or a special election day for the election, in accordance with subsection b. of this section. If a special day is designated for the election, the writ shall specify the cause and purpose of such election, the name of the officer in whose office the vacancy has occurred, and the day on which the special election shall be held. b. (1) When a vacancy, howsoever caused, happens in the representation of this State in the House of Representatives and the unexpired term to be filled equals or exceeds 180 days after the happening of the vacancy, the writ shall designate the day on which a special primary election shall be held, which shall be not less than 70 days nor more than 76 days following the date of issuance of the writ . The writ shall also designate the day on which the special election shall be held, which shall be not less than 64 nor more than 70 days following the day of the special primary election. (a) When the latest date on which a special primary election or special election may be held pursuant to this paragraph is not more than 45 days prior to the day on which the primary election or general election is to be held, the writ shall designate the date of such primary election or general election as the day on which the special primary election or special election shall be held. (b) When the latest date on which a special primary election or special election may be held pursuant to this paragraph is not more than 25 days following the day on which the primary election or general election is to be held, the writ shall designate a date not less than 26 days nor more than 32 days following the primary election or general election as the day on which the special primary election or special election shall be held. (2) When a vacancy, howsoever caused, happens in the representation of this State in the House of Representatives and the unexpired term to be filled is less than 180 days but not less than 135 days after the happening of the vacancy, the writ shall designate the general election day as the day on which the election shall be held to fill such vacancy. In such case, each political party shall select its candidate to fill such vacancy in the same manner prescribed in R.S.19:13-20 for selecting candidates to fill vacancies arising among candidates nominated at primary elections, except that the time for making such selection and filing the statement thereof shall be within 10 days following the issuance of the writ of election. In such case, petitions of nomination of other candidates shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State within 10 days of the date of issuance of the writ. The Secretary of State, on the 20th day following the date of issuance of the writ, shall certify to the clerk and county board of each county affected by the vacancy a statement of all candidates selected and nominated for the office so vacated. The election to fill such vacancy shall in all other respects be conducted as though it were being conducted to fill the office upon the expiration of the term of the incumbent. c. The Secretary of State shall be authorized to modify any deadline or timeframe imposed by this Title if necessary to effectuate the provisions of subsection b. of this section. L.1945, c.206, s.1; amended 1972, c.181, s.2; 1985, c.92, s.27; 2011, c.37, s.18; 2025, c.275, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53A-13 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53A / Section 53A-13
Application of Title 19
Status: in_force

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.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31A-9 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31A / Section 31A-9
Erroneous record
Status: in_force

When any legal voter shall apply to the district board in the district in which he resides and shall find that his name upon the signature comparison record is marked as having voted, the district board shall not permit such persons to vote. Application may be made by the registrant to the commissioner and upon due proof to the commissioner or his duly authorized clerk that such registered voter has not voted in such election the commissioner shall issue a certificate directed to the district board authorizing the district board to permit such person to vote. The commissioner shall immediately following such election cause the members of the district board in such district to appear before him and unless such district board can explain to the satisfaction of the commissioner why such registrant's form was marked as voted the commissioner shall advise the county board that such district board or any member thereof has failed in the performance of its duty and the member or members of such board who have so failed in their duty shall be ineligible for appointment as members of any district board thereafter. L.1944, c. 230, p. 786, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 19:58-16 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 58 / Section 58-16
Forwarding applications and accompanying certificates to county board of elections; list of applications
Status: in_force

Each county clerk, after processing the applications for Presidential ballots, in the manner prescribed by this act, shall forward such applications, including those disapproved, together with any certificates accompanying the same, to the county board of elections and he shall keep a list of such applications showing the disposition thereof, which shall be made available to the public and all election officers charged with the duty of administering this act. L.1964, c. 134, s. 16.
N.J. Stat. § 19:28-6 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 28 / Section 28-6
Copies of certificates delivered to successful candidates
Status: in_force

The secretary of state, county or municipal clerk shall make and certify, under his hand and official seal, a copy thereof, and shall without delay deliver such copy to the person so declared elected.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-10 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-10
Identifying or distinguishing marks on ballots.
Status: in_force

19:34-10. If any person shall write, paste or otherwise place upon any official ballot any mark, sign or device of any kind as a distinguishing mark whereby to indicate to any member of any district board or other person how any voter has voted at any election, or if any person shall induce or attempt to induce any voter to write, paste or otherwise place on his ballot any mark, sign or device of any kind, as a distinguishing mark by which to indicate to any member of any district board or other person how such voter has voted, or shall enter into or attempt to form any agreement or conspiracy with any other person to induce or attempt to induce voters or any voter to so place any distinguishing mark, sign or device on his ballot, whether or not such act be committed or attempted to be committed, such person so offending shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Amended 2005, c.154, s.29.
N.J. Stat. § 19:13-12 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-12
Judicial hearing.
Status: in_force

19:13-12. Any judge of the Superior Court, in the case of candidates to be voted for by the electors of the entire State or of more than one county thereof, and in all other cases a judge of the Superior Court assigned to the county in which any petition of nomination shall be filed, on the application or complaint, duly verified, of any candidate, which application or complaint shall be made on or before the twelfth day after the last day for the filing of petitions, setting forth any invasion or threatened invasion of his rights under the petition of nomination filed with the Secretary of State or with any county clerk, shall hear such application or complaint in a summary way and make such order thereon as will protect and enforce the rights of such candidates, which order or determination shall be filed within three days after the filing of the application or complaint. Notwithstanding the above provision, in the case of a nomination petition or petitions for electors of candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, which candidates have not been nominated at a convention of a political party as defined by this Title, any judge of the Superior Court, on the application or complaint, duly verified, of any candidate, which application or complaint shall be made at least 95 days before the general election, setting forth any invasion or threatened invasion of his or her rights under the petition of nomination filed with the Secretary of State, shall hear such application or complaint in a summary way and make such order thereon as will protect and enforce the rights of such candidates, which order or determination shall be filed within three days after the filing of the application or complaint. Amended 1942, c.50, s.1a; 1953, c.19, s.14; 1985, c.92, s.10; 1989, c.70, s.3; 1998, c.147, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 19:3-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-5.1
Accepting nomination for more than one office.
Status: in_force

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 one office to be filled at the same general election, the simultaneous holding of which would be prohibited by the Constitution of the State of New Jersey or R.S.19:3-5. No provision of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes, or of any other law, rule, or regulation shall be interpreted as to prevent a person from accepting a nomination by petition in the manner provided by R.S.19:13-8 or consenting to the acceptance of a nomination in a petition for a primary or general election in the manner provided by R.S.19:23-7 for the offices of Member of the United States House of Representatives or United States Senator and President or Vice President of the United States to be filled at the same general election. Notwithstanding any provision of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes or any other law, rule, or regulation, a person may appear on the ballot as a candidate for the offices of Member of the United States House of Representatives or United States Senator and President or Vice President of the United States simultaneously. L.1979, c.467, s.1; amended 2018, c.133.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-10 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-10
Preparation of challenge lists
Status: in_force

19:32-10. In respect to each general, primary, municipal and special election, the superintendent shall prepare for each election district in the county a challenge list containing the names, alphabetically arranged, and the addresses of all persons who have lost the right to register from the addresses within such election district from which they registered at the last preceding election. Such challenge list shall be delivered to the respective district boards in such municipalities at least one-half hour before the commencement of registration. The chairman of the respective district boards shall challenge the registration of any person applying to them for registration under any name on such challenge list, unless it shall affirmatively appear after strict examination of the voter, and, if necessary, of others, that such voter is domiciled at a new address within the election district. At the close of the last day of registration, the challenge list with the remarks of the district board or of any member or members thereof to be noted thereon shall be signed and certified as true by each member of the respective district boards and returned to the superintendent in a sealed envelope provided therefor. After the last day of registration and before each general, primary, municipal and special election, the superintendent shall also prepare for each election district a challenge list containing the names, alphabetically arranged, and addresses of all persons registered in the district whom he believes or has reason to suspect are not entitled to vote at the election in the district. Such challenge list shall be delivered to the respective district boards at least one-half hour before the opening of the polls at each election. The chairman of the respective district boards shall challenge the vote of any person presenting himself to vote under any name on the challenge list. The challenge list shall contain a column headed "remarks," and the chairman of the respective district boards shall enter therein opposite the names on such list whether any person applying to vote under any name thereon who was challenged was allowed to vote, and the reason for allowing him to vote. All persons whose names appear on any challenge list before being allowed to vote shall subscribe to an affidavit on forms supplied by the superintendent to the respective district boards together with the challenge list. Any members of the district boards are hereby empowered to take such affidavits. The affidavit shall show that the affiant is eligible to vote in that district and shall set forth the place of his residence, the fact that he actually resides at that place, the length of time of such residence, and also all the facts necessary to qualify him as a voter under the constitution of this State. A copy of the affidavit signed by the challenged voter shall be given to the affiant. At the close of the polls the affidavits shall be returned to the superintendent in an envelope provided therefor and they shall be preserved in the office of the superintendent. If a person applying to vote under any name on the challenge list is challenged and does not vote, there shall be entered opposite his name in such column the words "challenged, but did not vote." If no person applies to vote under any name on such challenge list, there shall be noted opposite each such name in such column the words "no application." At the close of the polls the challenge list shall be signed and certified as true by each member of the respective district boards and returned to the superintendent of the county in a sealed envelope provided therefor. If a person applying to vote is challenged and denied the right to vote because that person's name appears on a challenge list prepared by the superintendent of elections, that challenged voter may apply to a Superior Court judge sitting at the county seat for permission to vote, as provided in R.S.19:32-18. The superintendent, concurrently with delivering the challenge lists, shall deliver to the commissioner a true copy, certified by him as correct, of each challenge list delivered by him pursuant to this section to each district board in municipalities having permanent registration. The superintendent shall prepare duplicates of all challenge lists provided for in this section, and shall keep duplicate challenge lists on file in his office from the time of their preparation until the close of the third general election following their preparation. The original challenge lists shall also be kept on file for two years after the general election following their preparation. All such challenge lists shall be open to inspection by any citizen at any time the superintendent's office is open for business. Amended 1991,c.249,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-6.2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-6.2
Application of other provisions to persons registered under act
Status: in_force

Except to the extent inconsistent herewith concerning the registration of voters, all other provisions shall be applicable to persons registered under the provisions of this act. L.1966, c. 177, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 19:59-6 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 59 / Section 59-6
Approval; lists; inspection; delivery to county board.
Status: in_force

6. Each county clerk, upon receipt of an application for a ballot by an overseas voter or overseas federal election voter or overseas State and federal election voter, including a federal postcard application, shall determine whether or not the applicant is qualified to vote such a ballot, make a list of those applications approved and disapproved, which list shall be open to inspection by election officials and the public, and shall forward an overseas ballot to each person whose application is approved. For each voter whose application is approved, the county clerk shall deliver to the county board of elections the completed application form for retention by the board for signature comparison with that on the certificate on the inner envelope containing the ballot upon its receipt. L.1976, c.23, s.6; amended 2008, c.61, s.6; 2017, c.39, s.5; 2022, c.72, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-42.2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-42.2
Violations; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 1 of this act shall be subject to the penalty provisions of R.S. 19:34-35, but no penalty shall be imposed pursuant to any section of law amended herein for violations occurring prior to the effective date of this act. L.1975, c. 70, s. 3, eff. April 24, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-26 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-26
Office of superintendent of elections.
Status: in_force

1. In any county of the second class and in any county of the fifth class, the governing body may establish, by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, the office of superintendent of elections for the county, and said office when once established may be altered or abolished in accordance with the provisions of P.L.2018, c.163 (C.19:32-54 et al.). The governing body shall file a certified copy of such ordinance or resolution, attested by the chief elected executive officer or director of the board of freeholders, if appropriate and clerk of the board, in the office of the Secretary of State within 10 days after adoption, and the ordinance or resolution shall take effect at the expiration of 30 days after the next primary election for the general election, or the next general election, after adoption whichever shall occur first. The office so established shall be filled by some suitable person who shall be nominated by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for a term of five years from the date of his appointment and until his successor is appointed and shall have qualified. In the event that no such appointment to such office is made within 30 days following the taking effect of the ordinance or resolution, heretofore or hereafter adopted, of the governing body of the county, as herein provided, then the governing body of the county shall appoint some suitable person to fill such office for a term of five years from the date of appointment and until the successor of such person is in the same manner appointed and shall have qualified. The governing body shall file notice of such appointment in the office of the Secretary of State. Each superintendent so appointed in a county of the fifth class shall receive a salary of not less than $4,000 nor more than $8,000 per annum and each superintendent so appointed in a county of the second class shall receive a salary in such amount, not less than $4,000 per annum, as shall be determined by the governing body of the county; such salaries shall be paid by the county treasurer and the superintendent shall have his office in the county for which he is appointed. Any vacancy occurring in such office of superintendent of elections shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment to such office was made, but for the unexpired term. Any person filling a vacancy shall be from the same political party as the original appointee. L.1947, c.167, s.1; amended 1949, c.188, s.2; 1953, c.84, s.2; 1953, c.246; 1953, c.444; 1965, c.153; 1971, c.146; 1981, c.462, s.26; 1989, c.160, s.3; 1992, c.17, s.3; 2018, c.163 s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 19:8-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-5.1
Sign identifying polling place, hours.
Status: in_force

1. For seven days before the day of any election, each county board of elections may cause to be displayed a sign outside of each polling place identifying it as such, and identifying the date and hours of polling. L.2005,c.151,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:59-1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 59 / Section 59-1
Short title amended.
Status: in_force

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.
N.J. Stat. § 19:3-2.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-2.1
Election to office of Lieutenant Governor, certification.
Status: in_force

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 election to the office of Governor of the same political party. The candidate of each political party for election to the office of Lieutenant Governor shall be selected by the candidate of that party nominated for election to the office of Governor within 30 days following the certification of the candidate for election to the office of Governor, pursuant to subsection b. of R.S.19:13-22. In the event the 30th day occurs on a Saturday or Sunday, the selection shall be made as of the next succeeding business day. A candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor shall be selected by a candidate who is seeking election to the office of Governor through direct nomination by petition within 30 days following the certification of the candidate for the office of Governor, pursuant to subsection b. of R.S.19:13-22. b. Each candidate for election to the office of Governor shall immediately upon selection of the candidate for election to the office of Lieutenant Governor, file with the Secretary of State a statement, in a form required by the secretary, signed by the candidate and certifying the name and address of the person the gubernatorial candidate selects as the candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor. The candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor shall provide such information along with that statement as may be required by the secretary and shall also certify that he or she: (1) has not been convicted of any offense graded by Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes as a crime of the first, second, third or fourth degree, or any offense in any other jurisdiction which, if committed in this State, would constitute such a crime; or (2) has been so convicted, in which case, the candidate shall disclose on the statement the crime for which convicted, the date and place of the conviction and the penalties imposed for the conviction. Such a candidate may, as an alternative, submit with the statement a copy of an official document that provides such information. If the candidate has been convicted of more than one criminal offense, such information about each conviction shall be provided. Records expunged pursuant to chapter 52 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes shall not be subject to disclosure. c. In the event that the individual selected to be a candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor by a candidate for the office of Governor resigns from, or otherwise vacates such candidacy, the replacement candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor shall be selected by the candidate for election to the office of Governor, pursuant to Article V, Section I, paragraph 4 of the Constitution of the State of New Jersey. d. Except as provided by a provision of Title 19 of the Revised States or by any other provision of the statutory law, any requirement concerning a candidate seeking election to the office of Governor contained in Title 19 shall apply equally to a candidate seeking election to the office of Lieutenant Governor. L.2009, c.66, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-54 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-54
Abolishment of offices of superintendent, deputy superintendent of elections.
Status: in_force

