N.J. Stat. § 19:6-18 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-18
Nomination for member of county board; certification, appointment, term.
Status: in_force

19:6-18. During the 30-day period immediately preceding February 15 in each year, the chairman and vice-chairlady of each county committee and the State committeeman and State committeewoman of each of such two political parties, respectively shall meet and jointly, in writing, nominate an equal number of persons, as specified under R.S.19:6-17, residing in the county of such county committee chairman, duly qualified, for member of the county board in and for such county. If more than two members are elected to the State committee of any party from a county, the State committeeman and State committeewoman who shall participate in the process of nomination shall be those holding full votes who received the greatest number of votes in their respective elections for members of the State committee. If nomination be so made, the said county committee chairman shall certify the nomination so made to the State chairman and to the Governor, and the Governor shall commission such appointees, who shall be members of opposite parties, on or before March 1. If nomination be not so made on account of a tie vote in the said meeting of the county committee chairman, county committee vice-chairlady, State committeeman and State committeewoman, in respect to such nomination, the said county committee chairman shall certify the fact of such a tie vote to the State chairman, who shall have the deciding vote and who shall certify, in writing, to the Governor, the nomination made by his deciding vote. Appointees to county boards of election pursuant to this section shall continue in office for two years from March 1 next after their appointment. The first appointment having been made pursuant to law for terms of one and two years, respectively, the members subsequently appointed each year shall fill the offices of the appointees whose terms expire in that year. amended 1955, c.243, s.1; 1968, c.84; 1978, c.15, s.2; 2005, c.136, s.8; 2007, c.61, s.4; 2011, c.134, s.8; 2019, c.191, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 19:49-3 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-3
Number of official ballots to be furnished.
Status: in_force

19:49-3. At least one week prior to the start of the early voting period for any primary, local, or general election two sets of official ballots shall be provided for each voting machine, for each polling place, for each election district, for use in and upon the voting machine. One set thereof shall be inserted or placed in or upon the voting machine and the other shall be retained in the custody and possession of the county board of elections or the superintendent of elections or the municipal clerk, as the case may be, having custody of voting machines, unless it shall become necessary during the course of the election to make use of the same upon or in the voting machine. At the close of the election all official ballots, except those actually in or upon the voting machine at the close of the election, whether the same shall have been used in the machine or not, shall be returned to the official providing the same in the manner by this Title provided. amended 1945, c.56, s.4; 2021, c.40, s.18.
N.J. Stat. § 19:13-22 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-22
Secretary of State; statement to county clerks of nominations, vacancies.
Status: in_force

19:13-22. a. The Secretary of State, not later than 99 days, and with respect to candidates for President and Vice President of the United States not later than 88 days, before any election whereat any candidates nominated in any direct petition or primary certificate of nomination or State convention certificate filed with the Secretary of State are to be voted for, shall make and certify, under the Secretary's hand and seal of office, and forward to the clerks of the several counties of the State, and post on the Secretary's website, a statement of all such candidates for whom the voters within such county may be by law entitled to vote at such election. This statement shall contain the names and residences of all candidates, the offices for which they are respectively nominated, and the names of the parties by which or the political appellation under which they are respectively nominated. Candidates nominated directly by petition, without distinctive political appellation, shall be certified as independent candidates. Similar statements shall be made, certified and forwarded, when vacancies are filled subsequently, according to law. b. The Secretary of State shall certify and forward the statement required by subsection a. of this section no later than the fourth Friday in June following a primary election for the candidates for the office of Governor for whom the voters may be by law entitled to vote at the next subsequent general election. The statement shall include the information required by subsection a. of this section. Candidates nominated directly by petition for the office of Governor, without distinctive political appellation, shall be certified as independent candidates at the same time as candidates nominated for the office of Governor at a primary election are certified by the Secretary of State. Similar statements shall be made, certified and forwarded, when vacancies are filled subsequently, according to law. Amended 1942, c.50, s.6; 1948, c.2, s.20; 1977, c.431, s.2; 2009, c.66, s.33; 2022, c.15, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 19:19-11 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-11
Form of certificate to statement of canvass
Status: in_force

The certificate shall be in substantially the following form: "I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true, full and correct statement of the result of the election above-mentioned, as the same is exhibited by the statements produced and laid before the board of county canvassers according to law, and that the same exhibits the number of the names in the signature copy registers and the registers of voters, the number of names of the voters in the poll books of the election districts, respectively, and of the ballots rejected, the whole number of the names in the signature copy registers and the registers of voters, the whole number of names of the voters in the poll books of the several election districts, the name of each person for whom any vote or votes were cast, the number of votes cast for each person in each election district, and the whole number of votes cast for each person for each office designated, and also specifies each public question voted upon and the number of votes cast thereupon in each election district respectively, and the whole number of votes cast thereupon in the several election districts as they appear by the statements so produced and laid before the said board. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this day of , in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and Chairman of the board of county canvassers. Attest: , Clerk."
N.J. Stat. § 19:3-22 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-22
Appointments null and void
Status: in_force

An appointment to an office made in violation of or contrary to the provisions of section 19:3-20 or section 19:3-21 of this title shall be void.
N.J. Stat. § 19:26-1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 26 / Section 26-1
Return of election documents, equipment.
Status: in_force

19:26-1. At the close of all primary elections held according to the provisions of this title, and after counting the ballots cast at such primary and making the statements thereof as herein provided, each district board shall place all ballots voted at the election and all spoiled and unused ballots inside the ballot boxes used at such election, and after locking and sealing the same, shall forthwith deliver the ballot boxes to the municipal clerk and the keys thereof to the county clerk. The signature copy register binders and the current primary party poll books used at the primary election shall be returned by the district boards to the commissioner, not later than noon of the day following the primary election for the general election. The commissioner shall return the primary party poll books used at the primary election to the municipal clerks not later than one month preceding the next primary election. The county clerks, in counties other than counties of the first class, shall, during the ten days next preceding the third registry day deliver, at their offices or in any other way they may see fit, the register of voters to the respective district boards. The county clerks in counties of the first class shall deliver the register of voters to the municipal clerks, who shall deliver such register to the district boards at the same time and with the official general election sample ballots. amended 2005, c.136, s.39; 2011, c.134, s.37.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-2
Commissioner of registration.
Status: in_force

19:31-2. In all counties having a superintendent of elections, the superintendent of elections is hereby constituted the commissioner of registration and in all other counties the secretary of the county board is hereby constituted the commissioner of registration. The commissioner of registration shall have complete charge of the registration of all eligible voters within their respective counties. Pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of P.L.2005, c.145 (C.19:31-32), the commissioner of registration shall be responsible for adding to, deleting from, amending and maintaining the records of persons registered to vote in the commissioner's county contained in the Statewide voter registration system established pursuant to section 1 of that act. The commissioner of registration shall have power to appoint temporarily, and the commissioner of registration in counties of the first class having more than 800,000 inhabitants shall have power to appoint on a permanent, or temporary basis, such number of persons, as in the commissioner's judgment may be necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this Title. All persons appointed by the commissioner of registration in counties of the first class having more than 850,000 inhabitants according to the latest federal decennial census to serve for terms of more than six months in any one year shall be in the career service of the civil service and shall be appointed, and hold their positions, in accordance with the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service. All persons appointed by the commissioner of registration in counties of the first class having more than 600,000 but less than 850,000 inhabitants according to the latest federal decennial census to serve for terms of more than six months in any one year, other than the chief deputy and chief clerk and confidential secretary and chief custodian, shall be in the career service of the civil service and shall be appointed and hold their positions, in accordance with the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service. Persons appointed by the commissioner of registration in such counties to serve for terms of six months or less in any one year and persons appointed by the commissioner of registration shall not be subject to any of the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, but shall be in the unclassified service. In each county the commissioner of registration shall submit to the Attorney General on or before February 15 of each year a plan providing for evening registration for the primary election and on or before July 1 plans providing for evening registration for the general election, which plans shall be subject to approval by the Attorney General. Evening registration shall be made available in the office of each commissioner of registration between the hours of 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. on the 21st day preceding the primary and general elections and, in any year in which municipal elections are to be held in any municipality within the county, on the 21st day preceding those municipal elections. In each county, the commissioner of registration may also establish a plan for out-of-office registration, including door-to-door registration. Nothing in this section shall preclude the commissioner from providing pursuant to plan evening registration in excess of the requirements of this section, or shall preclude or in any way limit out-of-office registration conducted by persons or groups other than the commissioner. The commissioner of registration shall provide such printed forms, blanks, supplies and office telephone and transportation equipment as are necessary in the opinion of the commissioner to carry out the provisions of this Title and any amendments or supplements thereto. Subject to the limitations set forth in chapter 32 of this Title, all necessary expenses incurred, as and when certified and approved by the commissioner of registration shall be paid by the county treasurer of the county. Nothing in the provisions of subtitle 2 of the Title, Municipalities and Counties (R.S.40:16-1 et seq.), shall in anywise be construed to affect, restrict or abridge the powers herein conferred on the commissioners of registration of the several counties. All powers granted to the commissioner in all counties not having superintendents of elections by the provisions of this Title are hereby conferred on the county board in such counties and any and all duties conferred upon the commissioner in all counties not having a superintendent of elections by the provisions of this Title shall only be exercised and performed by such commissioner under the instructions and directions of and subject to the approval of the county board of such counties. Amended 1940, c.165, s.1; 1941, c.275, s.8; 1947, c.168, s.17; 1952, c.290, ss.1,4-6; 1953, c.348, s.1; 1961, c.59, s.3; 1963, c.138, s.1; 1966, c.117, s.1; 1967, c.73, s.1; 1974, c.30, s.4; 1975, c.15, s.1; 1975, c.204, s.1; 1979, c.393; 1981, c.462, s.24; 1994, c.182, s.2; 2005, c.139, s.6; 2005, c.145, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-6.10 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-6.10
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. 30, s. 22.
N.J. Stat. § 19:48-3.9 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-3.9
Payments by counties out of first tax moneys
Status: in_force