1. a. Upon the adoption of a resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, the governing body of a county may abolish the office of superintendent of elections and the office of deputy superintendent of elections in the county, and the functions, powers, and duties of each office shall be transferred to and assumed by the county board of elections. The transfer of the functions, powers, and duties of the office of the superintendent of elections and the office of the deputy superintendent of elections shall be completed no later than the 90th day following the adoption of the ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, and the term of office of each individual holding each office shall be terminated no later than that 90th day. b. Whenever reference is made in any statute, regulation, document or judicial proceeding to the office of superintendent of elections or the office of deputy superintendent of elections concerning the functions, powers, and duties that had been vested therein prior to their abolishment pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the same shall mean and refer to the county board of elections. c. Notwithstanding any provision of subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.2015, c.249 (C.40A:4-45.45b) to the contrary, and subject to approval by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, all expenses, including salaries, of such county's board of elections shall be exempt from the requirements of that subsection for the budget year next succeeding the budget year in which a resolution or an ordinance, as appropriate, is adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section. The director shall approve an exemption of expenses from the requirements of subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.2015, c.249 (C.40A:4-45.45b) pursuant to this subsection if: (1) the director determines that the expenses are reasonable and will result in long-term savings for the county; and (2) the county board of election's budget request for the budget year is less than the aggregate amount of the budget requests submitted to the county governing body by the office of the superintendent of elections, the office of the deputy superintendent of elections, and the board of elections in the last preceding budget year. L.2018, c.163, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:3-14 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-14
No certificate of election delivered
Status: in_force

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 been so determined to be null and void.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-1.1
Counties of first class; deputy superintendent of elections; appointment by Governor; term; vacancies
Status: in_force

The office of deputy superintendent of elections in counties of the first class is established. The office in each county shall be filled by a suitable person who shall be nominated by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall not be from the same political party as the superintendent of elections, and who shall hold office for a term of 5 years, running concurrently with the term of the superintendent and until his successor is appointed and has qualified. The initial appointment to the office of deputy superintendent of elections may be for a partial term, if necessary. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments but shall be for the unexpired term only. He shall have his office in the county for which he is appointed. L.1982, c. 46, s. 1, eff. June 29, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 19:28-2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 28 / Section 28-2
Expenses of recount; liability for; deposit by applicants
Status: in_force

Any applicant or group of applicants, as the case may be, for such recount, upon applying therefor, shall deposit with the county clerk or such other public officer or officers as such judge shall direct, such sum of money proportioned to the number of votes to be counted but not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for any one district recount of which is asked, as the judge shall order as security for the payment of the costs and expenses of the recount in case the original count be confirmed. Such judge shall fix and determine the amount of compensation to be paid for making the recount, and the costs and expenses thereof. If it appears that an error or errors have occurred as a result of which the election is changed or the difference in the vote between any candidate and any other candidate for the same office or between the negative and affirmative of any such public question is altered in any district by more than ten votes or ten per centum (10%) of the total vote cast in the district, whichever is the greater, the costs and expenses of the recount of such district shall be paid by the State, county or municipality in and for which the election was held, upon the warrant of such judge, as other election expenses are paid. If no error shall appear sufficient to produce such change, the costs and expenses of the recount shall be paid out of the deposit made as security by the party or parties making the application. Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 340, s. 28.
N.J. Stat. § 19:19-12 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-12
Statements to county clerk and chairmen of Republican and Democratic State Committees
Status: in_force

The board shall deliver one of the statements to the clerk of the county, who shall forthwith file the same, and one statement to the respective chairmen of the Republican and Democratic State Committees. Amended by L.1938, c. 399, p. 989, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 19:14-10 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-10
Nominations by petition.
Status: in_force

19:14-10. In the column or columns designated as nominations by petition, within the space between the two-point hair line rules, there shall be printed the title of each office for which nominations by petition have been made. Such titles of office shall be arranged in the following order: electors of President and Vice-President of the United States; member of the United States Senate; Governor and Lieutenant Governor; member of the House of Representatives; member of the State Senate; members of the General Assembly; county executive, in counties that have adopted the county executive plan of the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-1 et seq.); sheriff; county clerk; surrogate; register of deeds and mortgages; county supervisor; members of the board of chosen freeholders; coroners; mayor and members of municipal governing bodies; members of the school board, when appropriate; members of the board of fire commissioners, when appropriate; and any other titles of office. Above each of the titles of office, except the one on the top, shall be printed a two-point diagram rule in place of the two-point hair line rule. Below the titles of each of the offices shall be printed the names of each of the candidates for each of such offices followed by the designation or designations mentioned in the petitions filed. Immediately to the left of the name of each candidate, at the extreme left of the column, shall be printed a square, one-quarter of an inch in size formed by two-point diagram rules. The names of candidates for any office for which more than one are to be elected shall be arranged in groups as presented in the several certificates of nominations or petitions, which groups shall be separated from other groups and candidates by two two-point hair line rules. To the right of the title of each office shall be printed the words "Vote for" inserting in words the number of candidates to be elected to such office. amended 1951, c.315, s.2; 1995, c.191, s.2; 2009, c.66, s.3; 2011, c.202, s.28; 2017, c.206, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 19:48-1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-1
Voting machines, requirements.
Status: in_force

19:48-1. a. Any thoroughly tested and reliable voting machines may be adopted, rented, purchased or used, which shall be so constructed as to fulfill the following requirements: (a) It shall secure to the voter secrecy in the act of voting; (b) It shall provide facilities for such number of office columns, not less than 40 and not exceeding 60, as the purchasing authorities may specify and of as many political parties or organizations, not exceeding nine, as may make nominations, and for or against as many questions, not exceeding 30, as submitted; (c) It shall, except at primary elections, permit the voter to vote for all the candidates of one party or in part for the candidates of one party or one or more parties; (d) It shall permit the voter to vote for as many persons for an office as he is lawfully entitled to vote for, but no more; (e) It shall prevent the voter from voting for the same person more than once for the same office; (f) It shall permit the voter to vote for or against any question he may have the right to vote on, but no other; (g) It shall for use in primary elections be so equipped that the election officials can stop a voter from voting for all candidates except those of the voter's party; (h) It shall correctly register or record and accurately count all votes cast for any and all persons, and for or against any and all questions; (i) It shall be provided with a "protective counter" or "protective device" whereby any operation of the machine before or after the election will be detected; (j) It shall be so equipped with such protective devices as shall prevent the operation of the machine after the polls are closed; (k) It shall be provided with a counter which shall show at all times during an election how many persons have voted; (l) It shall be provided with a model, illustrating the manner of voting on the machine, suitable for the instruction of voters; (m) It must permit a voter to vote for any person for any office, except delegates and alternates to national party conventions, whether or not nominated as a candidate by any party or organization by providing an opportunity to indicate such names or name; (n) It shall be equipped with a permanently affixed box or container of sufficient strength, size and security to hold all emergency ballots and pre-punched single-hole envelopes and with a clipboard and a table-top privacy screen; (o) It shall not use mechanical lever machines or punch cards to record votes. All voting machines used in any election shall be provided with a screen, hood or curtain, which shall be so made and adjusted as to conceal the voter and his action while voting. It shall also be provided with one device for each party for voting for all the presidential electors of that party by one operation, and a ballot therefor containing only the words "presidential electors for," preceded by the name of that party and followed by the names of the candidates thereof for the offices of President and Vice-President and a registering device therefor which shall register the vote cast for such electors when thus voted collectively. b. (1) By January 1, 2009, each voting machine shall produce an individual permanent paper record for each vote cast, which shall be made available for inspection and verification by the voter at the time the vote is cast, and preserved for later use in any manual audit. In the event of a recount of the results of an election, the voter-verified paper record shall be the official tally in that election. A waiver of the provisions of this paragraph shall be granted by the Secretary of State if the technology to produce a permanent voter-verified paper record for each vote cast is not commercially available. (2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be suspended until: (i) the Secretary of State and the State Treasurer certify in writing that sufficient funds have been provided by the federal government and received by the State to offset the entire cost of ensuring that each voting machine used in this State produces an individual permanent paper record for each vote cast; or (ii) the annual appropriation act contains an appropriation of sufficient funds to ensure that each voting machine used in this State produces an individual permanent paper record for each vote cast and such appropriated funds have not been reserved by the Governor under a spending reduction plan; or (iii) the Secretary of State and the State Treasurer certify in writing that sufficient funds have been provided by the federal government and received by the State, and the annual appropriation act contains an appropriation of sufficient unreserved funds, to ensure, when such funds are combined, that each voting machine used in this State produces an individual paper record for each vote cast. Amended 1941, c.166, s.4; 1984, c.39, s.1; 1992, c.3, s.3; 2004, c.88, s.14; 2005, c.137, s.1; 2007, c.301, s.1; 2008, c.18, s.1; 2009, c.17, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53A-4 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53A / Section 53A-4
Approval
Status: in_force

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 other person, agency or board charged with the examination and approval of voting machines. When such device has been approved, any improvement or change which does not impair its accuracy, efficiency, or ability to meet such requirements shall not require a reexamination or reapproval thereof. L.1973, c. 82, s. 4, eff. April 12, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-10.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-10.1
Maintenance of original, updated voter registration forms.
Status: in_force

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 registration form of each voter, and any new or amended forms filed by that voter. L.1994,c.170,s.1; amended 2005, c.145, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-37 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-37
Public display of returned envelopes
Status: in_force

All the envelopes which shall have been mailed but not delivered to the addresses and shall have been returned to the superintendent, commissioner or county board, shall be retained by the superintendent, commissioner or county board, as the case may be, for thirty days, open to public inspection.
N.J. Stat. § 19:62-8 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-8
Voter's actions prior to transmittal of ballot.
Status: in_force

8. Prior to transmitting a ballot to the county board of elections, a registered voter shall mark it and place it in the inner envelope. The inner envelope shall then be placed in the outer envelope and that envelope shall be signed and certified by the voter pursuant to instructions provided with the ballot. The voter may return the envelopes containing the marked ballot to the county board by United States mail or by depositing it at the office of the county board or any other place of deposit designated for that purpose. If the voter returns the ballot by United States mail, the voter shall provide the postage. L.2005,c.148,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-3 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-3
Ballots; offenses concerning printing, distribution, possession and forgery thereof.
Status: in_force

19:34-3. If any printer employed by any county or municipal clerk to print official ballots, or any person engaged in printing the same, shall appropriate to himself or give or deliver or knowingly permit to be taken any of such ballots by any other person than such county or municipal clerk or his duly authorized agent, or shall print or cause to be printed any official ballot in any other form than that prescribed by the county or municipal clerk, or with any other names thereon, or with the names spelled or the names or printing thereon arranged in any other way than that authorized and directed by this title, the person so offending shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. If any person not authorized by the proper officers shall print or make any official or sample ballot provided for in this title, or on or prior to election day shall willfully have in his possession an official ballot without being authorized by this title to have charge or possession thereof, the person so offending shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. If any person shall forge or falsely make any ballot or the official indorsement thereof, the person so offending shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. Amended 2005, c.154, s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-14 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-14
When powers of superintendents and deputies exercisable
Status: in_force

The powers herein granted may be exercised by the superintendent, his chief deputy or assistants, upon the completion of the counting and canvassing of the ballots at any election by the district board or within a period of ninety days thereafter.
N.J. Stat. § 19:6-20 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-20
Appointments by Governor in absence of nomination
Status: in_force

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. Amended by L.1955, c. 243, p. 920, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-25.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-25.1
Designation or slogan on primary ballots
Status: in_force

No designation or slogan shall be printed on any ballot to be used in the conduct of any primary election in connection with any candidate or group of candidates for office, which designation or slogan includes or refers to the name of any other person unless the written consent of such other person has been filed with the petition of nomination of such candidate or group of candidates. L.1944, c. 8, p. 23, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 19:18-8 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-8
Inspection of ballot boxes, books and documents by Superior Court
Status: in_force

A judge of the Superior Court may at any time for satisfactory reasons shown, and when he deems it necessary, issue an order for the opening of any ballot box or boxes and the removal of the contents thereof and for the removal from the file of any municipal or county office of any documents and books for any necessary purpose, which order shall also set forth the return of such contents to the ballot box or boxes and their return together with the documents and books to the files of the office from which the same were removed. Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 338, s. 24.
N.J. Stat. § 19:14-6 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-6
Column designations; accompanying instructions.
Status: in_force

19:14-6. In each column, immediately below the six-point rule, shall be printed the proper word or words to designate the column, to be known as the "column designation." In the columns at the extreme left shall be printed the name of each of the political parties which made nominations at the next preceding primary election every year, directly under which shall appear the words "to vote for any candidate whose name appears in the column below, mark a cross x, plus + or check in the square at the left of the name of such candidate. Do not vote for more candidates than are to be elected to any office." Such columns shall be three inches in width. The column next to the right of such columns shall be designated "personal choice, "under which shall appear the words" in the blank column below, under the proper title of office, the voter may write or paste the name of any person for whom he desires to vote, whose name is not printed on this ballot, and shall mark a cross x, plus + or check in the square at the left of such name. Do not vote for more candidates than are to be elected to any office." There shall also be the same instructions regarding electors of president and vice-president which now appear at the head of all other columns. This column shall be four inches in width. The remaining column or columns, as the case may be, shall each be designated "Nomination by Petition," under which shall be printed the words "to vote for any candidate whose name appears in the column below mark a cross x, plus + or check in the square at the left of the name of such candidate. Do not vote for more candidates than are to be elected to any office." These columns shall be four inches in width. Below the column designations and accompanying instructions and not more than one and one-half inches below the six-point diagram rule and parallel thereto, shall be printed a six-point diagram rule extending across the entire ballot from one four point rule to the other. amended 1947, c.104, s.2; 2005, c.136, s.22; 2011, c.134, s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53B-20 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53B / Section 53B-20
Ballots remain sealed in box for 15 days; when removable
Status: in_force

29. When district board members have processed both voted and non-voted emergency ballots, the ballots shall remain sealed within the box for a period of 15 calendar days, which shall begin on the first business day after the day of the election, except that if a judge of the Superior Court issues a court order to open the box within the 15-day period, the box shall be opened. On the first business day after the 15-day period, the custodian of the voting machines shall break the numbered security seals and the emergency ballot boxes shall be opened. All voted emergency ballots located within an emergency ballot box shall be removed from the box and shall be placed in a container or an envelope and sealed. The front of each container or envelope shall contain the number of the voting machine, the name of the municipality and the ward or district number where the machine was located during the election. The commissioner of registration shall preserve the containers or envelopes and the contents of the containers or envelopes for a period of two years from the date that the election occurred. L.1992,c.3,s.29.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-6.2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-6.2
Election Law Enforcement Commission, technical updates, database usability.
Status: in_force

34. Within one year following the effective date of this act, P.L.2023, c.30 (C.19:44A-20.10a et al.), the Election Law Enforcement Commission shall make technical updates to its campaign contributions and expenditures reporting database to improve the performance and usability of the database. The Legislature shall appropriate to the Election Law Enforcement Commission any funds necessary for the implementation of this section. L.2023, c.30, s.34.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-20.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-20.1
Deadline for objection to nomination petition.
Status: in_force

8. Every petition of nomination in apparent conformity with the provisions of this Title shall be deemed to be valid, unless objection thereto be duly made in writing and filed with the officer with whom the original petition was filed not later than 4:00 p.m. of the fourth day after the last day for filing of petitions. If such objection is made, notice thereof signed by such officer shall forthwith be mailed to the candidate who may be affected thereby, addressed to the candidate at the candidate's place of residence as given in the petition of nomination. L.2022, c.7, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-51 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-51
Failure of delegate to national convention to surrender void certificate
Status: in_force

Any delegate at large or district delegate to any national convention who shall fail to surrender such certificate of election forthwith after the same has been declared null and void, or who shall use such certificate of election, or who shall present such certificate of election as a credential at any such convention, or to any committee on credentials at such convention, or who shall leave the limits of this state with such certificate in his possession with intent to use the same as a credential for admission to any political convention, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.J. Stat. § 19:62-12 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-12
Challenging of voter, ballot.
Status: in_force

12. Any ballot and any voter casting a ballot in an election held by mail may be challenged pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the Attorney General. L.2005,c.148,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-51 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-51
Form of statement
Status: in_force

Such statement shall be substantially in the following form: Statement of the result of a primary election held in the ward election district of the of (municipality) in the county of and state of New Jersey, on the day of 19 : Total number of names of persons entitled to vote at the primary election was : The total number of ballots cast was . The total number of ballots rejected was . (Fill in the name of the political party in each instance and the number of ballots cast or rejected in words at length and in figures.) For candidates of the party for the office or position received votes. (Fill in the name of each candidate and number of votes received by such candidate in words at length and in figures.)
N.J. Stat. § 19:53B-19 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53B / Section 53B-19
Emergency ballot tally added to machine tally
Status: in_force

28. When the machine tally is completed, the district board members shall record the results of the emergency ballot tally, if any ballots were voted, on the statement of canvass in the section provided and shall add the emergency ballot tally to the machine tally. L.1992,c.3,s.28.
N.J. Stat. § 19:58-6 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 58 / Section 58-6
Preparation of application forms for presidential ballots and forms of affidavits of residence; color of paper
Status: in_force