In each county in which it is required by this act that an appropriation for the purposes of this act be included in the annual budget of any county, the board of chosen freeholders of said county shall direct the county treasurer of said county to pay, and the county treasurer, not later than the first day of March in such year, shall pay to the State Treasurer the amount of such appropriation out of the first moneys received from the various municipalities of the county for county taxes and before making any other payment out of said moneys. L.1944, c. 7, p. 21, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-20.23 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-20.23
Applicability, State agencies, authorities.
Status: in_force

11. This act shall apply to all State agencies including any of the principal departments in the Executive Branch, and any division, board, bureau, office, commission or other instrumentality within or created by such department and any independent State authority, board, commission, instrumentality or agency, with respect to any contract or agreement other than that awarded pursuant to a fair and open process. As used in P.L.2005, c.51 (C.19:44A-20.13 et seq.), "fair and open process" means, at a minimum, that the contract shall be: publicly advertised in newspapers or on the Internet website maintained by the public entity in sufficient time to give notice in advance of the contract; awarded under a process that provides for public solicitation of proposals or qualifications and awarded and disclosed under criteria established in writing by the public entity prior to the solicitation of proposals or qualifications; and publicly opened and announced when awarded. A contract awarded under a process that includes public bidding or competitive contracting pursuant to State contracts law shall constitute a fair and open process. The decision of a public entity as to what constitutes a fair and open process shall be final. L.2005,c.51,s.11; amended 2023, c.30, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-25 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-25
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.1973, c. 83, s. 25, eff. April 24, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 19:3-29 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-29
Other vacancies; election to fill.
Status: in_force

19:3-29. A vacancy happening in a public office other than that of United States Senator, Member of Congress, State Senator, or member of the House of Assembly, shall be filled at the general election next succeeding the happening thereof, unless such vacancy shall happen within 70 days next preceding such election, in which case it shall be filled at the second succeeding general election. amended 1951, c.119, s.2; 2011, c.37, s.38.
N.J. Stat. § 19:58-4 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 58 / Section 58-4
Certificate of disqualification of removed resident; authority for determination
Status: in_force

Any certificate filed by an applicant for a Presidential ballot as to the disqualification of a removed resident, who does not reside in this State, to vote for electors for President and Vice-President of the United States in the election district in which he resides shall be sufficient authority for said clerks and boards to make any determination in connection with the subject matter of such certificate. L.1964, c. 134, s. 4. Amended by L.1972, c. 30, s. 2, eff. May 25, 1972; L.1976, c. 24, s. 3, eff. May 7, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 19:4-4 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-4
Arrest under civil process on election day
Status: in_force

No person who shall have a right to vote at any election shall be arrested by virtue of any civil process on the day on which such election shall be held.
N.J. Stat. § 19:15-17 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-17
Comparison of signatures or statements; identifying documentation.
Status: in_force

19:15-17. a. The comparison of signatures of a voter made upon registration and upon election day, and if the voter alleges his inability to write, the comparison of the answers made by such voter upon registration and upon election day, shall be had in full view of the challengers. b. If a voter has registered by mail after January 1, 2003 to vote for the first time in his or her current county of residence and did not provide personal identification when registering pursuant to section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4), the voter shall be permitted to vote starting at the first election held after January 1, 2004 at which candidates are seeking federal office after displaying one of the following items: (1) a current and valid photo identification card; (2) a current utility bill, bank statement, government check or pay check; (3) any other government document that shows the voter's name and current address; or (4) any other identifying document that the Attorney General has determined to be acceptable for this purpose. If the voter does not display one of these documents, the voter shall not be permitted to vote by machine but shall instead be provided with a provisional ballot, pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1999, c.232 (C.19:53C-1 et seq.). This subsection shall not apply to any voter entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the "Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act" (42 U.S.C. 1973ff-1 et seq.) or to any voter who is provided the right to vote other than in person under section 3 of Pub.L.98-435, the "Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act," or any other voter entitled to vote otherwise than in person under any other federal law. This subsection shall also not apply to any person who registers to vote by appearing in person at any voter registration agency or to any person whose voter registration form is delivered to the county commissioner of registration or to the Attorney General, as the case may be, through a third party by means other than by mail delivery. c. Each county commissioner of registration shall collect and maintain, in the manner prescribed by the Attorney General, the information provided pursuant to subsection b. of this section and section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4). Access to the personal identification information provided pursuant to subsection b. of this section and section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4). shall be prohibited, in accordance with subsection a. of section 6 of P.L.2001, c.404 (C.47:1A-5). Amended 2004, c.88, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 19:4-1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-1
Qualifications; persons not having right of suffrage; right to register.
Status: in_force

19:4-1. Every person possessing the qualifications required by Article II, paragraph 3, of the Constitution of the State of New Jersey and having none of the disqualifications hereinafter stated and being duly registered as required by Title 19, shall have the right of suffrage and shall be entitled to vote in the polling place assigned to the election district in which he actually resides, and not elsewhere. No person shall have the right of suffrage-- (1) Who has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting; or (2) (Deleted by amendment.) (3) (Deleted by amendment.) (4) (Deleted by amendment.) (5) (Deleted by amendment.) (6) Who has been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this Title, for which criminal penalties were imposed, if such person was deprived of such right as part of the punishment therefor while serving a sentence of incarceration according to law unless pardoned or restored by law to the right of suffrage; or (7) Who shall be convicted of the violation of any of the provisions of this Title, for which criminal penalties are imposed, if such person shall be deprived of such right as part of the punishment therefor while serving a sentence of incarceration according to law, unless pardoned or restored by law to the right of suffrage; or (8) Who is serving a sentence of incarceration as the result of a conviction of any indictable offense under the laws of this or another state or of the United States. A person who will have on the day of the next general election the qualifications to entitle him to vote shall have the right to be registered for and vote at such general election and register for and vote at any election, intervening between such date of registration and such general election, if he shall be a citizen of the United States and shall meet the age and residence requirements prescribed by the Constitution of this State and the laws of the United States, when such intervening election is held, as though such qualifications were met before registration. amended 1948, c.438, s.3; 1955, c.156; 1957, c.205; 1959, c.127, s.1; 1964, c.7, s.1; 1971, c.280; 2010, c.50, s.17; 2019, c.270, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 19:21-7 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-7
Form of statement and certificate
Status: in_force

Such statement and 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. § 19:62-4 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-4
Election by mail, availability of voting machine accessible to disabled persons.
Status: in_force

4. If an election by mail is authorized pursuant to section 1 of this act, P.L.2005, c.148 (C. 19:62-1), the superintendent of elections or the commissioner of registration, as may be appropriate, shall make certain that at least one voting machine that is fully accessible to individuals with disabilities shall be located in the office of the municipal clerk and available for use by such individuals. Other than as provided for in section 9 of P.L. 2005, c.148 (C.19:62-9), all the provisions of this Title concerning polling places shall apply to the office of a municipal clerk used for this purpose, as deemed appropriate by the Attorney General. L.2005,c.148,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-27 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-27
Printing of ballots; number; cost paid by municipalities
Status: in_force

Not later than twelve o'clock noon of the Saturday preceding a primary for the general election each municipal clerk shall have had printed and on hand in his office for the use of each of the political parties official primary ballots equal in number to one and one-tenth times the number of votes cast by such political party at the last preceding general election at which electors for president and vice president of the United States were voted for in such election district. When an election district shall have been divided or the boundaries thereof changed, or a new district created, the municipal clerk shall ascertain as nearly as may be possible the number of voters in the new or rearranged or divided district, and provide therefor a sufficient number of official primary ballots in the above proportion. The cost of printing the official primary ballots shall be paid by the respective municipalities.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-26.7 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-26.7
Re-establishment of offices; requirements.
Status: in_force

5. Once the office of superintendent of elections and the office of the deputy superintendent has been abolished in a participating county pursuant to P.L.2013, c.17 (C.19:32-26.3 et seq.), the county shall not be permitted to re-establish the offices and return to them the functions, powers, and duties provided by law until the following requirements have been met in the following order: a. at least five years shall have passed since the offices were abolished; b. a new ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, providing for the re-establishment of the office of superintendent of elections and the office of deputy superintendent of elections, and the return of the functions, powers, and duties of each office provided by law from the county board of elections, shall be adopted by the county's governing body and a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, together with a tally of the vote to adopt it, shall be filed with the Secretary of State within 10 days after the adoption; c. a written report shall be prepared for the secretary that: (1) explains why the governing body of the county believes the re-establishment of the office of superintendent and the office of deputy superintendent are necessary; (2) presents a plan for how the offices shall be re-established and shall work in conjunction with the county clerk and the county board of elections; and (3) includes the financial information necessary to prove that re-establishing the offices shall improve the efficiency and reduce the cost of: (a) operating and administering State, county, school, municipal, special and federal elections; (b) maintaining and distributing voting machines; and (c) overseeing the administration of voter registration in the county; and d. the re-establishment of the office of superintendent of elections and the office of deputy superintendent of elections shall be approved by the secretary after the secretary has had a maximum of 90 days to review the report. The secretary shall be authorized to receive answers to such questions that the secretary deems necessary to ask to ensure that the operation and administration of elections, maintenance and distribution of voting machines and administration of voter registration shall be conducted by the county in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible. In the event that the secretary decides that the office of the superintendent of elections and the office of the deputy superintendent of elections should be re-established in a participating county, qualified individuals to serve in each office shall be appointed as provided by law and the functions, powers, and duties of the offices shall be re-established within one year after the secretary's decision. L.2013, c.17, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 19:63-2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-2
Definitions relative to voting by mail.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act, unless otherwise indicated by the context: "Election," "general election," "primary election for the general election," "municipal election," "school election," and "special election" mean, respectively, such elections as defined in R.S.19:1-1 et seq. "Family member" means an adult who is a spouse, parent, child, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of a voter, whether by adoption or natural relationship. It shall also include any adult occupant regularly living with a voter in any residential building or part of a building intended for the use of no more than one family. "Mail-in ballot" means any ballot used by a mail-in voter to vote by mail in any election. "Mail-in voter" means any qualified and registered voter of this State who wants to vote in any election using a mail-in ballot under the provisions of this act. L.2009, c.79, s.2; amended 2011, c.134, s.49.
N.J. Stat. § 19:15-1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-1
Supervision of district boards by county board; district boards to hold and conduct elections
Status: in_force

The county board shall have supervision and direction of and authority over the district boards at all elections, including commission form of government elections held within the county. The district boards shall in their respective election districts hold and conduct all elections at which the method of voting hereinafter prescribed shall be observed.
N.J. Stat. § 19:63-6 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-6
Publication of notice.
Status: in_force

6. a. The county clerk, in the case of any Statewide election, countywide election, or school election in a regional or other school district comprising more than one municipality; the municipal clerk, in the case of any municipal election or school election in a school district comprising a single municipality; and the commissioners or other governing or administrative body of the district, in the case of any election to be held in any fire district or other special district, other than a municipality, created for specified public purposes within one or more municipalities, shall publish the following notice in substantially the following form: NOTICE TO PERSONS WANTING MAIL-IN BALLOTS If you are a qualified and registered voter of the State who wants to vote by mail in the......................... (school, municipal, primary, general, or other) election to be held on................. (date of election), the following applies: You must complete the application form below and send it to the county clerk where you reside or write or apply in person to the county clerk where you reside to request a mail-in ballot. Instead, you may complete the application form electronically on the Secretary of State's website. The name, address, and signature of any person who has assisted you to complete the mail-in ballot application must be provided on the application, and you must sign and date the application. No person may serve as an authorized messenger or bearer for more than three qualified voters in an election, but a person may serve as such for up to five qualified voters in an election if those voters are immediate family members residing in the same household as the messenger or bearer. No person who is a candidate in the election for which the voter requests a mail-in ballot may provide any assistance in the completion of the ballot or serve as an authorized messenger or bearer. A person who applies for a mail-in ballot must submit his or her application at least seven days before the election, but such person may request an application in person from the county clerk up to 3 p.m. of the day before the election. Voters who want to vote by mail in all future elections will, after their initial request and without further action on their part, be provided with a mail-in ballot until the voter requests otherwise in writing, or beginning with the 2020 general election cycle, if the voter does not vote by mail in four consecutive years, then the voter shall no longer be furnished with a mail-in ballot for future elections and the voter shall be notified in writing of the change. Application forms may be obtained by applying to the undersigned either in writing or by telephone, or the application form provided below may be completed and forwarded to the undersigned. Dated..................................................... ........................................................................ (signature and title of county clerk) .................................... (address of county clerk) .................................... (telephone no. of county clerk) b. (1) The Secretary of State shall be responsible for providing all information regarding overseas ballots to each overseas voter eligible for such a ballot pursuant to P.L.1976, c.23 (C.19:59-1 et seq.). The secretary shall also make available valid overseas voter registration and ballot applications to any voter who is a member of the armed forces of the United States and who is a permanent resident of this State, or who is an overseas voter who wishes to register to vote or to vote in any jurisdiction in this State. The secretary shall provide such public notice as may be deemed necessary to inform members of the armed forces of the United States and overseas voters how to obtain valid overseas voter registration and ballot applications. (2) The Secretary of State shall undertake a program to inform voters in this State about their eligibility to vote by mail pursuant to this act. Dissemination of this information shall be included in the standard notices required by this section and other provisions of current law, including but not limited to the notice requirements of R.S.19:12-7, and shall be effectuated by such means as the secretary deems appropriate and to the extent that funds for such dissemination are appropriated including, but not limited to, by means of Statewide or local electronic media, public service announcements broadcast by such media, notices on the Internet site of the Department of State or any other department or agency of the Executive Branch of State government or its political subdivisions deemed appropriate by the secretary, and special mailings or notices in newspapers or other publications circulating in the counties or municipalities of this State. c. The mail-in ballot materials shall contain a notice that any person voting by mail-in ballot who has registered by mail after January 1, 2003, who did not provide personal identification information when registering and is voting for the first time in his or her current county of residence following registration shall include copies of the required identification information with the mail-in ballot, and that failure to include such information shall result in the rejection of the ballot. d. The notice provided for in subsection a. of this section shall be published before the 55th day immediately preceding the holding of any election. Notices relating to any Statewide or countywide election shall be published in at least two newspapers published in each county. All officials charged with the duty of publishing such notices shall publish the same in at least one newspaper published in each municipality or district in which the election is to be held, or if no newspaper is published in the municipality or district, then in a newspaper published in the county and circulating in the municipality or district. All such notices shall be display advertisements. L.2009, c.79, s.6; amended 2011, c.37, s.30; 2011, c.134, s.50; 2015, c.84, s.2; 2018, c.72, s.2; 2020, c.71, s.7; 2022, c.67, s.11; 2022, c.68, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-23 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-23
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.
N.J. Stat. § 19:15-18 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-18
Voter challenges
Status: in_force

19:15-18. The members of the district boards and any duly authorized challenger, respectively, shall at any election challenge every person who shall claim to have a right to vote therein whom they or he shall know, suspect or believe not to be qualified or entitled to so vote, and said members of the district board or challenger shall have the power and right to ask all questions which are suitable and necessary to determine such person's right. No member of the district board and no duly authorized challenger shall, however, challenge, delay or prevent the right to vote of any person because of that person's race, color, national origin, expected manner of casting a vote or residence in a particular ward, housing complex or section of a municipality or county, provided that nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit a challenge based upon the failure of the challenged voter to meet the applicable statutory residency qualification for voting in the particular election district. Any member of the district board or duly authorized challenger who violates this section is guilty of a disorderly persons offense. Amended 1991,c.249,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:46-10 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-10
Districting standards
Status: in_force