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 be printed on paper of a different color from that used for applications for military service and civilian absentee ballots and sufficient quantities thereof shall be furnished by the county clerk to each municipal clerk in his county not later than August 1 preceding such election. L.1964, c. 134, s. 6. Amended by L.1976, c. 24, s. 5, eff. May 7, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 19:58-21 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 58 / Section 58-21
Marking and handling of presidential ballots by voters
Status: in_force

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 in said inner envelope, which shall then be sealed, and the voter shall then fill in the form of certificate attached to said inner envelope, at the end of which he shall sign and print his name in his own handwriting. The inner envelope with the certificate shall then be placed in said outer envelope, which shall then be sealed. L.1964, c. 134, s. 21. Amended by L.1968, c. 238, s. 15, eff. July 1, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 19:8-3.5 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-3.5
Review and compliance.
Status: in_force

5. No later than July 1st of each year, beginning with July 1 next following the enactment of P.L.2005, c.146, the Attorney General shall review the reports of the Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee and shall ensure that every possible effort has been made to comply with the provisions of this act, as amended . L.1991,c.429,s.5; amended 2005, c.146, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-18.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-18.1
Inaugural fund-raising event limits.
Status: in_force

17. a. No person, candidate or political committee, otherwise eligible to make political contributions, shall make any contribution or contributions for the purpose of any gubernatorial inaugural fund-raising event or events in the aggregate in excess of $500. b. For the purposes of the limitation in subsection a. of this section the term "gubernatorial inaugural fund-raising event" means any event or events held between the date of the general election for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor and a date 15 days after the date of the inauguration of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, whether the event is sponsored by the inaugural committee, the State political party committee representing the party of the Governor-elect and Lieutenant Governor-elect, or any other person or persons, and at which the Governor-elect or the Lieutenant Governor-elect is a prominent participant or for which solicitations of contributions include the names of the Governor-elect or Lieutenant Governor-elect in prominent display; except that this definition shall not apply to an event sponsored by a religious, charitable, benevolent, scientific, artistic or educational nonprofit institution as long as any proceeds from the event will not be controlled by the Governor-elect or Lieutenant Governor-elect or any political committee or political party committee, and the proceeds will not be contributed to the Governor-elect or Lieutenant Governor-elect, the candidacy of the Governor-elect or Lieutenant Governor-elect, a political committee or political party committee. c. The person or committee sponsoring the event shall make a full report of all contributions and expenditures with respect to the event within 45 days following the event in accordance with the provisions of this act. L.1980, c.74, s.17; amended 1981, c.521, s.1; 1989, c.4, s.4; 2009, c.66, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 19:19-17 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-17
Statements delivered to messenger of secretary of state
Status: in_force

The district board, the clerk or the chairman of the board of canvassers of any county, or any other person who shall be in possession of any statement, or copy of any statement, which shall have been made and subscribed under the provisions of this title, shall forthwith, on application by any messenger who shall have been dispatched for the same by the secretary of state, deliver to the messenger such statement or copy. The messenger shall be commissioned as such in writing, under the hand and official seal of the secretary of state, and shall exhibit his commission to the person to whom he shall apply for such statement or copy; and when he shall have obtained the statement or copy he shall forthwith deliver the same to the secretary of state.
N.J. Stat. § 19:8-6 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-6
Proper equipment and voting instructions.
Status: in_force

19:8-6. The county boards in counties of the first class and the municipal clerks in counties other than counties of the first class shall purchase or lease and furnish the proper equipment of polling places, to enable the district boards to carry out the duties imposed upon them by this title. The equipment shall consist of tables, chairs, lights, booths and all other things necessary for the performance of such duties, and shall be ready for use by the district boards in ample time to enable them to perform their duties. Also to be included, for conspicuous display at each polling place on the days of any election during each year, shall be the voting and registration instructions provided by the county board of elections, the voting by mail information posters provided by the Secretary of State, and mail-in ballot application forms. The Secretary of State shall prepare a voting by mail informational poster for use at all polling places in the State that illustrates and promotes the use of voting by mail, including the description of the vote-by-mail process, and shall distribute the required number of copies, or replacement copies as needed, to the county boards. The clerks of the several municipalities shall keep in repair, store and deliver the polling booths, ballot boxes and other equipment in time for use by the district boards at the cost and expense of the municipality. In case of any election to be held in and for a municipality only, the duties imposed upon the county boards in counties of the first class regarding the equipment of polling places shall devolve upon the clerk of the municipality wherein the election is to be held. Any equipment in possession of the county board may be used in a municipal election upon requisition. amended 1991, c.429, s.7; 2020, c.71, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:1-1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-1
As used in this Title.
Status: in_force

19:1-1. As used in this Title: "Election" means the procedure whereby the electors of this State or any political subdivision thereof elect persons to fill public office or pass on public questions. "Fire district election" means an election to be held in and for a fire district established pursuant to N.J.S.40A:14-70 et seq. "General election" means the annual election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November and, where applicable, includes annual school elections and annual fire district elections held on that date. "Primary election for the general election" means the procedure whereby the members of a political party in this State or any political subdivision thereof nominate candidates to be voted for at general elections or elect persons to fill party offices, other than for a member of the State committee of a political party. "Municipal election" means an election to be held in and for a single municipality only, at regular intervals. "Special election" means an election which is not provided for by law to be held at stated intervals. "Any election" includes all primary, general, municipal, school, and special elections, as defined herein. "Municipality" includes any city, town, borough, village, or township. "School election" means any annual or special election to be held in and for a local or regional school district established pursuant to chapter 8 or chapter 13 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. "Public office" includes any office in the government of this State or any of its political subdivisions filled at elections by the electors of the State or political subdivision. "Public question" includes any question, proposition, or referendum required by the legislative or governing body of this State or any of its political subdivisions to be submitted by referendum procedure to the voters of the State or political subdivision for decision at elections. "Political party" means a party which, at the election held for all of the members of the General Assembly next preceding the holding of any primary election held pursuant to this Title, polled for members of the General Assembly at least 10% of the total vote cast in this State. "Party office" means the office of delegate or alternate to the national convention of a political party or member of the State, county, or municipal committees of a political party. "Masculine" includes the feminine and the masculine pronoun wherever used in this Title shall be construed to include the feminine. "Presidential year" means the year in which electors of President and Vice-President of the United States are voted for at the general election. "Election district" means the territory within which or for which there is a polling place or room for all voters in the territory to cast their ballots at any election. "District board" means the district board of registry and election in an election district. "County board" means the county board of elections in a county. "Superintendent" means the superintendent of elections in counties wherein the same shall have been appointed. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of registration in counties. "File" or "filed" means deposited in the regularly maintained office of the public official wherever said regularly maintained office is designated by statute, ordinance or resolution. amended 1947, c.168, s.1; 1948, c.438, s.1; 1965, c.213; 1995, c.278, s.13; 2005, c.136, s.1; 2011, c.134, s.1; 2011, c.202, s.24; 2017, c.206, s.1; 2025, c.32, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-6a — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-6a
Chief State election official designated, Secretary of State.
Status: in_force

25. The Secretary of State is designated the chief State election official and shall be responsible for the coordination of this State's responsibilities pursuant to the provisions of the "National Voter Registration Act of 1993," Pub.L.103-31 (42 U.S.C. s.1973gg et seq.) and the "Help America Vote Act of 2002," Pub.L.107-252 (42 U.S.C. ss.15301 et seq.). L.1994, c.182, s.25; amended 2004, c.88, s.11; 2007, c.254, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 19:63-8 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-8
Verification of voter's signature for issuance of mail-in ballot; actions upon disapproval.
Status: in_force

8. Upon receipt of a request for a mail-in ballot, the county clerk shall, with the cooperation of the commissioner of registration, cause the signature of the applicant to be compared with the signature of the person appearing on the permanent registration form, or the digitalized image of the voter's signature stored in the Statewide voter registration system, to determine from such examination, and any other available information, if the applicant is a voter qualified to cast a ballot in the election in which the voter wants to vote, and determine in case of a primary election the political party primary in which the voter is entitled to vote. The commissioner of registration, or the superintendent of elections in counties having a superintendent of elections may, at the request of the county clerk, investigate any application or request for a mail-in ballot. If, after such examination, the county clerk is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to a ballot, the clerk shall mark on the application "Approved." If, after such examination the county clerk determines that the applicant is not entitled to a ballot, the clerk shall mark on the application "Disapproved" and shall so notify the applicant, stating the reason therefor, as required by section 5 of P.L.2004, c.88 (C.19:61-5). Notification to the applicant shall be made in writing within 24 hours of the determination of disapproval and shall state the specific reason, or reasons, for the disapproval and inform the applicant of the opportunity to challenge the disapproval by contacting the county clerk's office. The county clerk shall provide every disapproved applicant with the opportunity to (1) submit evidence either in person or via fax, postal mail or electronic mail, (2) submit a voter registration application to update signature or change name, address, or party affiliation, (3) submit a new application to vote by mail, or (4) in the case of an application disapproved for a reason related to signature verification, sign an affidavit in the presence of the county clerk, or designee, after presenting current and valid photo identification. L.2009, c.79, s.8; amended 2020, c.71, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53B-8 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53B / Section 53B-8
Personal choice column provided on emergency ballots
Status: in_force

17. Nothing in this amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.1992, c.3 (C.19:53B-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 whom the voter desires to vote whose name or names are not printed upon the emergency ballot for the same office. The voter shall mark a cross x , plus + or check in the square provided for such name. The writing shall be in ink or pencil. L.1992,c.3,s.17; amended 1994,c.77,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 19:15-34 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-34
Time limit for challenging
Status: in_force

The right to challenge voters shall exist until the ballot shall have been deposited in the ballot box, and the procedure in case the right of a person to vote is challenged shall be the same as herein prescribed when the right of a person to receive a ballot is challenged.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-43 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-43
Severability
Status: in_force

If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this act, but shall be confined in its effect to the section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act directly involved in the controversy in which said judgment shall have been rendered. L.1974, c. 26, s. 18, eff. May 6, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-6.3 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-6.3
Public agency defined; completion, submission of registration forms.
Status: in_force

15. a. As used in this section, "public agency" shall mean: The Division of Worker's Compensation, the Division of Employment Services and the Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance, established initially by section 5 of P.L.1948, c.446 (C.34:1A-5), in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; The Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury, continued under section 24 of P.L.1948, c.92 (C.52:18A-24); The New Jersey Transit Corporation, established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-4); Any free county library established under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 33 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes; Any regional library established under the provisions of P.L.1962, c.134 (C.40:33-13.3 et seq.); Any free public library established under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 54 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes; Any joint free public library established under the provisions of P.L.1959, c.155 (C.40:54-29.3 et seq.); Any public institution of higher education as included under the provisions of N.J.S.18A:62-1; Any eligible institution, as defined by subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.1979, c.132 (C.18A:72B-17), that receives financial assistance, aid, or grants from State funds; Any office or commercial establishment where State licenses or permits, other than licenses or permits issued by a professional or occupational board established under the laws of this State, are available to individual members of the public; and Any recruitment office of the New Jersey National Guard. b. Any person entitled to register to vote may register as a voter in the election district in which that person resides at any time prior to the 21st day preceding any election by completing a registration form described in section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4) and submitting the form to the commissioner of registration of the county wherein the person resides or alternatively, in the case of a registration form provided by the employees or agents of a public agency or a voter registration agency, as defined in subsection a. of section 26 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.19:31-6.11), to those employees or agents or to the Attorney General. Any registration form addressed to a commissioner of registration may be mailed to or delivered to the office of that commissioner, and in the case of a registration form available at a public agency, the form shall be mailed to the Attorney General or delivered to the commissioner of registration in the county of the registrant. A registration form postmarked, stamped or otherwise marked as having been received from the registration applicant, on or before the 21st day preceding any election shall be deemed timely. L.1974,c.30,s.15; amended 1974, c.51, s.4; 1991, c.318, s.1; 1994, c.182, s.6; 2003, c.36, s.1; 2005, c.139, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-8 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-8
Sample ballot not to be accepted
Status: in_force

No election officer shall accept from any voter and deposit in the ballot box any sample primary ballot.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-27 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-27
Improperly influencing or intimidating employees.
Status: in_force

19:34-27. An employer of any workman, or any agent, superintendent or overseer of any company or corporation employing workmen, or any person who shall directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person in his behalf or by his direction, make use of or threaten to make use of any force, violence or restraint, or inflict or threaten to inflict by himself or by any other person any injury, damage, harm or loss against any person in his employ, in order to induce or compel such employee to vote or refrain from voting for any particular candidate at any election, or because of such employee having voted or refrained from voting for any particular candidate at any election, or who shall, by any duress, constraint or improper influence or by any fraudulent or improper device, contrivance or scheme, impede, hinder or prevent the free exercise of the franchise of any voter at any election, or shall thereby compel, induce or prevail upon any voter to vote for or against any particular candidate at any election, shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. Amended 2005, c.154, s.45.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-11.7 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-11.7
Certain payments, check required
Status: in_force

1. Any payment to any individual which is related to efforts by or on behalf of a candidate, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee, political party committee, or legislative leadership committee in aid of or to promote the candidacy of an individual for nomination for election or for election to elective public office or the passage or defeat of a public question, or to efforts directly to promote or encourage the participation of voters in an election, including but not limited to payments made to campaign workers and payments to other individuals which are intended for further transfer to election-day workers or other ultimate payees, shall be made by check payable to such named individual, and no such payment shall be made in currency. Any payment to a candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee, political party committee, or legislative leadership committee, or to any other person, association or group, by a candidate or any such committee or by any other person, association or group, which payment is related to efforts in aid of or to promote the candidacy of an individual for nomination for election or for election to elective public office or the passage or defeat of a public question, or to efforts directly to promote or encourage the participation of voters in an election, shall be made by check payable to the named committee, person, association, or group, and no such payment shall be made in currency. As used in this section, "candidate", "candidate committee", "joint candidates committee," "political committee," "continuing political committee," "political party committee," and "legislative leadership committee" shall have the meanings prescribed for those respective terms by section 3 of P.L.1973, c.83 (C.19:44A-3). L.1993,c.370.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53C-18 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53C / Section 53C-18
Decision of county board final
Status: in_force

24. The decision of a majority of the county board on any question concerning a provisional ballot matter shall be deemed the decision of the board and final. If any member of the board dissents from any decision and wishes to make the dissension known to avoid any of the consequences which may result from that decision, the member may record the dissent in the signature copy register, if it is available, or in a note signed and dated. If the dissent is in the form of a note, it shall be appended to or recorded on the signature copy register afterwards by the superintendent of elections or the commissioner of registration, as shall be appropriate. L.1999,c.232,s.24.
N.J. Stat. § 19:18-2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-2
Ballot boxes delivered to municipal clerks
Status: in_force

The ballot box, after being locked and bound with tape and sealed, shall in all municipalities be immediately taken in charge by 2 members of the district board. It shall then be delivered to the office of the clerk of the municipality in which the election may be held, by said members or by said members with the assistance of an officer or officers to be designated by the governing body thereof, by the most direct route and without delay, and such members or officers shall not stop at any place between the polls and the municipal clerk's office. When the municipal governing body designates an officer or officers to assist said members in transmitting the ballot boxes it shall provide for suitable transportation. Amended by L.1967, c. 170, s. 1, eff. July 25, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 19:45-6 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-6
Members of district boards; compensation.
Status: in_force