5. a. The plan certified by the New Jersey Redistricting Commission for the establishment of Congressional districts shall provide for equality of population among districts; for the preservation of minority voting status within each district; for the geographical contiguity of individual districts; and for reasonable protection for districts from decade to decade against disruptive alteration due to redistricting. b. (1) In the plan, the population of each Congressional district shall be as nearly equal as practicable, and the difference in population between the most populous and least populous districts as small as practicable, as required by the Constitution of the United States and all applicable decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. (2) No Congressional district shall be established which fragments an ethnic or racial minority community which, if left intact, would constitute a majority or significant number of voters or potential voters within a single district with the ability to elect the candidate of their choice. For the purposes of this paragraph, a minority community means any group enjoying special protection under the civil rights provisions of the Constitution of the United States and the federal "Voting Rights Act of 1965," as amended and supplemented (42 U.S.C. s. 1973 et seq.). c. Congressional districts shall be drawn so that they are contiguous. d. To the fullest extent reasonable and when not in conflict with the foregoing standards, Congressional districts shall be drawn to preserve continuity from decade to decade. L.1991,c.510,s.5; per s.12, expired January 1, 2001.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-13.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-13.1
Previous registration in another county; notice; transfer to inactive file
Status: in_force

When a person appears to register in any county of this State, and in answer to the statement on the registration forms, to wit: "Municipality, house number and street address from which last registered," such person gives information as to previous registration in another county of this State, the commissioner of registration of the county in which such person newly registers shall forthwith notify the commissioner of registration of the county in which such person was last registered, by postal card signed by the registrant, of the new registration, upon receipt of which information the said commissioner shall transfer the registration forms of such person to the inactive file without any publication thereof being required. L.1947, c. 414, p. 1288, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-57 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-57
Subpoena to issue, expenses
Status: in_force

19:34-57. If proof be made before any judge of the Superior Court or municipal court of facts constituting probable cause for believing that this Title has been violated, and that any person other than the accused has knowledge of the circumstances connected therewith, such judge shall issue process of subpoena for the appearance of such person before him, to be examined touching the same. The lawful expenses of such subpoena and examination shall be paid by the applicant therefor, and such evidence shall be filed with the clerk of the county, to be used before the grand jury. No such process of subpoena shall be issued or served nor any such examination held on the day of election. Amended 1953, c.19, s.55; 1991,c.91,s.259.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-20.10a — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-20.10a
Failure to disclose, contribution, fines.
Status: in_force

24. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a business entity that fails to disclose a contribution or the existence of a public contract shall be subject to a fine of not less than $250. L.2023, c.30, s.24.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53B-1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53B / Section 53B-1
Emergency ballot box packet, packages; preparation
Status: in_force

10. a. The county clerk or the municipal clerk, in the case of a municipal election, shall prepare an emergency ballot box packet which shall include the appropriate number of emergency ballots, the appropriate number of pre-punched single-hole white envelopes, and two tally sheets, each with a carbon duplicate copy attached. The custodian of the voting machines shall prepare and place in each emergency ballot box an emergency ballot box packet and an envelope containing a numbered white seal and a numbered red seal. The envelope shall contain, on its face, the instructions for the use of the seals, the number and the election district location of the voting machine to which the ballot box is attached, and the identification numbers of the white and red seals that were placed in the envelope. The emergency ballot box shall be sealed with a numbered green security seal before being shipped to each election district as provided in R.S.19:48-6. b. For the primary for the general election, the emergency ballots shall be printed on paper of a color that matches the color of the voting authority, which shall indicate the party primary of the voter. The emergency ballots shall be uniform in size, quality and type and of a thickness that the printing thereon cannot be distinguished from the back of the paper, and without any mark, device or figure on the front or back other than as provided in this amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.1992, c.3 (C.19:53B-1 et al.). The clerk of the county or municipality having custody of the emergency ballots shall prepare each emergency ballot package with a minimum of 30 emergency ballots for each political party. If the clerk determines, based upon the number of registered voters with party affiliations, that an election district shall require more than 30 emergency ballots per party primary, additional emergency ballots shall be delivered to that election district. c. For the general election the emergency ballots shall be printed on paper of the color of the voting authority. The emergency ballots shall be uniform in size, quality and type and of a thickness that the printing thereon cannot be distinguished from the back of the paper, and without any mark, device or figure on the front or back other than as provided in this amendatory and supplementary act. The clerk of the county or municipality shall prepare each emergency ballot package with a minimum of 30 emergency ballots. If the clerk determines that an election district shall require more than 30 emergency ballots based on the number of registered voters, additional emergency ballots shall be delivered to that election district. L.1992,c.3,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 19:7-6 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-6
Badge
Status: in_force

Every such challenger shall at any election wear a badge, to be furnished by the county board, which shall show to any person the political party or candidate or group of candidates or the side for whom or for which the challenger is acting. Amended by L.1956, c. 66, p. 153, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 19:27A-1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 27A / Section 27A-1
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Recall Election Law." L.1995,c.105,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:60-9 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-9
Ballot, form, contents.
Status: in_force

9. The ballot for a school election shall be a single or blanket form of ballot, upon which shall be printed in bold-faced type the words "OFFICIAL SCHOOL ELECTION BALLOT" or "OFFICIAL SPECIAL SCHOOL ELECTION BALLOT," as appropriate. Any public question which is to be submitted to the voters at a school election shall be printed in a separate space below or to the right of, as the county clerk shall determine, the listing of candidates in the election. In the columns in which are listed the titles of the offices to be filled at a school election and the names of candidates for those offices, the title of and the names of candidates for the office of member of the regional board of education shall appear above the title of and the names of candidates for the office of member of the local board of education. With respect to either office, in the event that one or more persons are to be elected to membership thereon for a full term and one or more persons are to be elected to membership thereon to fill an unexpired term, the ballots shall designate which of the candidates to be voted for is to be elected for a full term and which for an unexpired term. In all cases in which one or more persons are to be elected for an unexpired term, the ballots shall indicate the duration of that unexpired term. The names of two or more candidates for any given term who have notified the secretary of the board, or the county clerk if the annual school election is to be held in November, in writing that they wish to be bracketed together with their chosen designation, if any, shall appear as a group in the appropriate location on the ballot, depending on whether the candidates are to be elected to fill an expired or an unexpired term. All public questions to be voted upon at a school election by the voters of more than one municipality shall be placed first before any question to be voted upon at that election by the voters of a single municipality. When the public question to be voted upon by the voters of a regional school district is the amount of money to be raised for the use of the regional schools of the district, the amount of money determined to be the constituent municipality's share thereof may be identified on the ballot pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-17. Every county clerk shall have ready for the printer a copy of the contents of official ballots required by law to be printed for use at a school election, as follows: in the case of the annual April school election, not later than the 17th day preceding that election; in the case of any special school election, not later than two business days following receipt by the clerk of official notice of the complete content of the ballot to be voted upon at that election; and in the case of the annual November school election, in accordance with the provisions of R.S.19:14-1. The ballots for an annual school election to be held simultaneously with the general election shall be in accordance with the provisions of chapter 14 of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes. At an annual school election held simultaneously with the general election, the names of the candidates for the office of member of the board of education shall appear on the ballot separately from the names of candidates for other offices whenever possible. Any proposals for additional funds pursuant to paragraph (9) of subsection d. of section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5) shall appear on the ballot near the names of the candidates for the office of member of the board of education whenever possible. L.1995, c.278, s.9; amended 2001, c.26, s.2; 2011, c.202, s.37; 2018, c.20, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 19:13-8.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-8.1
Petitions filed after deadline; ineligible candidates.
Status: in_force

7. No petition for direct nomination, including a petition filed pursuant to R.S. 19:13-19, which, for any reason, is filed after the deadline established in R.S. 19:13-9 shall nominate to any elective public office a candidate who unsuccessfully sought the nomination of a political party to that office in the primary election held in the same calendar year and no unsuccessful primary candidate shall sign an acceptance of such a petition for direct nomination.
L. 1998, c. 147, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 19:1-4 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-4
Title applicable to referendum procedure
Status: in_force

Except as in this title otherwise provided, the provisions for the election of public and party offices shall also apply to the determination of public questions under the referendum procedure so far as may be.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53C-15 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53C / Section 53C-15
Counting provisional ballots; standards for validity
Status: in_force

21. In counting the provisional ballots, the board shall deem void all provisional ballots which are wholly blank, or on which more names have been marked or designated for every office than there are persons to be elected to the office, and on which both "Yes" and "No" have been marked or designated upon every public question. No provisional ballot which shall have, either on its face or back, any mark, sign, erasure, designation or device whatsoever, other than that which is permitted by P.L.1999, c.232 (C.19:53C-1 et al.), by which the provisional ballot shall be distinguished from another provisional ballot shall be declared void unless the county board canvassing those provisional ballots or the 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 provisional ballot was not intended to identify or distinguish that ballot. No provisional 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. No provisional ballot cast for any candidate shall be invalid by reason of the fact that the name of that candidate may be misprinted, or the given name or the initials of the candidate may be omitted. No provisional ballot cast for any candidate shall be invalid by reason of the use of any label permitted by P.L.1999, c.232 (C.19:53C-1 et al.) on which the title of office may be printed or the name of the candidate may be misprinted or part of the given name or surname or the initials of the candidate may be omitted, or because the voter in writing the name of the candidate may misspell the name or omit part of the given name or surname or the initials of the candidate. No provisional ballot shall be declared "REJECTED" or invalid by reason of having a cross x, plus + or check appearing in a square provided for a blank space or a space wherein no name is printed. L.1999,c.232,s.21.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-18.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-18.1
Registry lists; distribution; availability, use.
Status: in_force