19:45-6. The compensation of each member of the district boards for all services performed by them under the provisions of this Title shall be as follows: In all counties, for all services rendered including the counting of the votes, and in counties wherein voting machines are used, the tabulation of the votes registered on the voting machines, and the delivery of the returns, registry binders, ballot boxes and keys for the voting machines to the proper election officials, $300 each time the primary election, the general election or any special election is held under this Title; provided, however, that: a. (1) The member of the board charged with the duty of obtaining and signing for the signature copy registers shall receive an additional $12.50 per election, such remuneration being limited to only one board member per election, or $6.25 to each of two board members if they share such responsibility for the signature copy registers, and (2) the member of the board charged with the duty of returning the signature copy registers shall receive an additional $12.50 per election, such remuneration being limited to only one board member per election, or $6.25 to each of two board members if they share such responsibility for the signature copy registers; b. In the case of any member of the board who is required under R.S.19:50-1 to attend in a given year a training program for district board members, but who fails to attend such a training program in that year, that compensation shall be commensurate with the State minimum wage for each of those elections; c. In counties wherein voting machines are used no compensation shall be paid for any services rendered at any special election held at the same time as any primary or general election. Such compensation shall be in lieu of all other fees and payments; and d. Compensation for district board members serving at a school election held at a time other than the time of the general election shall be paid by the board of education of the school district conducting the election at an hourly rate commensurate with the State minimum wage, except that the board of education may compensate such district board members at a pro-rated hourly rate consistent with the daily rate up to a maximum of $21.43. The provisions of subsections a., b., and c. of this section shall also apply to district board members serving at a school election held at a time other than at the time of the general election, except that in the case of subsection b., the compensation shall be at an hourly rate commensurate with the State minimum wage. In addition to the $300 compensation provided pursuant to this section to each member of a district board for each time the primary election, the general election, or any special election is held under this Title, a county may provide, at its discretion, additional compensation to the members of all district boards in such county in an amount determined by the county, and the additional compensation shall be an expense of the county. Compensation due each member shall be paid within 30 days but not within 20 days after each election; provided, however, that no compensation shall be paid to any member of any such district board who may have been removed from office or application for the removal of whom is pending under the provisions of R.S.19:6-4. In addition to the provisions of this section, in the case of any member of the board who is required under R.S.19:50-1 to attend in a given year a training program for district board members, a county may provide, at its discretion, compensation to such a member who attends the training program in an amount determined by the county, and the compensation shall be an expense of the county. amended 1941, c.275, s.9; 1944, c.152; 1946, c.261, s.8; 1952, c.97; 1953, c.88; 1954, c.15; 1955, c.33; 1960, c.128; 1972, c.155; 1980, c.111; 1984, c.9; 1987, c.151, s.2; 1995, c.193, s.1; 1995, c.278, s.21; 1997, c.48; 2001, c.15; 2001, c.245, s.9; 2005, c.136, s.48; 2011, c.134, s.45; 2011, c.202, s.32; 2022, c.5, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:4-11 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-11
District with one voting machine or four electronic system voting devices; accommodation for person with disabilities; number of voters.
Status: in_force

2. a. Subject to the provisions of law as to redistricting, each election district in which only one voting machine or four electronic system voting devices are used shall contain no more than 750 voters, except an election district in which there is located a public or private institution where persons entitled to vote may reside, and in such district the number of voters shall be as near to 750 as is practicable. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section, no later than January 1, 2006 each election district shall also include at least one voting system capable of permitting individuals with disabilities to vote. L.1976,c.83,s.2; amended 2005, c.145, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-15 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-15
Acceptance, statement by candidates to accompany petitions.
Status: in_force

19:23-15. Accompanying the petition and attached thereto each person indorsed therein shall file a certificate, stating that he is qualified for the office mentioned in the petition; that he consents to stand as a candidate for nomination at the ensuing primary election, and that if nominated, he agrees to accept the nomination. Such acceptance shall certify that the candidate is a resident of and a legal voter in the jurisdiction of the office for which the nomination is to be made and there shall be annexed thereto the oath of allegiance prescribed in section 41:1-1 of the Revised Statutes duly taken and subscribed by the person so nominated before an officer authorized to take oaths in this State. No candidate who has accepted the nomination by a direct petition of nomination for the general election shall sign an acceptance to a petition of nomination for such office for the primary election. In addition, no candidate named in a petition for the office of member of the House of Representatives shall sign an acceptance if the candidate has signed an acceptance for the primary nomination or any other petition of nomination for the office of member of the House of Representatives in another congressional district in the same calendar year. Each person indorsed as a candidate for nomination for election to the office of Governor or the office of member of the Senate or General Assembly shall annex to such petitions a statement signed by the candidate that he or she: a. has not been convicted of any offense graded by Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes as a crime of the first, second, third or fourth degree, or any offense in any other jurisdiction which, if committed in this State, would constitute such a crime; or b. has been so convicted, in which case, the candidate shall disclose on the statement the crime for which convicted, the date and place of the conviction and the penalties imposed for the conviction. Such a candidate may, as an alternative, submit with the statement a copy of an official document that provides such information. If the candidate has been convicted of more than one criminal offense, such information about each conviction shall be provided. Records expunged pursuant to chapter 52 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes shall not be subject to disclosure. If the same person is nominated for the same office in more than one petition, the statement shall be annexed to one of such petitions. Amended 1949, c.24, s.10; 1998, c.147, s.6; 2004, c.26, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-8 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-8
Register of lodgers.
Status: in_force

19:32-8. When directed by the superintendent every landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper of a lodging house, inn or hotel, shall keep a register in which shall be entered the names and residences, the date of arrival and departure of his guests, and the room, rooms or bed occupied by them. This register shall be arranged so that there shall be a space on the same line in which each guest or lodger shall sign his name. Such landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper shall make a sworn report upon a blank to be prepared and furnished by the superintendent thirty days before the election next ensuing to such superintendent, containing a detailed description of the premises so used and occupied as a lodging house, inn or hotel, including the size and character of building, and in case only part of a building is so used, a statement as to what part, and the names of the lodgers therein, and all the employees, and all other persons living therein, including the landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper, and members of his family, who claim a voting residence at or in such lodging house, inn or hotel, together with the length of time they have been regularly lodged or lived therein, the beginning of such residence, the color, approximate age, height, weight, whereby the persons may be identified, the nationality, the occupation and place of business of such persons, and the room occupied by each person, and whether the person is a guest, landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper, and the signature of each person. Above the space reserved for the signature of each such person shall be printed the following words, "the foregoing statements are true." In the form of affidavit, which shall be sworn to by the landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper of such lodging house, inn or hotel, shall be included the statement that the signatures of the guests or lodgers certified to in such report were written in the presence of such landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper, and that he personally knows them to be the persons therein described. To the end that the sworn report herein shall truly set forth the facts therein stated, such landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper shall question each male person lodging or living in the lodging house, inn or hotel, as to his intention of claiming such place as a voting residence, and the person shall thereupon declare his intention thereof, and if he shall claim the place as his voting residence, he shall give to such landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper such facts regarding himself as are required to be incorporated in the sworn report herein provided for. Such report and affidavit shall be filed personally by the landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper with the superintendent at his office. Any such landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper or any lodger who shall violate this section shall be deemed guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Amended 2005, c.154, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 19:37-4 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-4
Result not binding
Status: in_force

Such result shall not bind the governing body from which the ordinance or resolution emanated, nor be taken or construed as other than an expression of sentiment by the voters, to be followed or disregarded by the governing body in its discretion.
N.J. Stat. § 19:22-3 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-3
Certification and signing of statement
Status: in_force

Such statement shall be certified to be true and correct by a certificate appended to same; and the chairman of the board shall sign his name thereto, in the presence of the clerk thereof, which such clerk shall attest by signing his name thereto.
N.J. Stat. § 19:20-1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-1
Scope of authority
Status: in_force

The board of county canvassers, in case of officers voted for or public questions voted upon exclusively by the voters of a single county or any political subdivision thereof, except for any congressional district or part of a congressional district, shall proceed to determine what officers have been elected, and the result of the vote cast upon any public question setting forth that it was approved or rejected.
N.J. Stat. § 19:5-2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-2
Membership and organization of municipal committees.
Status: in_force

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 take office by the third Saturday following the certification of the results of their election as members of the county committee, on which day the terms of all members of such committees theretofore elected shall terminate. The annual meeting of each municipal committee shall be held by the third Saturday following the certification of the results of the primary election for the general election, at an hour and place to be designated in a notice to be given by the chairperson to each member and member-elect. The members of each committee shall elect some suitable person who shall be a resident of such municipality as chairperson. The municipal committee shall have power to adopt a constitution and bylaws for its proper government. The chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the committee, and shall perform all duties required by law and the constitution and bylaws of such committee. When a member of a municipal committee ceases to be a resident of the district or unit from which elected, a vacancy on the committee shall exist. A member of a municipal committee of any political party may resign their office to the committee of which they are a member, and upon acceptance thereof by the committee a vacancy shall exist. A vacancy in the office of a member of a municipal committee of any political party, howsoever caused, shall be filled for the unexpired term by the remaining members of the committee in the municipality in which the vacancy occurs. Amended 1979, c.458, s.1; 2009, c.135, s.1; 2021, c.108, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53A-10 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53A / Section 53A-10
Effect of overvote or misvote
Status: in_force

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.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-42 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-42
Method of conducting primary elections.
Status: in_force

19:23-42. The primary election for the general election shall be conducted by the district boards substantially in the same manner as the general election, except as herein otherwise provided. Each district board may allow one member thereof at a time to be absent from the polling place or room for a period not exceeding one hour between the hours of one o'clock and five o'clock in the afternoon or for such shorter time as it shall see fit; but at no time from the opening of the polls to the completion of the canvass shall there be less than a majority of the board present in the polling room or place. amended 2005, c.136, s.28; 2011, c.134, s.26.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-45.2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-45.2
Cost of publication; payment by counties
Status: in_force

The cost of the publishing of the notices required to be published by this act by the county commissioners of registration shall be paid by the respective counties. L.1976, c. 16, s. 3, eff. April 8, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-54 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-54
Canvass of votes by municipal clerks; certificates of election to county board.
Status: in_force

19:23-54. The municipal clerk shall canvass the statements of the district board, not later than the third day after they are received, as far as they relate to the election of members of the county committee of any political party, and, after counting information on write-in votes, vote by mail ballots, and provisional ballots received from the county clerk or board of elections, as appropriate, shall issue a certificate of election to each person shown by the returns to have been so elected. No person whose name was printed on a primary ballot as a candidate for the county committee shall receive a certificate of election as a member of any other county committee. When a person whose name was not printed on a primary ballot as a candidate for member of the county committee has been elected as a member of the county committee of more than one political party, the person shall file with the municipal clerk within three days a statement certifying to which political party the person belongs, and a certificate of election shall be issued to such person as a member of the county committee of the political party so certified. Any person elected as a member of the county committee of any political party whose name was not printed upon the primary ballot and to whom a certificate of election has been issued, shall before the organization of the county committee file with the secretary thereof a written statement certifying that the person is a member of such political party. The county clerk shall within thirteen days after the primary election certify to the county board two copies of the names and post-office addresses of the persons elected as members of the county committee of the several political parties, together with the ward, district or unit which they respectively represent. Amended 2020, c.71, s.4; 2021, c.108, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-53 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-53
Failure to supply information.
Status: in_force

19:34-53. Any person who neglects or refuses to furnish any information required or authorized by this title or to exhibit the records, papers or documents herein authorized to be inspected, or which are required to be exhibited, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Amended 2005, c.154, s.50.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-40 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-40
Violations; misdemeanor; forfeiture of office
Status: in_force

a. Any person who willfully and knowingly violates section 4, 9 or 10 of P.L.1974, c. 26 or section 17 of P.L.1980, c. 74 (C. 19:44A-18.1) is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. b. The election to office of any candidate who is guilty of any violation within the description of subsection a. of this section shall be void, and the office shall be filled as required by law in the case of a vacancy; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed in derogation of the constitutional authority of either House of the Legislature to be the judge of the election and qualification of its own members. L.1974, c. 26, s. 15, eff. May 6, 1974. Amended by L.1980, c. 74, s. 14, eff. July 23, 1980; L.1981, c. 511, s. 13, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 19:16-4 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-4
Void ballots; distinguishing marks.
Status: in_force

19:16-4. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, when counting the ballots: a. The board shall deem null and void all ballots which are wholly blank, or on which more names have been marked for every office than there are persons to be elected to such office, and on which both "Yes" and "No" have been marked upon every public question. All ballots still remaining in the ballot box after ballots equal in number to the number of names of voters in the registry binders who have voted at such election inclusive of void ballots have been counted shall be deemed null and void. b. No ballot which shall have, either on its face or back, any mark, sign, erasure, designation, or device whatsoever, other than is permitted by this Title, by which such ballot can be distinguished from another ballot, shall be declared null and void unless the district board canvassing such ballots, or the county board, judge of the Superior Court, or other judge or officer conducting the recount thereof, shall be satisfied that the placing of the mark, sign, erasure, designation, or device upon the ballot was intended to identify or distinguish the ballot. The district board canvassing the ballots or the county board, as the case may be, shall exercise its discretion and judgment in making a determination as to whether any unauthorized mark, sign, erasure, designation, or device on a ballot was intended to identify or distinguish the ballot. c. No ballot shall be declared invalid by reason of the fact that the mark made with ink or the mark made with lead pencil appears other than black. d. No ballot cast for any candidate shall be invalid by reason of the fact that the name of such candidate may be misprinted or his Christian name or his initials may be omitted. e. No ballot cast for any candidate shall be invalid by reason of the use of any paster permitted by this Title on which the title of office may be printed, the name of such candidate may be misprinted, part of his Christian or surname or initials may be omitted, or because the voter in writing the name of such candidate may misspell the same or omit part of his Christian name or surname or initials. f. No ballot shall be declared null and void or invalid by reason of having a cross x , plus + , or check X appearing in a square at the left of a blank space, or a space wherein no name is printed. Amended by L.1947, c. 104, p. 525, s. 7; L.1953, c. 19, p. 333, s. 18; amended 2025, c.150, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-12 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-12
Committee on vacancies.
Status: in_force

19:23-12. The signers to petitions for "Choice for President," delegates and alternates to national conventions, for Governor, United States Senator, member of the House of Representatives, State Senator, member of the General Assembly and any county office may name three persons in their petition as a committee on vacancies. This committee shall have power in case of death or resignation or otherwise of the person indorsed as a candidate in said petition to fill such vacancy by filing with the Secretary of State in the case of officers to be voted for by the voters of the entire State or a portion thereof involving more than one county thereof or any congressional district, and with the county clerk in the case of officers to be voted for by the voters of the entire county or any county election district, a certificate of nomination to fill the vacancy. Such certificate shall set forth the cause of the vacancy, the name of the person nominated and that the person is a member of the same political party as the candidate for whom the person is substituted, the office for which the person is nominated, the name of the person for whom the new nominee is to be substituted, the fact that the committee is authorized to fill vacancies and such further information as is required to be given in any original petition of nomination. The certificate so made shall be executed and sworn to by the members of such committee, and shall upon being filed at least 62 days before election have the same force and effect as the original petition of nomination for the primary election for the general election and there shall be annexed thereto the oath of allegiance prescribed in R.S.41:1-1 duly taken and subscribed by the person so nominated before an officer authorized to take oaths in this State. The name of the candidate submitted shall be immediately certified to the proper municipal clerks. In addition, a person so nominated for the office of Governor or the office of member of the Senate or General Assembly shall annex to the certificate a statement signed by the candidate that the candidate: a. has not been convicted of any offense graded by Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes as a crime of the first, second, third or fourth degree, or any offense in any other jurisdiction which, if committed in this State, would constitute such a crime; or b. has been so convicted, in which case, the candidate shall disclose on the statement the crime for which convicted, the date and place of the conviction and the penalties imposed for the conviction. Such a candidate may, as an alternative, submit with the statement a copy of an official document that provides such information. If the candidate has been convicted of more than one criminal offense, such information about each conviction shall be provided. Records expunged pursuant to chapter 52 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes shall not be subject to disclosure. amended 1942, c.50, s.8; 1949, c.24, ss.8,12; 1975, c.43, s.4; 1985, c.92, s.17; 2004, c.26, s.3; 2011, c.37, s.7; 2022, c.7, s.2; 2023, c.16, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-30 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-30
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

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.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-34 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-34
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

4. The Attorney General may promulgate rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, P.L.2005, c.145 (C.19:31-31 et al.). L.2005,c.145,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 19:20-7 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-7
Certificate prima facie evidence of legislator's right to seat
Status: in_force

In the organization of the senate and general assembly the certificates so issued by the board based upon such statements of its determination shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the right of the persons therein mentioned to seats in the houses, respectively, to which they shall have been so determined to be elected.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-11 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-11
Procedures, contributions, expenditures; requirements.
Status: in_force

11. No contribution of money or other thing of value, nor obligation therefor, including but not limited to contributions, loans or obligations of a candidate himself or of his family, shall be made or received, and no expenditure of money or other thing of value, nor obligation therefor, including expenditures, loans or obligations of a candidate himself or of his family, shall be made or incurred, directly or indirectly, to support or defeat a candidate in any election, or to aid the passage or defeat of any public question, or as an independent expenditure or electioneering communication in the case of an independent expenditure committee, except through: a. The duly appointed campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurers of the candidate committee or joint candidates committee; b. The duly appointed organizational treasurer or deputy organizational treasurers of a political party committee or a continuing political committee; c. The duly appointed campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurers of a political committee; d. The duly appointed organizational treasurer or deputy organizational treasurer of a legislative leadership committee; or e. The duly appointed organizational treasurer or deputy organizational treasurer of an independent expenditure committee. It shall be lawful, however, for any person, not acting in concert with any other person or group, to expend personally from his own funds a sum which is not to be repaid to him for any purpose not prohibited by law, or to contribute his own personal services and personal traveling expenses, to support or defeat a candidate or to aid the passage or defeat of a public question; provided, however, that any person making such expenditure shall be required to report his or her name and mailing address and the amount of all such expenditures and expenses, except personal traveling expenses, if the total of the money so expended, exclusive of such traveling expenses, exceeds $200, and also, where the person is an individual, to report the individual's occupation and the name and mailing address of the individual's employer, to the Election Law Enforcement Commission at the same time and in the same manner as a political committee subject to the provisions of section 8 of P.L.1973, c.83 (C.19:44A-8). Such expenditure made during the period between the 13th day and the eighth day prior to the election shall be filed in writing or by electronic transmission within 72 hours of the making, incurring or authorization of the expenditure, and such expenditure made during the period between the seventh day prior to the election and the date of the election shall be reported within 24 hours of the making, incurring, or authorization of the expenditure, which filing shall set forth the name and mailing address of the person, firm or organization to whom or which the expenditure was paid and the amount and purpose of the expenditure. No contribution of money shall be made in currency, except contributions in response to a public solicitation, provided that cumulative currency contributions of up to $200 may be made to a candidate committee or joint candidates committee, a political committee, a continuing political committee, an independent expenditure committee, a legislative leadership committee or a political party committee if the contributor submits with the currency contribution a written statement of a form as prescribed by the commission, indicating the contributor's name, mailing address and occupation and the amount of the contribution, including the contributor's signature and the name and mailing address of the contributor's employer. Adjustments to the $200 limit established in this paragraph which have been made by the Election Law Enforcement Commission, pursuant to section 22 of P.L.1993, c.65 (C.19:44A-7.2), prior to the effective date of P.L.2004, c.28 are rescinded. The $200 limit established in this paragraph shall remain as stated in this paragraph without further adjustment by the commission in the manner prescribed by section 22 of P.L.1993, c.65 (C.19:44A-7.2). Any anonymous contribution received by a campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer shall not be used or expended, but shall be returned to the donor, if his identity is known, and if no donor is found, the contribution shall escheat to the State. No person, partnership or association, either directly or through an agent, shall make any loan or advance, the proceeds of which that person, partnership or association knows or has reason to know or believe are intended to be used by the recipient thereof to make a contribution or expenditure, except by check or money order identifying the name, mailing address and occupation or business of the maker of the loan, and, if the maker is an individual, the name and mailing address of that individual's employer; provided, however, that such loans or advances to a single individual, up to a cumulative amount of $50 in any calendar year, may be made in currency. L.1973, c.83, s.11; amended 1983, c.579, s.14; 1993, c.65, s.6; 1995, c.391, s.3; 2004, c.28, s.4; 2004, c.33, s.2; 2019, c.124, s.5; 2023, c.30, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 19:4-10 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-10
Geographical composition
Status: in_force

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, one State legislative district, and only one other district from which any public official is elected, except that for the purpose of establishing Congressional districts pursuant to Article II, Section II of the New Jersey Constitution, an election district may be split between two such districts. The election districts within each municipality shall be numbered consecutively. If any election district is split between two Congressional districts, one of the districts shall also be assigned the letter "a" and the other district shall be assigned the letter "b". L.1976,c.83,s.1; amended 2003, c.5.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-26.3 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-26.3
Data collection, ballot design changes; report, recommendations to Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

8. a. The Division of Elections in the Department of State shall collect data from county and municipal clerks and county boards of elections on their experiences regarding the changes to ballot design and primary election procedures in this State implemented pursuant to P.L.2025, c.32 (C.19:23-23.1 et al.), and shall develop and submit a report as provided in this section. The report shall include data concerning the conduct of primary elections, best practices to improve the conduct of future primary elections, and any other relevant information, research, guidance, and expertise regarding the implementation of the new ballot designs and primary election procedures. b. In preparing the report required pursuant to this section, the division shall, at a minimum, collect data on the following: (1) experiences of election officials, candidates, and voters regarding the ballot changes, including whether such changes contributed to candidate or voter confusion or increased the difficulty for election officials to administer primary elections in this State; and (2) what the costs of implementation were. At the discretion of the division, the report may also provide the Governor and the Legislature with recommendations to improve overall election experiences and voter participation. c. The report shall be prepared and submitted to the Governor and Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), within 180 days after the date of the second primary election following the enactment of P.L.2025, c.32 (C.19:23-23.1 et al.). L.2025, c.32, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-31 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-31
Establishment of single Statewide voter registration system.
Status: in_force

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.S.C. s.15483). The principal computer components of the system shall be under the direct control of the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall be responsible for creating the network necessary to maintain the system and providing the computer software, hardware and security necessary to ensure that the system is accessible only to those executive departments and State agencies so designated by the Secretary of State, each county commissioner of registration, each county and municipal clerk, and individuals under certain circumstances, as provided for by this section. The system shall be the official State repository for voter registration information for every legally registered voter in this State, and shall serve as the official voter registration system for the conduct of all elections in the State. b. The Statewide voter registration system shall include, but not be limited to, the following features: (1) the name and registration information of every legally registered voter in the State; (2) the ability to assign a unique identifier to each legally registered voter in the State; (3) interactivity among appropriate State agencies so designated by the Secretary of State, each county commissioner of registration, each county board of elections, and each county clerk such that these entities shall have immediate electronic access to all or selected records in the system, as determined by the Secretary of State, to receive or transmit all or selected files in the system and to print or review all or selected files in the system; (4) the ability to permit any county commissioner of registration to enter voter registration information on an expedited basis, and to transfer electronically voter registration information from an online voter registration form completed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2019, c.382 (C.19:31-6.4c), at the time the information is provided thereto and to permit the Secretary of State to provide technical support to do so whenever needed; (5) the ability to permit each municipal clerk to view or print information in the system; (6) the ability to permit an individual, by July 1, 2006, to verify via the Internet whether that individual, and only that individual, is included in the system as a legally registered voter, whether the information pertaining to that individual required by subsection c. of this section is correct, and if not, a means to notify the pertinent county commissioner of registration of the corrections that must be made and to so verify in a way that does not give one individual access to the information required by subsection c. of this section for any other individual; (7) a Statewide street address index and map in electronic form that can accurately identify the location of every legally registered voter in this State; (8) the ability to record and monitor all requests for mail-in ballots; to enable the county clerk to verify the identity and signature of each person requesting a mail-in ballot; to record the name and address of each voter determined to be eligible to receive a mail-in ballot for a particular election and to note when a mail-in ballot has been transmitted to that voter by mail or hand delivery; to update the system to allow the postal tracking of mail-in ballots using Intelligent Mail barcodes, or a similar successor tracking system, upon the finding by the Secretary of State that such technology is viable; and to make such information available to the Secretary of State so that a voter can be notified whether the application for such a ballot was accepted or rejected, and the reason for the rejection, using the free-access system established by section 5 of P.L.2004, c.88 (C.19:61-5); and (9) any other functions required pursuant to Pub.L.107-252 (42 U.S.C. s.15301 et seq.), or Title 19 of the Revised Statutes, or that may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of State. c. The Statewide voter registration system shall include, but not be limited to, the following information for every legally registered voter in this State: (1) last, first and middle name; (2) street address at time of registration or rural route, box number or apartment number, if any; (3) city or municipality, and zip code; (4) date of birth; (5) telephone number and e-mail address, if provided on voter registration form; (6) previous name or address if individual re-registered due to change of name or address; (7) ward and election district number, if either is available; (8) (a) current and valid New Jersey driver's license number; or (b) if the registrant has not been issued a New Jersey driver's license number, the last four digits of the registrant's social security number; or (c) unique identifying number for any individual who has not been issued the information sought in subparagraph (a) or (b) of this paragraph; (9) notation that a copy of one of the following documents has been submitted with the voter registration application, if required: current and valid photo identification card; a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, pay check or any other government document showing the registrant's name and current address; (10) the method by which the individual registered and whether that person needs to provide additional identification information to vote using a voting machine instead of a provisional ballot; (11) political party affiliation, if designated; (12) digitized signature; (13) date of registration or re-registration; (14) name and street address of the individual assisting in the completion of the form, if the applicant for registration is unable to do so; (15) voting participation record for ten-year period; and (16) any other information required pursuant to Pub.L.107-252 (42 U.S.C. s.15301 et seq.), or Title 19 of the Revised Statutes, or that the Secretary of State determines is necessary to assess the eligibility of an individual to be registered to vote and to vote in this State. L.2005, c.145, s.1; amended 2009, c.79, s.32; 2009, c.287, s.2; 2018, c.72, s.4; 2019, c.382, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53C-13 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53C / Section 53C-13
Opening of provisional ballot bag.
Status: in_force

19. When the office of the commissioner of registration receives a provisional ballot bag that has been found to be in good order, the commissioner thereof shall first break the seal and open the bag. In any county where the superintendent of elections is the commissioner of registration, the county board of elections may sort the provisional ballots if so agreed to in advance by both the superintendent and the board. Envelopes marked "SPOILED" shall be set aside and remain unopened. The name, signature and other information contained on the form as supplied by a voter shall be compared with the name, signature and other information that the commissioner of registration has in the Statewide voter registration system for that voter. No affirmation statement shall be separated from a provisional ballot envelope until all affirmation statements have been reviewed by the commissioner of registration. After a comparison of the voter's address is completed by the commissioner of registration and prior to separating the affirmation statement from the envelope and counting the ballot, the letter "p" shall be placed adjacent to the voter's name in the Statewide voter registration system and on the signature copy register together with the name of the municipality in which the voter voted the provisional ballot. If two provisional ballots from the same voter are received, both such ballots shall not be counted, the affirmation statements shall not be separated from the envelopes, and the ballots shall be put aside for further investigation. Whenever the address supplied by the voter on the affirmation statement does not match the address for such a person contained in the Statewide voter registration system, but it is clear that the circumstance of a voter matches the circumstance of a voter described in subsection b. of R.S.19:31-11, the updated information on the affirmation statement shall be recorded and shall constitute a transfer by the voter to a new address for any subsequent election. After the examination of the affirmation statement by the commissioner of registration, the county board of elections shall determine if a provisional ballot voter is legally entitled to have voted and if a provisional ballot conforms to the requirements established by law. The members of the county board shall then proceed to count and canvass the votes cast on each provisional ballot only after all of the provisional ballots cast in the county have been subjected to the verification process by the county commissioner of registration. Immediately after the canvass is complete, the county board of elections shall certify the results of the canvass to the county clerk or municipal clerk or other appropriate officials, as the case may be, showing the results of the canvass by municipality. The outside front of each envelope that contains a voided provisional ballot shall have the word "VOID" written next to the circled number. Unless provided otherwise by this section, all provisional ballot materials shall be processed by the county board of elections in accordance with the procedures established for absentee ballots pursuant to section 31 of P.L.1953, c.211 (C.19:57-31). L.1999,c.232,s.19; amended 2005, c.145, s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 19:15-26 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-26
Ballots marked secretly in booth; violation disorderly persons offense.
Status: in_force

19:15-26. Every voter to whom a ballot is given shall thereupon retire into the polling booth. Each booth in a polling place shall be arranged in accordance with the provisions of R.S.19:8-7. Not more than one voter, except as hereinafter provided, shall be permitted to enter or be in the same booth, at one time. The voter shall prepare the voter's ballot in the booth secretly and screened from the observation of others. Any person or voter who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a disorderly persons offense. Amended 2005, c.154, s.3; 2022, c.67, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 19:3-26 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-26
Vacancies in United States senate; election to fill; temporary appointment by governor.
Status: in_force

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, unless such vacancy shall happen within 70 days next preceding such election, in which case it shall be filled by election at the second succeeding general election, unless the governor of this State shall deem it advisable to call a special election therefor, which he is authorized hereby to do. The governor of this State may make a temporary appointment of a senator of the United States from this State whenever a vacancy shall occur by reason of any cause other than the expiration of the term; and such appointee shall serve as such senator until a special election or general election shall have been held pursuant to law and the Board of State Canvassers can deliver to his successor a certificate of election. amended 2011, c.37, s.37.
N.J. Stat. § 19:19-15 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15
Secretary of state to procure missing statements
Status: in_force

If the secretary of state shall not, on or before the seventh day after the time appointed for the meeting of the board of canvassers in the several counties, have received the statements of the result of such election in every county hereinbefore directed to be delivered or transmitted to him by the clerk of the board, such secretary shall forthwith, by a special messenger or otherwise, obtain the statement or statements as are lacking; and for this purpose a copy of the statement directed to be filed with the clerk of the county, certified by such clerk, shall be sufficient.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-20.10 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-20.10
Violations by business entities, penalties.
Status: in_force

9. A business entity which is determined by the Election Law Enforcement Commission to have willfully and intentionally made a contribution or failed to reveal a contribution in violation of this act may be liable to a penalty of up to the value of its contract with the public entity and may be debarred by the State Treasurer from contracting with any public entity for up to five years. L.2004,c.19,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-20.22 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-20.22
Exception for public exigency.
Status: in_force

10. This act shall not prohibit the awarding of a contract when the public exigency requires the immediate delivery of goods or performance of services as determined by the State Treasurer. L.2005,c.51,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-11 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-11
Change of residence notice.
Status: in_force

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 person at the office of the commissioner or the municipal clerk; or (3) by completing and submitting a change of residence notice online as provided by the Secretary of State. Change of residence information shall also be received from the Motor Vehicle Commission and processed pursuant to subsection d. of section 24 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.39:2-3.2) and from any State agency that has implemented procedures pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2018, c.6 (C.19:31-6.14). The commissioner shall provide change of residence notices in card form for the use of any registered voter moving to another address within the same election district, to another election district within the same county, or to another election district in another county for processing as provided under subsection c. of this section. Copies of these notices shall also be available at the office of the municipal clerk in each municipality. Each municipal clerk shall transmit daily to the commissioner all the filled out change of residence notices that may be in the municipal clerk's office at the time. These notices shall be printed upon cards, shall contain a blank form showing where the applicant last resided and the address and exact location to which the applicant has moved, and shall have a line for the applicant's signature, printed name, and date of birth. Upon receipt of such change of residence notice, the commissioner shall cause the signature to be compared with the registration forms of the applicant and, if such signature appears to be of and by one and the same legal voter, the commissioner shall cause the entry of the change of residence to be made on those registration forms and the registrant shall thereupon be qualified to vote in the election district to which the registrant shall have so moved. If the commissioner is not satisfied as to the signature on the request for a change of residence, a confirmation notice as prescribed by subsection d. of R.S.19:31-15 shall be sent by mail with postage prepaid to the registrant at the new address. The application for change of residence shall be filed with the commissioner or municipal clerk, as the case may be, on or before the 21st day preceding any election. b. In any county, any voter who, prior to an election, shall move within the same county after the time above prescribed for filing an application for change of residence without having made application for change of residence, or who has not returned a confirmation notice sent to the voter by the commissioner of registration of the county, if such a notice has been sent to the voter, or who has not moved since the previous election but whose registration information is missing or otherwise deficient, or has otherwise failed to notify the commissioner of registration of the voter's change of address within the county, shall be permitted to vote in that election in the district to which the voter has moved upon making a written affirmation regarding the change of address at the polling place of the district in which the voter resides on the day of the election. No identifying document shall be required from the voter for this affirmation. A district board member shall provide the voter with a provisional ballot and an envelope with an affirmation statement that conforms with the requirements for such documents contained in subsection b. of section 7 of P.L.1999, c.232 (C.19:53C-1). The voter shall complete the provisional ballot and affirmation statement, place the ballot in the envelope, and seal and return it to the district board member. The board member shall review the information in the affirmation statement for completeness before forwarding it for inspection, tabulation, and notation by the county board of elections, as provided for by sections 7 through 26 of P.L.1999, c.232 (C.19:53C-1 through C.19:53C-20). The affirmation statement shall constitute a transfer to the registrant's new residence for any subsequent election. However, if the voter has moved from one residence to another within the same election district at any time, the voter shall be permitted to vote in such election district at any election in the same manner as other voters at the polling place upon written affirmation by the registrant to the district board member of the registrant's change of address. c. A voter who moves from an election district in one county to an election district in another county prior to the close of registration preceding an election shall register in the new county of residence, in accordance with the provisions of R.S.19:31-6, or shall file a change of residence notice with the commissioner of either county or complete and submit that notice online as provided by the Secretary of State, or shall have their registration updated pursuant to subsection d. of section 24 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.39:2-3.2) or by any State agency that has implemented procedures pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2018, c.6 (C.19:31-6.14) , in order to be permitted to vote. A change of residence notice filed by a voter pursuant to this subsection shall cause the commissioners of the county of previous residence and the county of new residence to update the voter registration record of that voter. The commissioner of the county of new residence shall notify the voter by mail that the voter is now registered to vote in that county or, if the notice submitted by the voter is incomplete, to request any additional information or documentation necessary to finalize the change of residence notice. Nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted to waive the requirement specified under R.S.19:31-5 that the voter shall have been a resident of the county of new residence for at least 30 days prior to being eligible to vote in any election in that county. Amended 1940, c.135, s.4; 1941, c.165; 1944, c.251; 1945, c.75; 1946, c.149; 1974, c.30, s.10; 1974, c.51, s.3; 1977, c.89; 1994, c.182, s.11; 1999, c.232, s.3; 2005, c.139, s.13; 2022, c.67, s.12; 2025, c.204, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 19:29-10 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-10
Order of court putting successful party in office
Status: in_force