2. a. The county clerk in all counties shall cause copies of the registry lists, certified and transmitted under R.S.19:31-18, to be printed, and shall furnish to any voter applying for the same such copies, charging therefor $0.25 per copy of the list of voters of each election district. The clerk shall also furnish five printed copies thereof to each district board, which shall within two days post two such registry lists, one in the polling place and one in another conspicuous place within the election district. The county clerk shall also forthwith deliver to the superintendent of elections of the county, if any there be, and to the chairmen of the county committees of each of the several political parties in the county, five copies of the lists of voters of each election district in the county; and to the municipal clerk of each of the municipalities in the county five copies of the lists of voters of each election district in such municipality; and to the county board 10 copies of the lists of voters of each election district in each of such municipalities. The county clerk shall also, upon the request of the chairman of the State committee of any of the several political parties, but not more than once in each calendar year, forthwith deliver a copy of the lists of voters of each election district in each of the municipalities in his county. In no case shall a list of registered voters furnished pursuant to this section include voter signatures or, except as otherwise provided in section 3 of P.L.2021, c.371 (C.47:1B-3), the home address of a covered person, as defined in section 1 of P.L.2021, c.371 (C.47:1B-1), who has received approval from the Office of Information Privacy for the redaction or nondisclosure of the covered person's address. The county clerk shall satisfy the request by delivery of a computer-generated or electronic copy of the list for the county from the Statewide voter registration system. b. The commissioner of registration shall furnish a computer-generated or electronic copy of a list of registered voters in any or all election districts in the county to any voter requesting it, for which copy such commissioner shall make a charge which shall be uniform in any calendar year and which shall reflect only the cost of reproducing the list, but which in any case shall not exceed $375. c. No person shall use voter registration lists or copies thereof prepared pursuant to this section as a basis for commercial or charitable solicitation of the voters listed thereon. Any person making such use of such lists or copies thereof shall be a disorderly person, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00. L.1947,c.347,s.2; amended 1951, c.273, s.1; 1966, c.117, s.2; 1974, c.30, s.13; 1975, c.115; 1990, c.60; 1991, c.113; 2005, c.139, s.17; 2005, c.145, s.14; 2021, c.371, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 19:12-9 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-9
Publication of certain election procedures required
Status: in_force

8. a. The county board in each county shall cause to be published in a daily newspaper of general circulation throughout the county, a notice containing the information specified in subsection b. hereof. This notice shall be published once on the seventh day preceding the day fixed for a municipal, primary, general or special election and once on the day preceding the day fixed for a primary, general or special election, b. At the top of the notice the words "Public Notice to All Registered Voters of (insert appropriate name) County" shall be printed in at least 30-point bold-faced capital type. Next underneath, the words "You are hereby advised of the following procedure to be used for the (insert appropriate date and type of election) election:" shall be printed in at least 12-point bold-faced type. The body of the notice shall be printed in at least 10-point bold-faced type and shall set forth: (1) that any person attempting to vote may be challenged by a duly authorized challenger for a political party or a candidate or on a public question, or by a member of the district board of elections, because the voter's name appears on a challenge list prepared by the superintendent of elections of the county or because the challenger or board member has good cause to believe that the voter is not entitled to vote; (2) that members of the district board and all duly authorized challengers are prohibited from challenging, delaying or preventing the right to vote of any person because of that person's race, color, national origin, expected manner of casting a vote or residence in a particular ward, housing complex or section of a municipality or county; (3) the means by which any person who is challenged because that person's name appears on a challenge list prepared by the superintendent of elections of the county may seek to establish the person's right to vote, as provided in R.S.19:32-18; (4) the means by which any person whose name does not appear on a challenge list prepared by the superintendent of elections of the county but who is challenged by a duly authorized challenger or by a member of the district board of elections may seek to establish the person's right to vote, as provided in section 2 of P.L.1991, c.249 (C.19:15-18.1); (5) that any challenger who succeeds in denying a voter the right to vote must sign an affidavit stating the reason why the voter is not entitled to vote and must furnish a copy of the affidavit to the challenged voter, as provided in section 3 of P.L.1991, c.249 (C.19:15-18.2); (6) the legal remedy which any person whose name does not appear on a challenge list prepared by the superintendent but who is challenged by a duly authorized challenger or by a member of the district board of elections and denied the right to vote may use to seek permission to vote, as provided in section 6 of P.L.1991, c.249 (C.19:15-18.3); (7) that forms to register complaints about the conduct of an election shall be available at each polling place in the county; and (8) the names of the chairman, secretary, clerk and members of the county board of elections and a telephone number at which they may be reached for more information. c. In counties in which the primary language of 10% or more of the registered voters is Spanish, two notices containing the information in subsection b. of this section shall appear side-by-side, one in English and one in Spanish. The notices shall be identical in size, content and type face. d. The cost of publishing the notices required by this section shall be paid by the respective counties. L.1991,c.249,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-29 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-29
Violations, relief; actions
Status: in_force

42. a. Any person who believes that he or she has been denied an opportunity to register to vote or to remain a registered voter in violation of the provisions of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.19:31-6.11 et al.), may seek relief by providing written notice to the Secretary of State. Such notice shall include the date which the person seeking relief believes the violation to have occurred and as many of the particulars relative to the violation as that person can recount. The notice shall also include the name and address of the person seeking relief and shall be certified by that person's signature. b. If the violation of the provisions of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.19:31-6.11 et al.) has not been investigated or corrected within 90 days after the Secretary of State receives written notice of the violation, or within 20 days after the Secretary of State receives written notice of the violation if the violation occurred within 120 days prior to the day of an election, the aggrieved person may bring a civil action in the appropriate superior court for declaratory or injunctive relief with respect to the violation. c. If the violation occurred within 30 days prior to the day of an election, the aggrieved person shall not be required to first provide written notice to the Secretary of State, as provided for in subsection a. of this section, but may instead bring a civil action in the appropriate superior court, as provided for in subsection b. of this section. d. In any civil actions brought under subsections b. or c. of this section, the superior court may allow the prevailing party, other than the United States, reasonable attorney fees, including litigation fees and costs. L.1994,c.182,s.42.
N.J. Stat. § 19:4-12 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-12
Districts with more voters; allotment of voting machines devices; appointment of additional members of district board.
Status: in_force

3. Except as provided pursuant to subsection b. of section 2 of P.L.1976, c.83 (C.19:4-11), each district in which two voting machines or five electronic system voting devices are to be used shall contain, as nearly as is practicable, 1,000 voters, and each district in which three voting machines or eight electronic system voting devices are to be used shall contain, as nearly as is practicable, 1,500 voters. Nothing herein shall prevent any election district from containing fewer voters than prescribed above, if necessary for the convenience of the voters. In a district where more than two voting machines or five electronic system voting devices are to be used, two additional members of the district board, who shall not be members of the same political party, shall be appointed for each additional voting machine or system. L.1976,c.83,s.3; amended 1996, c.120, s.1; 2005, c.145, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-11 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-11
Sealing, preserving and opening ballot boxes
Status: in_force

The superintendent, his chief deputy or assistants, shall have the power, when in his or their judgment it is deemed necessary at any election, upon the completion of the counting and canvassing of the ballots by any district board, to enter any place containing ballot boxes for the purpose of taking possession and sealing any ballot box or boxes with a seal to be adopted by the superintendent. When any ballot box shall be so sealed it may be removed to a vault or other place of security by the superintendent, his chief deputy or assistants, but shall not be opened and the seal thereof destroyed or affected without an order first had and obtained from a judge of the Superior Court assigned to the county. Taping or any other mechanical device may be used to make such sealing secure. Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 347, s. 47.
N.J. Stat. § 19:6-30 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-30
Maintenance of order, powers.
Status: in_force

19:6-30. The district board in each election district, the county board, and the clerk thereof, the board of county canvassers and the board of State canvassers and the Superior Court shall, respectively, possess full power and authority to direct the police on duty to maintain regularity and order, and to enforce obedience to their lawful commands during their sessions respectively. If a person shall refuse to obey the lawful command of any such board, or by disorderly conduct in its hearing or presence shall interrupt or disturb its proceedings, it may by an order in writing, signed by its chairman and attested by its clerk, commit the person so offending to the common jail of the county in which the board shall have met, for a period not exceeding three days. Such order shall be executed by any sheriff to whom it shall be delivered; or if a sheriff shall not be present or shall refuse to act, by any other person deputed by the board in writing, and the keeper of such jail shall receive the person so committed, and safely keep him for such time as shall be provided in the commitment. Amended 1953, c.19,s.11; 1991,c.91,s.241; 2023, c.250, s.21.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-13 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-13
Change in registration due to name change.
Status: in_force