When either the contestant or incumbent shall be in possession of the office, by holding over or otherwise, the judge shall, if the judgment be against the party in possession of the office and in favor of his antagonist, issue an order to carry into effect his judgment, which order shall be under the seal of the court, and shall command the sheriff of the county to put the successful party into possession of the office without delay, and to deliver to him all books, papers and effects belonging to the same. Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 345, s. 40.
N.J. Stat. § 19:27A-18 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 27A / Section 27A-18
Statutes inoperative
Status: in_force

18. On the effective date of this act, sections 88 through 98 of P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-88 et seq.); sections 17-19 through 17-29 of P.L.1950, c.210 (C.40:69A-168 et seq.); R.S.40:75-25 through R.S.40:75-44; R.S.40:81-6; and R.S.40:84-12 through R.S.40:84-19 shall become inoperative and shall have no force or effect unless a court of competent jurisdiction issues a final order invalidating the provisions of Article I, paragraph 2b. of the New Jersey Constitution, providing for the recall of elected officials, and the provisions of this act which permit the recall of county or municipal officials, in which case the aforesaid laws shall again become operative and shall have full force and effect as of the date of the court's ruling. L.1995,c.105,s.18.
N.J. Stat. § 19:10-1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-1
Custodial officer to preserve two years
Status: in_force

All petitions of nomination, affidavits attached thereto, acceptances, objections thereto and determinations of officers or courts relative to such objections and all other documents relating to elections not otherwise provided for, shall be preserved by the officer with whom they have been filed for two years from any election at which the candidates named therein are to be voted for.
N.J. Stat. § 19:28-4 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 28 / Section 28-4
Revocation of election certificate; new certificate
Status: in_force

If it appears upon such recount that an error has been made sufficient to change the result of such election, such judge in case of candidates shall issue an order to revoke the certificate of election already issued to any person and shall issue an order directing the chairman and clerk of the county board of canvassers to issue in its place another certificate in favor of the person who shall be found to have received a plurality of the votes cast at the election, which certificate shall supersede all others and entitle the holder thereof to the same rights and privileges as if such certificate had been originally issued by the canvassing board. In the event the person to whom the certificate of election has already issued shall so request, such judge shall order the recount to proceed in all districts in which such person was a candidate for election and shall withhold the issuance of any such new certificate until it shall finally be determined who has received a plurality of the votes cast at such election. If during the further recount requested by the person to whom the certificate of election has already issued, such person gains sufficient votes to give him more votes than the contestant, the judge conducting the recount may then order that the recount shall not proceed unless the contestant shall deposit such further sum of money as the judge shall require not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per district. In case of a tie vote as a result of a recount the judge conducting the recount shall issue an order revoking the certificate originally issued by the board of canvassers. Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 341, s. 30.
N.J. Stat. § 19:48-3 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-3
Adoption of voting machines in counties other than counties of first class; purchase or rental; furnishing voting machines for election following enactment; competitive bidding; method of payment
Status: in_force

In all counties other than counties of the first class the board of chosen freeholders or the governing body of any municipality by a majority vote of their respective bodies may adopt for use at all elections any kind of voting machine that meets the requirements of this subtitle, or any voting machines which meet the requirements of this subtitle may also be adopted in any county or municipality at any general, local or special election, by popular referendum, by a majority of the qualified votes cast. Such referendum shall be placed on the ballot on petition of ten per centum (10%) of the qualified voters of such county or municipality who cast their votes at the last preceding general election in such county or municipality and shall be adopted by a majority vote of the qualified electors voting thereon. Such referendum shall read as follows: "Shall voting machines be adopted and used in all elections in the (county or municipality) of ?" Upon the adoption thereof the local governing body of such political unit shall proceed to acquire within eighteen months, by rental or purchase, a complete equipment of voting machines. The governing body of the county or municipality shall provide that all election districts of any one municipality shall be equipped with voting machines on the same day. In all counties of the first class on and after September first, one thousand nine hundred and forty, voting machines of the type to meet the requirements of this subtitle shall be adopted and furnished by rental or purchase, by the board of chosen freeholders and used at all elections, in all election districts, in said counties; provided, however, that the purchase price of voting machines shall be paid at a rate not to exceed three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) in any one year. In the event the board of chosen freeholders of any county of the first class shall not have furnished and provided by rental or purchase at least forty (40) days before the election immediately following the enactment of this act, voting machines of the description and in the quantity required for use as aforesaid then the State House Commission shall forthwith furnish, by purchase or rental, a sufficient number of voting machines for use at all elections in all election districts in said county; in the event that the State House Commission finds it impracticable to obtain the number of machines necessary for use in all election districts in the said county at the next election, the State House Commission shall furnish as many machines for use in the said county at the next election as it finds practicable, and in that event the superintendent of elections of such county shall direct the installation and use of voting machines, so furnished, in such municipalities and in such wards thereof as the superintendent of elections shall designate, giving preference to municipalities in the descending order of population measured by the last published Federal or State census, and, in any municipality, giving preference to the several wards thereof according to the same standard. Any voting machines purchased by the State House Commission under the provisions of this section shall be purchased through competitive bidding upon such notice and according to such procedure as the State House Commission may prescribe. The cost of the rental or purchase of voting machines by the State House Commission under the provisions of this section shall be paid as follows: The State Treasurer shall withhold ten per centum (10%) of all subventions, excepting school and relief funds, due said county in any fiscal year until sufficient funds, together with interest at the rate of three per centum (3%) per annum, on the unpaid balance has been withheld, to cover the cost of the purchase or rental of the voting machines. The State Treasurer shall disburse said funds so retained to such persons or corporations, public or private, as shall be entitled to the same. Amended by L.1940, c. 152, p. 329, s. 1; L.1940, c. 197, p. 845, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-22 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-22
Return of signature copy registers, inspection by commissioner.
Status: in_force

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 each district board to the commissioner at his office or in any other way as the commissioner may see fit. Upon receipt of the registers the commissioner shall inspect them and verify from the party primary poll books and the general election poll books, as the case may be, that the entries required to be made on the record of voting forms in such registers by the district boards have been made. If the commissioner shall ascertain that such entries have not been made or have been improperly made, he shall cause such entries and corrections to be made forthwith and also notify the county board of such failure of duty and the members of such district board who have so failed in their duty and shall be ineligible for appointment as members of any district board thereafter. amended 1965, c.106; 2005, c.136, s.46; 2011, c.134, s.43.
N.J. Stat. § 19:58-15 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 58 / Section 58-15
Delivery of ballots; deadline for applications
Status: in_force

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 envelope, to the applicant's present address as given in the application, if said application is received not less than 8 days prior to the day fixed for the holding of the election in which such ballot is to be voted. Such ballots shall be forwarded as soon as practicable after the receipt and approval of the applications therefor, and if to be forwarded to persons at an address located without the limits of the 50 States and the District of Columbia by mail, they shall be forwarded by air mail. L.1964, c. 134, s. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-35 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-35
Other contributions and expenditures.
Status: in_force

19:34-35. Any person who shall expend, aid or assist in the expenditure of any such money for a purpose not authorized by this title, or for a purpose not named in the statement accompanying such contribution, shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. Amended 2005, c.154, s.46.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-20.21 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-20.21
Breach, terms, government contract, contributions.
Status: in_force

9. It shall be a breach of the terms of the government contract for a business entity to: (i) make or solicit a contribution in violation of this act; (ii) knowingly conceal or misrepresent a contribution given or received; (iii) make or solicit contributions through intermediaries for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting the source of the contribution; (iv) make or solicit any contribution on the condition or with the agreement that it will be contributed to a campaign committee of any candidate or holder of the public office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor; (v) engage or employ a lobbyist or consultant with the intent or understanding that such lobbyist or consultant would make or solicit any contribution, which if made or solicited by the business entity itself, would subject that entity to the restrictions of this act; (vi) fund contributions made by third parties, including consultants, attorneys, family members, and employees; (vii) engage in any exchange or contributions to circumvent the intent of this act; or (viii) directly or indirectly, through or by any other person or means, do any act which would subject that entity to the restrictions of this act. L.2005, c.51, s.9; amended 2009, c.66, s.36; 2023, c.30, s.18.
N.J. Stat. § 19:25-4 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-4
Certification of names indorsed.
Status: in_force

2. The Secretary of State shall certify the names so indorsed to the county clerk of each county not later than the 54th day before such primary election, but if any person so indorsed shall on or before such date decline in writing, filed in the office of the Secretary of State, to have his name printed upon the primary election ballot as a candidate for President, the Secretary of State shall not so certify such name. L.1952, c.2, s.2; amended 1985, c.92, s.24; 2005, c.136, s.38; 2011, c.37, s.16; 2011, c.134, s.36.
N.J. Stat. § 19:4-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-1.1
Findings, declarations relative to the right to vote by persons on parole or probation.
Status: in_force

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 or parole for an indictable offense. c. New Jersey first denied the right to vote, and permitted the Legislature to deny by law the right to vote, on account of a criminal conviction as part of its Constitution of 1844. d. The law in its current form was enacted decades prior to the dramatic increases in incarceration experienced by New Jersey and the nation over the past 40 years. e. Nearly half of those denied the right to vote because of a criminal conviction are Black, due to racial disparities in the criminal justice system. f. There is no evidence that denying the right to vote to people with criminal convictions serves any legitimate public safety purpose. g. Denying the right to vote to people with criminal convictions who are on parole or probation unnecessarily burdens law enforcement, election officials, and New Jersey residents. Administering New Jersey's current law requires involvement from multiple public safety agencies, as well as State and local election officials, and average citizens need to understand principles of the criminal law in order to know who is or is not eligible to vote. h. This act, P.L.2019, c.270, would conserve law enforcement resources and create a bright-line rule so that average citizens are not wrongly denied their right to vote due to confusion or mistake. L.2019, c.270, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-12 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-12
Attempt to cast illegal vote; third degree crime.
Status: in_force

19:34-12. Every person not entitled to vote who fraudulently attempts to vote, or who being entitled to vote attempts to vote more than once at any election, or who personates or attempts to personate a person legally entitled to vote, shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. Amended 1940, c.199, s.6; 1948, c.438, s.15; 2005, c.154, s.31.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-45 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-45
Interactive debates.
Status: in_force

9. a. In any year in which a primary election is to be held to nominate candidates for the office of Governor, there shall be held among the several candidates for each such nomination a series of interactive gubernatorial primary debates, in which all "qualified candidates," as defined by paragraph (3) or paragraph (4) of subsection m. of section 3 of P.L.1973, c.83 (C.19:44A-3), for that nomination who have applied or who intend to apply to receive money for election campaign expenses under subsection a. of section 8 of P.L.1974, c.26 (C.19:44A-33) shall participate, and in which any other candidate for that nomination who has deposited and expended the amount necessary, under paragraph (3) or paragraph (4) of subsection m. of section 3 of P.L.1973, c.83 (C.19:44A-3), to be deemed a "qualified candidate" may elect to participate, provided that other candidate notifies the Election Law Enforcement Commission of the candidate's intent to so participate within the time allowed under those paragraphs for such notification to be made by candidates wishing to become qualified candidates; except that in any year in which no such candidate or only one such candidate for that nomination is required or elects to participate, no gubernatorial primary debate shall be required to be held under this subsection. b. In any year in which a general election is to be held for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, there shall be held a series of interactive gubernatorial election debates, in which all "qualified candidates," as defined by paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of subsection m. of section 3 of P.L.1973, c.83 (C.19:44A-3), for election to those offices who have applied or who intend to apply to receive money for election campaign expenses under subsection b. of section 8 of P.L.1974, c.26 (C.19:44A-33) shall participate, and in which any other candidates for election to those offices who have deposited and expended the amount necessary, under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of subsection m. of section 3 of P.L.1973, c.83 (C.19:44A-3), to be deemed a "qualified candidate" may elect to participate, provided those other candidates notify the Election Law Enforcement Commission of the candidates' intent to so participate within the time allowed under those paragraphs for such notification to be made by candidates wishing to become qualified candidates; except that in any gubernatorial election year in which only one pair of candidates, or no candidates for election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor are required or elect to participate, no gubernatorial election debate shall be required to be held under this subsection. L.1989, c.4, s.9; amended 2009, c.66, s.25.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-22.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-22.1
Summary action by candidate, injunctive relief
Status: in_force

24. If a political committee or continuing political committee, having been established or consisting of members or having received contributions in violation of this act, shall have made any contribution or expenditure in opposition to, or in furtherance of the defeat of, a candidate, that candidate may, in a summary action in the Superior Court, apply for an order directing that political committee or continuing political committee to show cause why the court should not grant such injunctive relief as the candidate may seek. The court shall decide the application within 48 hours of the filing thereof and, upon a proper demonstration of the candidate's entitlement thereto, shall grant appropriate injunctive relief against that political committee or continuing political committee. In addition, the court may order that contributions previously received by the committee shall be deemed to be contributions to the candidate committee or joint candidates committee, as appropriate, of the candidate's opponent in the election for all purposes of section 18 of P.L.1993, c.65 (C.19:44A-11.3), and shall so advise the Election Law Enforcement Commission. The court may also order that, to the extent that the amounts of such contributions so attributed are, together with other amounts contributed by the same contributors directly to the candidate committee or joint candidates committee, in excess of the amounts of contributions which that candidate committee or joint candidates committee could legally have received directly from those contributors under that section 18, the candidate committee or joint candidates committee of the aggrieved candidate may receive contributions in excess of the amounts of contributions which that candidate committee or joint candidates committee could legally receive under section 18 of that P.L.1993, c.65 (C.19:44A-11.3). If the court determines that an application for injunctive relief under this section is frivolous, the court may award costs, including any attorney's fees, to the political committee or continuing committee against which such relief was sought. L.1993,c.65,s.24.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-1.2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-1.2
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The deputy superintendent of elections shall assist the superintendent of elections in the performance of his duties, shall serve as superintendent in his absence, and shall have such powers and duties as the superintendent may delegate to him from time to time. In addition, the deputy superintendent is constituted the chief deputy of the superintendent and shall have all of the powers and duties of the chief deputy. No county with a deputy superintendent so appointed shall also have a chief deputy appointed pursuant to R.S. 19:32-2. L.1982, c. 46, s. 2, eff. June 29, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-26.3 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-26.3
Pilot program, participation.
Status: in_force

1. There is established a pilot program to suspend the operations of the office of the superintendent of elections and the office of the deputy superintendent of elections in participating counties. The governing body of a participating county shall have three years from the effective date of P.L.2013, c.17 (C.19:32-26.3 et seq.) to adopt an ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, to commence its participation in the program. A certified copy of the ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, shall be transmitted to the Secretary of State as soon as possible after it is adopted. As used in P.L.2013, c.17 (C.19:32-26.3 et seq.), "participating counties" shall mean any county of the second class with a population of between 510,000 and 515,000 persons or between 490,000 and 495,000 persons, according to the 2010 federal decennial census for New Jersey. L.2013, c.17, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:3-30 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-30
Databases established; information on certain appointed positions and elected offices.
Status: in_force