19:31-13. Whenever the registrant after his or her original registration shall change his or her name due to marriage, divorce, or by judgment of court, the registrant shall in person or by mail submit to the commissioner of registration a written statement notifying the commissioner of the change, which statement shall take such form, and be printed on a postal card suitable for mailing of such design, as the Attorney General shall prescribe and shall be signed by the registrant. A registrant may complete the form online as provided by the Secretary of State. Change of name 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, upon receipt of such a notice of change of name, shall revise accordingly the name of the registrant as it appears among the items of information concerning the registrant included on the registrant's registration forms, shall make a photographic copy of the notice of name change submitted by the registrant, and shall affix the original notice so submitted to the registrant's original registration form and the photographic copy of that notice to the registrant's duplicate registration record. When notice of such change in name has not been received by or filed with the commissioner prior to the 21st day preceding any election, such person may be permitted to vote under the name under which the person was registered prior to that change at the first election following such change in name at which the person shall appear to vote after signing the signature copy register with both the registered name and his or her new name. The commissioner shall then revise accordingly the name of the registrant as it appears on the registrant's registration forms, make a photographic copy of the notice, and affix the original and copy of the notice to the registrant's permanent registration forms as hereinabove prescribed. Amended 1945, c.117; 1953, c.19, s.44; 1960, c.139; 1974, c.30, s.11; 1994, c.182, s.12; 2005, c.139, s.14; 2022, c.67, s.13; 2025, c.204, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-29 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-29
Contribution limits, gubernatorial elections.
Status: in_force

4. a. Except in the case of a candidate, as provided in subsection g. of this section, no person, candidate committee or joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee or legislative leadership committee, otherwise eligible to make contributions, shall make any contribution or contributions to a candidate, his campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer, candidate committee, a political party committee, or to any other person or committee, in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of a candidate for nomination for election for the office of Governor in a primary election or candidates for election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor in any general election in the aggregate in excess of $4,900, or in the case of a joint candidates committee when that is the only committee established by the candidates, in excess of $4,900 per candidate in the joint candidates committee, or in the case of a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee when both are established by a candidate, $4,900 from that candidate. No candidate for nomination for election for the office of Governor in a primary election or candidates for election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor in any general election and no campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer of such candidate or candidates shall knowingly accept from any person, candidate, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee or legislative leadership committee any contribution or contributions in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of such candidate or candidates in the aggregate in excess of $4,900, or in the case of a joint candidates committee when that is the only committee established by the candidates, in excess of $4,900 per candidate in the joint candidates committee, or in the case of a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee when both are established by a candidate, $4,900 from that candidate, in any primary or general election. No provision of this act shall be construed to prohibit a contribution or contributions in the aggregate in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of any candidate for nomination for election to the office of Governor in a primary election not in excess of $4,900, or in the case of a contribution or contributions by a joint candidates committee when that is the only committee established by the candidates, in excess of $4,900 per candidate in the joint candidates committee, or in the case of a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee when both are established by a candidate, $4,900 from that candidate, and another contribution or contributions in the aggregate in the aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of any candidates for election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor in a general election not in excess of $4,900, or in the case of a contribution or contributions by a joint candidates committee when that is the only committee established by the candidates, in excess of $4,900 per candidate in the joint candidates committee, or in the case of a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee when both are established by a candidate, $4,900 from that candidate. For the purpose of determining the amount of a contribution to be attributed as given by each candidate in a joint candidates committee, the amount of the contribution by such a committee shall be divided equally among all the candidates in the committee. b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1980, c.74.) c. The spouse of any contributor may make a contribution or contributions in the aggregate in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of a candidate for nomination for election for the office of Governor or candidates for election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor of up to $4,900. d. No State committee of any political party shall knowingly accept from any person, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee or legislative leadership committee, any contribution or contributions in the aggregate in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of candidates for election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor in a general election in excess of $4,900, or in the case of a contribution or contributions by a joint candidates committee when that is the only committee established by the candidates, in excess of $4,900 per candidate in the joint candidates committee, or in the case of a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee when both are established by a candidate, $4,900 from that candidate. A State committee may allocate a contribution of up to $4,900, and up to $4,900 of a contribution in excess of $4,900 in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of such candidates, except that in the case of a contribution from a joint candidates committee when that is the only committee established by the candidates, the amounts which may be so allocated shall be $4,900 per candidate in the joint candidates committee, and in the case of a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee when both are established by a candidate, the amount which may be so allocated shall be $4,900 from that candidate. For the purpose of determining the amount of a contribution to be attributed as given by each candidate in a joint candidates committee, the amount of the contribution by such a committee shall be divided equally among all the candidates in the committee. A State committee shall create an account in a national or State bank in behalf of any candidates the committee intends to or does assist for election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor in a general election, shall deposit in such account and report to the Election Law Enforcement Commission the name of the contributor of all moneys accepted or allocated in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of such candidates, and may make a contribution or contributions from such account in any amount in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of such candidates. No State committee may make any contribution or contributions in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of such candidates of moneys not deposited in a bank account pursuant to this subsection, and no State committee may make a contribution or contributions in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of such candidates of moneys or other thing of value pledged or received in a calendar year in which no gubernatorial election was held. e. The county committee of a political party in a county and the municipal committees of that political party in the same county may make an expenditure or expenditures in the aggregate of $10,000.00 in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of any candidates for election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor in a general election. No county committee or municipal committee may transfer or contribute any funds to any such candidate or to such candidates' campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer, or to any political committee supporting such candidates. Candidates or their campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer shall determine the exact amount that individual county committees or municipal committees may contribute in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of such candidates, and shall file a report of such determination with the Election Law Enforcement Commission no later than the seventh day prior to the general election being funded. f. Communications on any subject by a corporation to its stockholders and their families, or by a labor organization to its members and their families, and nonpartisan registration and get-out-the-vote campaigns by a corporation aimed at its stockholders and their families, or by a labor organization aimed at its members and their families, shall not be construed to be in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of a candidate for election to the office of Governor in any primary election or in behalf of candidates for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor in a general election. g. No candidate receiving public funds may make expenditures from his own funds, including any contributions from his own funds, in aid of his candidacy for nomination for election to the office of Governor in excess of $25,000.00 for the primary election and in aid of the candidacy of candidates for election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor in excess of $25,000.00 each for the general election. As used in this subsection "own funds" means funds to which the candidate is legally and beneficially entitled, but shall not include funds as to which he is a trustee, or funds given or otherwise transferred to the candidate by any person other than the spouse of the candidate for use in aid of his candidacy. L.1974, c.26, s.4; amended 1980, c.74, s.5; 1989, c.4, s.5; 1993, c.65, s.14; 2009, c.66, s.18; 2023, c.30, s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-35 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-35
Posting sample ballots.
Status: in_force

19:23-35. In counties not having a superintendent of elections, where the county board of elections does not have the equipment or facilities to address and mail sample ballot envelopes, such district board shall also post three sample ballots in the polling place in its district. The county board of elections in all counties of the first class, and in other counties where the county board of elections shall elect to operate under the provisions of subsection b. of section 19:23-30 of this Title, shall, not later than the start of the early voting period for the primary election, deliver to the members of the district board three sample ballots for their respective election district. The board shall post the sample ballots in the polling place in its district. amended 1941, c.275, s.6; 1946, c.261, s.6; 1947, c.168, s.12; 1952, c.61, s.2; 2021, c.40, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-47 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-47
Complaint against person arrested; hearing by magistrate
Status: in_force

Upon delivering the person so arrested to the officer in charge of such police station the superintendent or his chief deputy and assistants, as the case may be, making the arrest, shall forthwith and as soon as may be make and sign before a magistrate of the municipality in which the arrest was made a complaint in writing, duly verified, setting forth the particular act for which such person was arrested. Upon the complaint being made, the magistrate before whom it is made shall forthwith and as soon as may be cause the person so arrested to be brought before him and proceed on such complaint, as in the case of other persons arrested on a complaint charging a criminal offense. L.1947, c. 167, p. 734, s. 22.
N.J. Stat. § 19:20-8 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-8
Statements and certificates filed with municipal clerks
Status: in_force

The board in the case of officers elected or public questions approved or rejected by the voters of a municipality or part thereof shall in the same manner and form make, certify and sign as many statements as to its determination and certificates thereto annexed, together with the statements of the results of the canvass of the election, as there are municipalities concerned, and file the same with the clerks of such municipalities.
N.J. Stat. § 19:47-2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 47 / Section 47-2
Construction
Status: in_force

All provisions of law relating to elections shall apply to all elections where voting machines are used so far as the same may be applicable thereto and so far as such provisions are not inconsistent with the provisions of this subtitle.
N.J. Stat. § 19:16-9 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-9
Casting of totals; notation on tally sheets
Status: in_force

When all the votes which shall have been received shall have been read, examined, numbered and strung, as above directed, the board shall carefully and accurately add up the votes given for each person for any office to be filled at such election or any public question and note the same upon the tally sheets, which tally sheets shall be signed by all the members of the district board.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53A-12 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53A / Section 53A-12
Challengers
Status: in_force

Challengers may be appointed in the same manner as provided in R.S. 19:7-1 et seq., for each counting center set up in each county and said challengers shall have the right to be present and represent the candidates or party appointing them during any time the counting center is open or operating whether for testing of equipment, programs, ballot cards or for counting the ballot cards or for any other purpose. L.1973, c. 82, s. 12, eff. April 12, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 19:14-32 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-32
Printing and delivery by secretary of state
Status: in_force

When by section 19:14-27 of this title copies of an act of the legislature or of a constitutional amendment are required to be printed and mailed, the secretary of state shall cause to be printed and, at least twenty days before the election at which the question or proposition is to be submitted, shall deliver to each county clerk a number of copies of the printed matter to be mailed as hereinbefore required, at least twenty per cent greater than the number of registered voters in the county.
N.J. Stat. § 19:13-20.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-20.1
Candidate vacancy not filled
Status: in_force

If there is no candidate on the primary election ballot of a political party for nomination for election to a public office in the general election and no write-in candidate for nomination for that office receives the minimum number of write-in votes necessary for nomination at a primary election pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1981, c.264 (C.19:14-2.1) and R.S.19:23-8, a vacancy shall not be deemed to exist and the provisions of R.S.19:13-20 shall not be applicable. L.1990,c.56,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:36-2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 36 / Section 36-2
Vacancies; filling.
Status: in_force

19:36-2. a. When a vacancy shall happen in the college of electors, or when an elector shall fail to attend, by the hour of three o'clock in the afternoon of the day fixed by congress for the meeting of the college of electors, at the place of holding such meeting, those of such electors who shall be assembled at the hour and place shall immediately proceed to fill by a majority of votes such vacancy. b. If the members of the electoral college shall have been nominated and elected as representing different political parties, any vacancy occurring shall be filled by the elector or electors representing the same political party as the absent elector; and if there shall be no elector present representing the same political party as the absent elector, then such vacancy shall be filled by a majority of the electors present, who shall choose some person of the political party which the absent elector represents. c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section, in any year in which, on July 20, the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote" is in effect in states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes, and the State of New Jersey remains a member of that agreement, any vacancy in the college of electors shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of section 1 of this act, P.L.2007, c.334 (C.19:36-4). Amended 2007, c.334, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 19:15-29 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-29
Ballot spoiled by voter; procedure to obtain another
Status: in_force

Should any voter to whom any official ballot has been handed spoil or render the same unfit for use, he may return it and obtain another from the district board, but no more than two official ballots shall be furnished to any voter, except at the discretion of the board. The board shall preserve all the ballots, with their coupons attached, returned by a voter as spoiled or unfit for use, and after the proper correction has been made in the poll book and signature copy register or register of voters such ballot or ballots shall be placed upon the same string with the coupons.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-45 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-45
Contributions by certain corporations.
Status: in_force

19:34-45. No corporation carrying on the business of a bank, savings bank, co-operative bank, trust, trustee, savings indemnity, safe deposit, insurance, railroad, street railway, telephone, telegraph, gas, electric light, heat or power, canal or aqueduct company, or having the right to condemn land, or to exercise franchises in public ways granted by the state or any county or municipality, and no corporation, person, trustee or trustees, owning or holding the majority of stock in any such corporation, shall pay or contribute money or thing of value in order to aid or promote the nomination or election of any person, or in order to aid or promote the interests, success or defeat of any political party. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any corporation carrying on the business of a co-generation facility, as defined in subsection c. of section 1 of P.L.2000, c.156 (C.54:15B-2.2), or to any corporation carrying on the business of a retail seller that extends credit, pursuant to the provisions of the "Retail Installment Sales Act of 1960" P.L.1960, c.40 (C.17:16C-1 et seq.), or to any corporation, person, trustee or trustees, owning or holding the majority of stock in either such corporation. Amended 2001, c.384, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-20.16 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-20.16
"Contribution" defined.
Status: in_force

4. For the purposes of this act, a "contribution" means a contribution reportable by the recipient under "The New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act, " P.L.1973, c.83 (C.19:44A-1 et seq.) made on or after the effective date of this act. L.2005,c.51,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44B-2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44B / Section 44B-2
Financial disclosure statement; filing and certification.
Status: in_force

2. a. Every candidate for the office of Governor and every candidate for the Senate or General Assembly shall file and certify the correctness of a financial disclosure statement on or before the tenth day following the last day for filing a petition to appear on the ballot, and the financial disclosure statement shall be filed with the Election Law Enforcement Commission in the Department of Law and Public Safety. b. Every candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor shall file and certify the correctness of a financial disclosure statement on or before the 30th day following the day such candidate is selected by the candidate for the office of Governor of the same political party, and the financial disclosure statement shall be filed with the commission. L.1981, c.129, s.2; amended 2009, c.66, s.29.
N.J. Stat. § 19:21-2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-2
Substitute members
Status: in_force

19:21-2. If a number of the members of the Legislature who shall have been summoned as members of the board sufficient to constitute it shall not attend the meeting thereof, the chairman shall summon as members of the board as many fit persons who shall possess the qualifications required for members of the General Assembly as shall be necessary to complete the number required to constitute the board. Amended 1987,c.338,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-18 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-18
Registry lists; distribution; contents.
Status: in_force

19:31-18. On or before the eighth day preceding any general election the commissioner shall certify and transmit to the county clerk a complete list of all persons who are registered in each election district in each municipality in the county together with a statement as to the number of persons registered in each district. The list of registered voters shall include only the following information for each registered voter: name, address, date of birth, political party affiliation, and voting history. Except when so ordered by a court, the list of registered voters shall not include voter signatures. The list shall be drawn from the Statewide voter registration system, established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2005, c.145 (C.19:31-31). It shall in figures state the total number of names of persons registered. Such lists shall be arranged substantially in the following form: Grand Street Residence number Name of voter or other designation 14 Jones, Charles M. 15 Smith, John M. Amended 1947, c.347, s.1; 1974, c.30, s.18; 1976, c.22; 2005, c.139, s.16; 2005, c.145, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53B-3 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53B / Section 53B-3
Voting with emergency ballots
Status: in_force

12. a. If for any cause a voting machine fails to operate, the district board shall use the supply of emergency ballots that are on hand at the opening of the polls. The mode and manner of voting the emergency ballots shall in all respects conform as nearly as possible to the mode and manner of voting herein described. b. If for any reason emergency ballots shall not be ready or available for distribution at any polling place, or if the supply of emergency ballots shall be exhausted before the polls are closed, the district board member in charge shall notify the appropriate authority that additional ballots shall be required. L.1992,c.3,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-42 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-42
Liberal construction of act
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall be construed liberally and applied so as to promote the purposes expressed herein. L.1974, c. 26, s. 17, eff. May 6, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 19:58-32 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 58 / Section 58-32
Validity of election not affected by irregularities
Status: in_force

No election shall be held to be invalid by reason of any irregularity or failure in the preparation or forwarding of any Presidential ballots pursuant to the provisions of this act. L.1964, c. 134, s. 32.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-6.4d — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-6.4d
Voter registration Internet website.
Status: in_force

6. a. For the purpose of facilitating online voter registration as quickly and efficiently as possible, the State shall procure a qualified vendor to develop and implement a voter registration Internet website and all necessary supporting software systems to implement online voter registration ahead of the 2020 general election. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a contract for the implementation of the online voter registration Internet website and necessary supporting software systems shall be procured in an expedited process and in the manner provided by this section. c. The Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury shall procure, without the need for formal advertisement, but through the solicitation of proposals from professional services vendors, a qualified vendor with experience implementing such websites and systems in other states. d. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, for the purpose of expediting the procurement of a vendor capable and experienced in implementing an online voter registration website and systems, the following provisions shall apply as modifications to any law or regulation that may interfere with the expedited procurement: (1) the timeframes for challenging the specifications shall be modified as determined by the Division of Purchase and Property; (2) in lieu of advertising in accordance with section 7 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-12), the division shall advertise the request for proposals for the procurement under this section and any addenda thereto on the division's website; (3) the period of time that the State Comptroller, if applicable, has to review the request for proposals for the procurement under this section for compliance with applicable public contracting laws, rules, and regulations, pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2007, c.52 (C.52:15C-10), shall be 10 business days or less, if practicable, as determined by the State Comptroller; (4) the timeframes for submission under section 4 of P.L.2012, c.25 (C.52:32-58) and section 1 of P.L.1977, c.33 (C.52:25-24.2) shall be extended to prior to the issuance of a Notice of Intent to Award; (5) the provisions of section 1 of P.L.2005, c.92 (C.52:34-13.2) shall not apply to technical and support services under this section provided by a vendor using a "24/7 follow-the-sun model" as long as the contractor is able to provide such services in the United States during the business day; and (6) the term "bids" in subparagraph (f) of subsection a. of section 7 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-12) shall not include pricing which will be revealed to all responsive bidders during the negotiation process. e. The division may, to the extent necessary, waive or modify any requirement under any other law or regulation that may interfere with the expeditious procurement required under this section. L.2019, c.382, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-51 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-51
Transfer of employees of county board of elections
Status: in_force