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, commission, authority, or other multi-member entity, and for every elected public official in this State, excluding school boards, the name of the individual, the title of the office held, the term of office, the race and the gender identity or expression of that individual, and the appointing authority. b. To establish the database of appointed officials, the Institute may transmit to any person appointed to a State board, commission, authority, or other multi-member entity on or before the effective date of this act, P.L.2021, c.414, a form, developed by the Institute, for completion that records the: (a) individual's full name; (b) the title of the office held and the mailing address for that office; (c) the race of the individual, using the same racial categories as required on the federal decennial census of the United States by the federal Bureau of the Census; (d) the gender identity or expression of the individual; (e) the name and title of the appointing authority; and (f) the term of the office held. The transmission by the Governor or other appointing authority to the Institute of contact information for appointees shall not be deemed a violation of any law, rule, or regulation concerning the confidentiality or privacy of such information. c. (1) To establish the database of elected officials, the Institute may transmit to any individual elected to public office in this State on or before the effective date of this act, P.L.2021, c.414, a form, developed by the Institute, for completion that records: (a) the individual's full name; (b) the title of the public office held and the mailing address for that public office; (c) the race of the individual, using the same racial categories as required on the federal decennial census of the United States by the federal Bureau of the Census; (d) the gender identity or expression of the individual; and (e) the term of the office held. The Secretary of State shall cooperate with the Institute regarding the survey. (2) To maintain the database of elected officials, no later than 30 days after certification of an election in this State, including an election for an individual selected to fill a vacancy in an elective public office for the remainder of a term, the Secretary of State shall transmit to the Institute the election results. The transmission by the Secretary of State to the Institute of any contact information shall not be deemed a violation of any law, rule, or regulation concerning the confidentiality or privacy of such information. d. (1) The Institute shall use the information from the forms received pursuant to subsections b. and c. of this section, to establish and maintain separate databases for appointed public officials and for elected public officials. The databases shall be searchable by the public official's name, title of the office held, the term of the office held, the public official's race, the public official's gender identity or expression, and the appointing authority. Each database shall be available to the public in a prominent location on the website of the Institute, of Rutgers, The State University, and of the Secretary of State. (2) The information in each database shall be reviewed and updated in a timely manner, but no less than once each calendar year. Information on completed forms received by the Institute shall be added to the database within 21 business days of receipt. L.2021, c.414, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:4-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-4.1
Voters having more than one place of residence; authority to file statement
Status: in_force

Any person entitled to vote in this State and who has more than 1 place of residence, may file a statement pursuant to this act. L.1960, c. 195, p. 836, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-38 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-38
Certain expenditures prohibited
Status: in_force

No person shall pay, lend or contribute, or offer or agree to pay, lend or contribute, any money or other valuable consideration to or for any person for any of the following: a. The doing or procuring to be done of any act forbidden to be done by the laws relating to primary or general elections; or b. The commission of any crime or offense against the elective franchise, or the encouragement or assistance of a person in the commission of a crime or offense against the elective franchise, or aiding or assisting any person charged with the commission of a crime against the elective franchise to evade arrest or to escape conviction and punishment; or c. Providing, wholly or in part, directly or indirectly, for the expense of boarding, lodging or maintaining a person in any place of domicile in any election precinct or ward or district, with the purpose of securing the vote of such person, or of inducing such person to vote for himself, or any other person at an election; or d. The hiring or employment of a person to take or maintain a place in, or to otherwise obstruct or hinder, or to prevent the forming of the line of voters awaiting their opportunity or time to enter the polling place or election booth of an election precinct; or e. In consideration of any person withdrawing as a candidate for public office or presidential elector, at any election; or f. To pay any person for loss or damage due to attendance at the polls at any primary or general or charter election, or any registry therefor, or for the purpose of such registration; or g. For any purpose in contravention of the provisions of this Title; or h. Making any payment except in the manner provided by this Title. Amended by L.1940, c. 199, p. 854, s. 10; L.1948, c. 438, p. 1705, s. 19; L.1963, c. 57, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-46 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-46
Detention of persons arrested
Status: in_force

Upon delivering the person so arrested to the officer in charge of the police station to which he is removed, such officer shall hold and detain the person so arrested until ordered released by the magistrate taking the complaint hereinafter provided for or by other process of law. L.1947, c. 167, p. 734, s. 21.
N.J. Stat. § 19:13-23 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-23
Secretary of state to county clerks of vacancy nominations; contents
Status: in_force

In the event of vacancies among the candidates whose petitions or certificate of nomination are on file with him, the Secretary of State in certifying the nominations of candidates to fill such vacancies to the various county clerks shall insert the name of the person who has been nominated as herein provided to fill the vacancy. In the event that he has already sent forward his certificate of nomination, as herein provided, he shall forthwith certify to the clerks of the proper counties the name and description of the person so nominated to fill a vacancy, the office he is nominated for, the party or political principle he represents, and the name of the person for whom such nominee is submitted. Amended by L.1942, c. 50, p. 281, s. 6a.
N.J. Stat. § 19:59-8.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 59 / Section 59-8.1
Processing overseas voter, overseas federal election voter requests, transmittal by electronic means.
Status: in_force

12. Whenever a county clerk receives a request by electronic means from an overseas voter or overseas federal election voter or overseas State and federal election voter that a ballot be sent to that person by electronic means, the county clerk shall verify the voter's eligibility to vote as an overseas voter or overseas federal election voter or overseas State and federal election voter in the State and the county desired. If the overseas voter or overseas federal election voter or overseas State and federal election voter is eligible to vote therein, the county clerk shall send the appropriate ballot to the voter at least 45 days before the day of the election and thereafter by electronic means using the telephone number or electronic address supplied by the voter for that purpose. If the overseas voter or overseas federal election voter or overseas State and federal election voter is not eligible to vote in the State or the county desired, notice of noneligibility shall be provided to the voter by electronic means as soon as practicable after the receipt of the request. L.1993, c.73, s.12; amended 2008, c.61, s.9; 2011, c.37, s.25; 2017, c.39, s.12; 2022, c.72, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 19:29-4 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-4
Time for trial; notice
Status: in_force

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 served, in the case approval or disapproval of any proposition is to be contested, on the Secretary of State, the county clerk or the municipal clerk, as the case may be, who caused the proposition to be printed on the ballot, and in all other cases on the incumbent at least 10 days before the day set for trial. Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 343, s. 34; L.1956, c. 128, p. 535, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-10 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-10
Filing of registration forms
Status: in_force

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 use in the polling places on election days. Each set of the locked binders of original and duplicate registration forms shall consist of two volumes for each election district to be known as volume I and volume II. Volume I shall contain an index alphabetically arranged beginning with the letter "A" and ending with the letter "K", and volume II shall contain a similar index beginning with the letter "L" and ending with the letter "Z". In filing the forms there shall be inserted after the original and duplicate registration forms of each registrant a record of voting form with the corresponding serial number and the name and address of the registrant thereon. The binders containing the duplicate registration forms and the corresponding record of voting forms shall constitute and be known as the signature copy registers. The original registration forms shall not be open to public inspection except during such period as the duplicate registration forms are in process of delivery to or from the district boards or in the possession of such district boards. The original registration forms shall not be removed from the office of the commissioner except upon the order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The signature copy registers shall at all times, except during the time as above provided and subject to reasonable rules and regulations be open to public inspection. Amended 1994,c.182,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 19:48-3.3 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-3.3
State House Commission to provide voting machines in first and second class counties
Status: in_force

In each county of the first class and each county of the second class in which voting machines of the type to meet the requirements of subtitle fifteen of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes have not been furnished by the board of chosen freeholders for use at all elections in all election districts in said county, such voting machines shall be provided by the State House Commission for use in all election districts of each said county in the manner provided by this act. L.1944, c. 7, p. 20, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:27-11 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-11
Filling vacancies in county, municipal offices.
Status: in_force

19:27-11. In the event of any vacancy in any county or municipal office, except for the office of a member of the board of county commissioners, which vacancy shall occur after the 77th day preceding the primary election for the general election and on or before the 70th day preceding the general election, each political party may select a candidate for the office in question in the manner prescribed in R.S.19:13-20 for selecting candidates to fill vacancies among candidates nominated at primary elections for the general elections. A statement of such selection shall be filed with the county clerk not later than the close of business of the 68th day preceding the date of the general election. Besides the selection of candidates by each political party as before provided, candidates may also be nominated by petition in a similar manner as herein provided for direct nomination by petition for the general election but the petition shall be filed with the county clerk at least 75 days prior to such general election. When the vacancy occurs in a county office the county clerk shall forthwith give notice thereof to the chairman of the county committee of each political party and in counties of the first class to the county board, and in case the vacancy occurs in a municipal office the municipal clerk shall forthwith give notice thereof to the county clerk, the chairman of the county committee of each political party and in counties of the first class the county board. The county clerk shall print on the ballots for the territory affected, in the personal choice column, the title of office and leave a proper space under such title of office; and print the title of office and the names of such persons as have been duly nominated, in their proper columns. amended 1951, c.119, s.1; 1972, c.181, s.3; 1981, c.429, s.6; 1985, c.92, s.28; 1988, c.126, s.6; 1990, c.33, s.1; 2005, c.136, s.40; 2011, c.37, s.19; 2011, c.134, s.38; 2023, c.16, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-26.5 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-26.5
Actions prior to expiration of suspension.
Status: in_force

3. Within 60 days prior to the expiration of the suspension provided for by section 2 of P.L.2013, c.17 (C.19:32-26.4), the governing body of a participating county shall undertake the following actions: a. The governing body shall prepare a report in writing for the public and the Secretary of State on the impact of the suspension of the office of the superintendent of elections and the office of the deputy superintendent of elections during the three-year period of the suspension with respect to: (1) the operation and administration of State, county, municipal, school, special and federal elections; (2) the maintenance and distribution of voting machines; (3) the administration of voter registration in the county; and (4) the cost of conducting elections in the county. The report shall be made public and submitted to the secretary no later than the 45th day following the expiration of the suspension. b. The governing body shall decide whether to adopt an ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, within 60 days prior to the expiration of the suspension, with the adoption to be effective on the date of the expiration of the suspension, to either: (1) abolish the office of the superintendent of elections and the office of the deputy superintendent of elections; or (2) re-establish such offices as they existed prior to the suspension. L.2013, c.17, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-6.14 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-6.14
Procedures for automatic voter registration through State agencies which collect documents.
Status: in_force

4. a. Any State agency, except for the Motor Vehicle Commission, that the Secretary of State verifies already collects sufficient information, including through documents or database verification, that would provide proof of eligibility, including age, citizenship, and residence address, may establish and implement, upon approval by the Secretary of State, a procedure for automatically and electronically transmitting voter registration information to the Secretary of State of persons who are eligible to vote for the purpose of registering such persons to vote or updating their voter registration. Each person from whom such information is collected shall be offered an opportunity to decline automatic voter registration. Any such agency and each county commissioner of registration shall comply with the requirements to the extent applicable as determined by the Secretary of State, as established in subsections b. through d. of section 24 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.39:2-3.2). b. Subject to compliance with all applicable federal and State laws, rules, directives, and regulations, the Department of Corrections, the Secretary of State, and the Motor Vehicle Commission shall coordinate to ensure that eligible individuals scheduled to be released from incarceration imposed as a sentence for a crime and who are provided a non-driver identification card in anticipation of release pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2020, c.45 (C.30:1B-6.15) are also provided voter registration opportunities pursuant to section 24 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.39:2-3.2) as part of the application for such non-driver identification card. An otherwise eligible individual shall not be processed for voter registration pursuant to this section unless the individual has identified a place of residence within the State where the individual will reside following the individual’s release from incarceration. An otherwise eligible individual shall not be registered to vote pursuant to this section until the person’s release from incarceration imposed as a sentence for a crime, and the notices and procedures required by section 24 of P.L. 1994, c.182 (C.39:2-3.2) may be modified by the Secretary of State to allow for processing of registration information from an otherwise eligible person and to reflect that an otherwise eligible person shall not be registered to vote until the person’s release from incarceration imposed as a sentence for a crime. In processing information received pursuant to this section, the Department of Corrections, the Chief Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission, and each county commissioner of registration shall comply with the requirements established in section 24 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.39:2-3.2), to the extent applicable as determined by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State, the Department of Corrections, and the county commissioners of registration shall coordinate to ensure that no person is registered to vote pursuant to this subsection until the person has been released from incarceration imposed as a sentence for a crime. c. Any additional agencies that are designated for automatic voter registration pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall comply with the requirements, to the extent applicable as determined by the Secretary of State, as established in section 24 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.39:2-3.2) for automatic voter registration and shall provide the notices required pursuant to subsection b. through d. of that section to each person from whom such information is collected. L.2018, c.6, s.4; amended 2025, c.204, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53A-11 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53A / Section 53A-11
Instruction of voters; model of device
Status: in_force

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 devices, for each polling place a mechanically operated model of at least a portion of the face of the device. Such model, if furnished, shall, during the election, be located on the district election board's table or in some other place which the voters must pass to reach the voting device, and each voter shall before entering the voting device booth or before voting, be instructed regarding the operation of the device and such instruction illustrated on the model, and the voter be given opportunity personally to operate the model. The voter's attention shall also be directed to the fact of the device and he shall have the ballot explained as to the location of the public questions or referendum, the location of the officers and the names of all candidates to be voted for. L.1973, c. 82, s. 11, eff. April 12, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 19:19-16 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-16
Defective statements completed by secretary of state
Status: in_force

When and as soon as such secretary shall receive or obtain any statement of the result of such election, in any county, in the manner hereinbefore provided for, he shall ascertain whether or not the statement includes the statement of the results of the election in every election district of the county; and if it appears to him that the statement of the result of election in any election district is not exhibited by or included in the statement of the result of the election in the county, he shall forthwith ascertain whether or not a copy of the lacking statement has been received in his office; and if it appears to him that such copy has not been so received, he shall forthwith, by special messenger or otherwise, obtain a copy of the statement directed to be filed with the clerk of the county, or with the clerk of any municipality within the county, certified by such clerk, which shall be sufficient.
N.J. Stat. § 19:22-4 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-4
Form of statement and certificate
Status: in_force

The statement of such determination and the certificate appended thereto shall be in a form similar to that hereinbefore prescribed for the board of county canvassers, as far as the nature of such election will admit.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-18 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-18
Grouping of candidates.
Status: in_force

19:23-18. a. Several candidates for nomination to the same office with multiple open seats to be voted on at a primary election may in such petitions request that their names be associated and that the common slogan or endorsement to be named by them shall be printed next to or below their names, as permitted by R.S.19:23-17. The county clerk in the county in which a petition of nomination is filed shall accept such requests made in compliance with this section, provided that such notice is received prior to the date on which the draw for ballot position is conducted pursuant to R.S.19:23-24. If any candidate, following acceptance of such request by the county clerk, wishes to modify, supplement, or revoke the terms of their association, as indicated on their petitions at the time of filing, the candidate shall notify the county clerk in writing and the clerk shall accept such modification, supplement, or revocation, provided that such notice is received prior to the date on which the draw for ballot position is conducted pursuant to R.S.19:23-24. The clerk shall not accept any request to modify, supplement, or revoke the terms of an association received after the draw for ballot position is conducted pursuant to R.S.19:23-24. b. If two candidates or associations of candidates seeking the same office shall select the same slogan, the Secretary of State, county clerk, or municipal clerks, as the case may be, shall notify the candidate or associated candidates whose petition was last filed, and such candidate or associated candidates shall select a new slogan. c. If multiple candidates or associations of candidates shall receive the endorsement of the same person or incorporated association, such endorsement shall be printed next to or below all candidates having indicated such endorsement on their petitions of nomination, as permitted by R.S.19:23-17. d. If candidates have requested to be associated pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the associated candidates shall be drawn together for position on the ballot pursuant to R.S.19:23-24. The candidates, on their petitions, shall waive their right to be drawn separately for ballot position. Amended 2025, c.32, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 19:58-31 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 58 / Section 58-31
Powers of county board, clerk, superintendent and commissioner over voting by presidential ballot
Status: in_force

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 Presidential ballots as over other voting in elections except as otherwise provided in this act. L.1964, c. 134, s. 31.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-5 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-5
"Election Law Enforcement Commission" established; membership details; allocation to Department of Law and Public Safety; independence.
Status: in_force

5. a. There is hereby created a commission consisting of four members which shall be designated as the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. The members shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate for a term of three years, beginning on July 1 and ending June 30, except as hereinafter provided. The Governor shall designate one of the commission members to serve as chairman of the commission. No more than two members shall belong to the same political party, and no person holding a public office or an office in any political party shall be eligible for appointment to the commission. Each member shall serve until his successor has been appointed and qualified. In case of a vacancy, however, the successor shall be appointed in like manner for the unexpired term only. The members shall receive a salary of $30,000 annually. For the purpose of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the Election Law Enforcement Commission is hereby allocated within the Department of Law and Public Safety; but, notwithstanding said allocation, the commission shall be independent of any supervision or control by the department or by any board or officer thereof, it being the intention of this act that the assignment, direction, discipline and supervision of all the employees of the commission shall be so far as possible, and except as otherwise provided in this act, fully determined by the commission or by such officers and employees thereof to whom the commission may delegate the powers of such assignment, direction, discipline and supervision. b. Notwithstanding any provision of subsection a. of this section, or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, within 90 days following the enactment date of this act, P.L.2023, c.30 (C.19:44A-20.10a et al.), the Governor shall directly appoint four members to the commission, not more than two of whom shall be of the same political party, and the terms of office of the members of the commission currently serving shall expire upon the Governor's appointment of the new members. No person holding a public office or an office in any political party shall be eligible for appointment to the commission. Of the four new members directly appointed by the Governor pursuant to this subsection, two members who shall not be of the same political party shall be appointed for a term of three years, and two members who shall not be of the same political party shall be appointed for a term of two years. Upon the expiration of the initial term of each member appointed pursuant to this subsection, members of the commission shall be appointed pursuant to subsection a. of this section. L.1973, c. 83, s. 5, eff. April 24, 1973. Amended by L.1983, c. 579, s. 9, eff. Jan. 17, 1984; 2023, c.30, s.36.
N.J. Stat. § 19:15-10 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-10
Proclamation of opening of polls
Status: in_force

The district boards, before they receive any vote, shall make public proclamation of the opening of the election and of their readiness to receive the votes of the voters, and thereupon the election shall be opened.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-54 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-54
Failure to obey subpoena or refusal to testify.
Status: in_force

19:34-54. Any person who shall omit, neglect or refuse to obey a subpoena attested in the name of the county clerk, municipal clerk, or county board and made returnable by such clerk or board, or refuses to testify under oath before such clerk or board, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Amended 2005, c.154, s.51.
N.J. Stat. § 19:63-28 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-28
Violations, third degree crime; penalties.
Status: in_force

28. a. Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of P.L.2009, c.79 (C.19:63-1 et al.), or who, not being entitled to vote thereunder, fraudulently votes or attempts to vote thereunder, or enables or attempts to enable another person not entitled to vote thereunder to vote fraudulently thereunder, or who prevents or attempts to prevent by fraud the voting of any person legally entitled to vote under this act, or who shall knowingly certify falsely in any paper required under this act, or who, at any time, tampers with any ballot or document used in an election or interferes with the secrecy of the voting of any person, is guilty of a crime of the third degree, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject, in addition to such other penalties as are authorized by law, to disenfranchisement while serving a sentence of incarceration, unless and until pardoned or restored by law to the right of suffrage. b. Any person who knowingly aids and abets another in violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a crime of the third degree and upon conviction thereof shall be subject, in addition to such other penalties as are authorized by law, to disenfranchisement while serving a sentence of incarceration, unless and until pardoned or restored by law to the right of suffrage. L.2009, c.79, s.28; amended 2015, c.84, s.6; 2019, c.270, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 19:6-2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-2
Application for membership on district board; qualifications.
Status: in_force

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 in which he or she resides: (1) a legal voter who is a member of a political party by virtue of having voted in a party primary or who has filed a party declaration form for the ensuing primary election for the general election with the commissioner of the county in which the voter is registered and who, for two years prior to making written application, has not espoused the cause of another political party or its candidates; (2) a legal voter who is not affiliated with a political party; (3) a United States citizen and resident of this State who is 16 or 17 years of age, attends a secondary school and has the written permission of his or her parent or guardian to serve as a member of the board if appointed; or (4) a United States citizen and resident of this State who is 16 or 17 years of age and has graduated from a secondary school or has passed a general educational development test, GED, and has the written permission of his or her parent or guardian to serve as a member of the board if appointed. b. The application, signed by the applicant under his or her oath, shall state: (1) the applicant's name and address; (2) the applicant's age, if the applicant is less than 18 years of age; (3) the political party to which he or she belongs or, if the applicant is not affiliated with a political party, the fact that the applicant is not so affiliated; (4) that the applicant is of good moral character and has not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude; and (5) that the applicant possesses the following qualifications: eyesight, with or without correction, sufficient to read nonpareil type; ability to read the English language readily; ability to add and subtract figures correctly; ability to write legibly with reasonable facility; reasonable knowledge of the duties to be performed by the applicant as an election officer under the election laws of this State; and health sufficient to discharge his or her duties as an election officer. c. If an applicant for appointment to a district board is 16 or 17 years of age, then the applicant shall provide to the county board, along with the application provided under subsection b. of this section: (1) a written document signed by the applicant's parent or guardian giving the applicant permission to serve as a member of a district board if appointed and (2) if an election, meeting or training is scheduled to take place when school is in session, a written document from his or her school that acknowledges the applicant's application for appointment as a member of a district board and excuses the applicant from school on the dates of service if appointed, except that the requirement contained in subparagraph (2) of this subsection shall not apply to a United States citizen and resident of this State who is 16 or 17 years of age and has graduated from a secondary school or has passed a general educational development test, GED. d. No person shall be precluded from applying to serve as a member of a district board of any municipality for failure to vote in any year such person was ineligible to vote by reason of age or residence. e. In no case shall a person 16 or 17 years of age be permitted to serve as a member of a district board on the day of an election for more than the number of hours permitted for such a person to work pursuant to P.L.1940, c.153 (C.34:2-21.1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented. amended 1940, c.136; 1973, c.261; 1981, c.257, s.1; 1996, c.120, s.2; 2002, c.125; 2005, c.136, s.5; 2011, c.134, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 19:19-6 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-6
Second adjournment of meeting
Status: in_force

At the hour to which such adjournment shall have been ordered, the member or members present may proceed as hereinafter directed, or may again adjourn for a period not exceeding three days, at which time the member or members present shall so proceed. The board is hereby authorized to reconvene at any time for the purpose of correcting any errors.
N.J. Stat. § 19:13-19 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-19
Nomination of successor.
Status: in_force

19:13-19. If the candidate vacating the nomination was nominated directly by petition his successor shall be nominated in the same manner by direct petition, which new petition of nomination must be filed with the Secretary of State or county clerk, as the case may require, not later than 75 days before the day of election whereat such candidate is to be voted for. amended 1942, c.50, s.3; 1985, c.92, s.13; 2011, c.37, s.3; 2023, c.124, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 19:58-8 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 58 / Section 58-8
Application for presidential ballot by removed resident; form and contents
Status: in_force

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, do hereby apply for a Presidential ballot to be voted at the election to be held on and do hereby certify that: (date of election) 1. I am a citizen of the United States; 2. I was born on ; (date of birth) 3. I reside at (street and number or R.D. route) in in county in the (name of city or municipality) (name of county) State of and I have resided (name of state or, territory, commonwealth, or District of Columbia) at this address since my removal from my former address in New Jersey and expect to continue to reside there until and on the date of said election; 4. I formerly resided and was registered as a voter at (street and number or R.D. route) in in county in New (name of city or municipality) (name of county) Jersey and I continued to reside there until my removal to my present address; 5. I am unable to vote in said election at any place other than that of my former residence in New Jersey, where I believe that I am eligible to vote for electors for President and Vice-President of the United States by a Presidential ballot. Applicant (signature) Applicant (print name here) L.1964, c. 134, s. 8. Amended by L.1972, c. 30, s. 3, eff. May 25, 1972; L.1976, c. 24, s. 7, eff. May 7, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-62 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-62
Prosecutor of pleas to present violations to grand jury
Status: in_force

If the prosecutor of the pleas of the county shall be notified of any violation of any of the provisions of this title, he shall forthwith diligently inquire into the facts, and if there is reasonable ground for instituting a prosecution, such prosecutor of the pleas shall present the charge, with all the evidence which he can procure, to the grand jury of the county. Nothing herein contained shall justify any such prosecutor in counties of the first class in exercising the powers conferred upon the superintendent of elections in such counties.
N.J. Stat. § 19:60-11 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-11
Use of poll list in lieu of signature copy register.
Status: in_force

11. The district board of election shall, for any school election held at a time other than the time of the general election, utilize a poll list instead of the signature copy register. The poll list shall be arranged in a column or columns appropriately headed so as to indicate the election, the date thereof, and the school district and election district in which the same is used, in such a manner that each voter voting in the polling place at the election may sign the voter's name and state the voter's address therein and the number of the voter's official ballot may be indicated opposite the signature. The district board shall compare the signature in the poll lists with that in the signature copy registers before accepting the ballot. If one polling place is designated for two or more election districts pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.1995, c.278 (C.19:60-3), the provisions of this section shall apply to the members of the district boards of election designated to serve as the election officers at the polling place for those election districts. The signature copy registers for those election districts shall be provided to those election officers. L.1995, c.278, s.11; amended 1996, c.3, s.2; 2011, c.202, s.38.
N.J. Stat. § 19:6-14 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-14
Boards for changed or new election districts; appointment
Status: in_force

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 election, or where the boundaries of an election district shall not be the same as at the general election, the county board on being notified thereof shall appoint a district board for such election district, in the manner hereinbefore provided for the appointment of district boards.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-33 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-33
Contributions by state, county or municipal committees
Status: in_force

No state, county or municipal committee or organization of any political party shall expend any money in aid of the candidacy of any candidate for election as a delegate at any national convention, or election to any party position, or for nomination as a candidate of a political party for public office.
N.J. Stat. § 19:48-3.12 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-3.12
Convening of State House Commission; majority vote
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this act, the State House Commission may be convened by any member thereof on ten days' notice, in writing, given to the other members thereof, and a vote of the majority of the members thereof shall constitute valid action by said commission. L.1944, c. 7, p. 22, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 19:4-4.3 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-4.3
Statement to be furnished by and filed with election official having jurisdiction of indicated domicile
Status: in_force

The statement shall be furnished by and filed with the election official whose jurisdiction embraces the indicated domicile of the affiant and with whom voters are required to register or reregister. L.1960, c. 195, p. 836, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 19:60-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-1.1
Procedure for moving the date of school elections.
Status: in_force

1. a. (1) The question of moving the date of a school district's annual school election to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, to be held simultaneously with the general election, shall be submitted to the legal voters of a local or regional school district, other than a Type II district with a board of school estimate, whenever a petition signed by not less than 15% of the number of legally qualified voters who voted in the district at the last preceding general election held for the election of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States is filed with the board of education. The question shall be submitted to the voters of the district at the next general election, provided that at least 60 days have lapsed since the date of the filing of the petition. In the event that the question is not approved by the voters, no petition may be filed to submit the question to the voters within one year after an election shall have been held pursuant to any petition filed pursuant to this subsection. The date of the annual school election may be moved to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November without voter approval, upon the adoption of a resolution by the board of education of a local or regional school district, other than a Type II district with a board of school estimate, or the governing body or bodies of the municipality or municipalities constituting the district. Prior to holding a meeting for the adoption of the resolution to move the date of the annual school election, the governing body or bodies of the municipality or municipalities constituting the district shall provide adequate notice of the meeting to the affected board or boards of education. (2) In the event that the date of a school district's annual school election is moved to the day of the general election, the annual school election in November shall be held for the purpose of submitting a proposal to the voters for approval of additional funds pursuant to paragraph (9) of subsection d. of section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5), for the purpose of electing members of the board of education, and for any other purpose authorized by law. A vote shall not be required on the district's general fund tax levy for the budget year, other than the general fund tax levy required to support a proposal for additional funds. (3) In addition to the process set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection, in the event that all the constituent districts of a limited purpose regional school district approve moving the date of their annual school elections to November, by any of the procedures established pursuant to this subsection, then the annual school election for the limited purpose regional school district shall also be conducted simultaneously with the general election. (4) In the event that the date of a school district's annual school election is moved to the day of the general election pursuant to this subsection, the board of education and the county board of elections shall enter into an agreement, pursuant to guidelines established by the Secretary of State, under which the board of education shall pay any agreed upon increase in the costs, charges, and expenses that may be associated with holding the school election simultaneously with the general election. b. (1) In the case of a school district that has moved the date of its annual school election to November pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the question of moving the date of the school district's annual school election to the third Tuesday in April shall be submitted to the legal voters of a local or regional school district, other than a Type II district with a board of school estimate, whenever a petition signed by not less than 15% of the number of legally qualified voters who voted in the district at the last preceding general election held for the election of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States is filed with the board of education. The question shall be submitted to the voters of the district at the next general election, provided that at least 60 days have lapsed since the date of the filing of the petition. The date of the annual school election may be moved to the third Tuesday in April without voter approval, upon the adoption of a resolution by the board of education of a local or regional school district, other than a Type II district with a board of school estimate, or the governing body or bodies of the municipality or municipalities constituting the district. Prior to holding a meeting for the adoption of the resolution to move the date of the annual school election, the governing body or bodies of the municipality or municipalities constituting the district shall provide adequate notice of the meeting to the affected board or boards of education. No resolution may be adopted and no petition may be filed pursuant to this subsection until at least four annual school elections have been held in November. (2) In the event that the date of the annual school election is moved to the third Tuesday in April, the annual school election in April shall be held for the purpose of submitting a proposal to the voters for approval of additional funds pursuant to paragraph (9) of subsection d. of section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5), for the election of members of the board of education, and for any other purpose authorized by law. A vote shall not be required on the district's general fund tax levy for the budget year, other than the general fund tax levy required to support a proposal for additional funds (3) In addition to the process set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection, in the event that all the constituent districts of a limited purpose regional school district approve moving the date of their annual school elections to the third Tuesday in April, by any of the procedures established pursuant to this subsection, then the annual school election for the limited purpose regional school district shall also be conducted on the third Tuesday in April. c. Notice, in writing, to change the date of a school election from the third Tuesday in April to the first Tuesday in November shall be given to the county clerk no less than 60 days prior to the third Tuesday in April to take effect for that year's election. For a change from the first Tuesday in November to the third Tuesday in April, notice must be given to the county clerk no less than 85 days prior to the third Tuesday in April to take effect for that year's election. Timely notice shall also be given by the board of education or municipal governing body adopting such resolution to any other affected boards of education and municipal governing bodies. L.2011, c.202, s.1; amended 2012, c.78, s.8; 2013, c.172, s.5; 2023, c.289, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-20.19 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-20.19
Written certification, business entities, contributions.
Status: in_force

7. Prior to awarding any contract or agreement, except for a contract or agreement awarded pursuant to a fair and open process, to procure services or any material, supplies or equipment from, or for the acquisition, sale, or lease of any land or building from or to, any business entity, the State or any of its purchasing agents or agencies or independent authorities, as the case may be, shall require the business entity to provide a written certification that it has not made a contribution that would bar the award of the contract pursuant to this act. The business entity shall have a continuing duty to report any contribution it makes during the term of the contract. Such reports shall be subject to review by the State Treasurer. If the State Treasurer determines that any such contribution constitutes a violation, such contribution shall be deemed a material breach of such contract or agreement. L.2005,c.51,s.7; amended 2023, c.30, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-5 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-5
Party candidates for primary nominated by members of same party by petition
Status: in_force

Candidates to be voted for at the primary election for the general election shall be nominated exclusively by the members of the same political party by petition in the manner herein provided.
N.J. Stat. § 19:27-6 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-6
Congressional vacancies.
Status: in_force

19:27-6. In the case of a vacancy in the representation of this State in the United States Senate, the writ may designate the next general election day for the election, but if a special day is designated, it shall specify the cause and purpose of such election, the name of the officer in whose office the vacancy has occurred, the day on which a special primary election shall be held, which shall be not less than 70 days nor more than 76 days following the date of issuance of the writ, and the day on which the special election shall be held, which shall be not less than 64 nor more than 70 days following the day of the special primary election. If the vacancy happens in the representation of this State in the United States Senate the election shall take place at the general election next succeeding the happening thereof, unless the vacancy shall happen within 70 days next preceding the primary election prior to the general election, in which case it shall be filled by election at the second succeeding election, unless the Governor shall deem it advisable to call a special election therefor, which he is authorized hereby to do. amended 1957, c.2, s.1; 1981, c.429, s.3; 1985, c.92, s.25; 2011, c.37, s.17; 2025, c.275, s.4.