All employees of the county board of elections of the county hereby are transferred to the office of superintendent of elections but the board of chosen freeholders may provide two clerks for the county board of elections and fix the salary to be paid to such clerks. L.1947, c. 167, p. 736, s. 26.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-50 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-50
Statements of result; contents
Status: in_force

The district boards shall at the conclusion of the canvass make up and sign three statements of the result of such election. The statements shall in words at length show the total number of names of persons entitled to vote, the whole number of ballots cast for each political party as indicated by the party names at the head of the respective party tickets, the whole number of ballots rejected for each political party, and the number of votes received by each person as a candidate for nomination for office or position. Amended by L.1945, c. 76, p. 408, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 19:52-5 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 52 / Section 52-5
Locking, sealing of voting machine; reading, announcement of votes
Status: in_force

19:52-5. Immediately upon the close of the polls, the district election officers shall lock and seal the voting machine against further voting and open the counter compartment in the presence of persons who may be lawfully present at that time, giving full view of the counters. The judge of the district board, under the scrutiny of a member of such board who is not a member of the same political party as the judge, shall then in the order of the offices as their titles are arranged on the machine, read and announce in distinct tones the result as shown by the counters, and shall then read the votes recorded for each office on the irregular ballots. He shall also, in the same manner, read and announce the vote on each constitutional amendment, proposition or other question. As each vote is read and announced, it shall be recorded in two statements of canvass by two other members of such district board who are not members of the same political party, and when completed the record thereof shall be compared with the numbers on the counters of the machine. If found to be correct, the result shall be announced by the judge of such board and the statement of canvass, after being duly certified, shall be filed as now provided by law for filing election returns. After the reading and announcing of the vote and before the doors of the counter compartment of the voting machine shall be closed, ample opportunity shall be given to any person or persons lawfully present to compare the results so announced with the counters of the machine and any necessary corrections shall then and there be made by such district board. No tally sheets nor return blanks as required by law for use in election districts where paper ballots are used shall be furnished or used in election districts where voting machines are used, but in lieu thereof there shall be furnished two copies of a statement of canvass to conform to the requirements of the make and type of voting machine or machines being used. Amended 1996, c.120, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-20.9 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-20.9
Repayment of contribution.
Status: in_force

8. If a business entity makes a contribution that would cause it to be ineligible to receive a public contract or, in the case of a contribution made during the term of a public contract, that would constitute a violation of this act, the business entity may request, in writing, within 60 days of the date on which the contribution was made, that the recipient thereof repay the contribution and, if repayment is received within those 60 days, the business entity would again be eligible to receive a contract or would no longer be in violation, as appropriate. L.2004,c.19,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-6 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-6
Subpoenas; power to issue; service; failure to testify; false statements, crime.
Status: in_force

19:32-6 The superintendent shall have power to issue subpoenas for the purpose of investigating any complaint of violation of the election laws of the state, such subpoenas to be issued in the name of the superintendent and for the purpose of aiding him in enforcing the provisions of the election laws. He may in proper cases issue subpoenas duces tecum. A subpoena issued by the superintendent may be served by any peace officer or any other person designated by him for that purpose. A person who shall omit, neglect or refuse to obey a subpoena attested in the name of the superintendent and made returnable by him or who shall refuse to testify under oath before such superintendent shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. A person who shall make any false statement under oath before the superintendent shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Amended 2005, c.154, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 19:6-5 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-5
Removal of district board member; filing of vacancies
Status: in_force

19:6-5. Any member of a district board in an election district may be summarily removed from office, with or without cause, and vacancies filled, at any time by the members of the county board of the county in which such election district is located in the manner hereinafter provided. In the case of a member of the district board who was appointed as a member of a political party, removal shall be made by the members of the county board of that political party, and in the case of a member of the district board unaffiliated with a political party at the time of appointment, removal shall be made by the county board. Upon a removal the members of the county board so acting shall make a certificate of removal and file same with the county board. The members of the county board removing such election officer shall forthwith proceed to fill the vacancy caused by the removal, and shall issue to the person selected to fill the vacancy a certificate which shall entitle that person to perform all the duties of a member of the district board for such election district. Amended 1996, c.120, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-26.8 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-26.8
Appointment to fill office.
Status: in_force

6. a. An individual shall be appointed to fill the office of superintendent of elections, pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1947, c.167 (C.19:32-26) and an individual shall be appointed to fill the office of deputy superintendent of elections, pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1992, c.17 (C.19:32-26.1), in a participating county if the offices are re-established pursuant to either section 3 or section 5 of P.L.2013, c.17 (C.19:32-26.5 or C.19:32-26.7), as the case may be. b. A participating county is hereby authorized to abolish the office of the superintendent of elections and the office of the deputy superintendent of elections, pursuant to P.L.2013, c.17 (C.19:32-26.3 et seq.), notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1947, c.167 (C.19:32-26). L.2013, c.17, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-20.25 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-20.25
Inapplicability of act under federal law or eminent domain.
Status: in_force

13. The provisions of sections 1 through 12 of this act, P.L.2005, c.51, shall not: a. apply in circumstances when it is determined by the federal government or a court of competent jurisdiction that its application would violate federal law or regulation; or b. prevent the State, its executive departments, agencies or independent authorities from complying with all of the requirements, conditions and obligations of the "Eminent Domain Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c.361 (C.20:3-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented. L.2005,c.51,s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53B-6 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53B / Section 53B-6
Emergency ballots marked secretly; violation.
Status: in_force

15. Every voter to whom an emergency ballot is given shall retire into the polling booth or to the designated voting area, as the case may be. Not more than one voter shall be permitted to enter or be in the same booth or voting area at one time. The voter shall prepare the emergency ballot in the booth or the voting area screened from the observation of others. Any person or voter who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense. L.1992,c.3,s.15; amended 2005, c.154, s.55.
N.J. Stat. § 19:58-27 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 58 / Section 58-27
Death of voter
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall be made to appear by due proof to the county board that a voter who has marked and forwarded a Presidential ballot as provided in this act has died, prior to the opening of the polls on the day of the election, such ballot shall be rejected by the county board and retained by the county board in the same manner as provided herein in cases of other rejected ballots. L.1964, c. 134, s. 27.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-31 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-31
Subpoenas; refusal to obey; false statements; crime.
Status: in_force

6. The superintendent shall have power to issue subpoenas for the purpose of investigating any complaint of violation of the election laws of the State, such subpoenas to be issued in the name of the superintendent and for the purpose of aiding him in enforcing the provisions of the election laws. He may in proper cases issue subpoenas duces tecum. A subpoena issued by the superintendent may be served by any peace officer or any other person designated by him for that purpose. A person who shall omit, neglect or refuse to obey a subpoena attested in the name of the superintendent and made returnable by him or who shall refuse to testify under oath before such superintendent shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. A person who shall make any false statement under oath before the superintendent shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. L.1947,c.167,s.6; amended 2005, c.154, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 19:16-2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-2
Votes counted publicly without adjournment
Status: in_force

The district board shall then proceed forthwith to count the votes for each candidate or proposition and shall complete such count without delay or adjournment. The counting shall be open and public, but not to the extent that the number present shall hinder, delay or inconvenience the election officers in counting the ballots and ascertaining the result.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-4.1
Complaint forms provided to voters at elections.
Status: in_force

9. On the day of every municipal, primary, general, special or annual school election the superintendent of elections in counties having a superintendent of elections or the county board of elections in all other counties shall provide to each polling place in the county sufficient numbers of a form on which voters or persons attempting to vote may register any complaint regarding the conduct of the election at the polling place where they voted or attempted to vote. In counties in which the primary language of 10% or more of the registered voters is Spanish, the form for the complaint shall appear in both English and Spanish. The form shall protect the anonymity of the complainant, if that person so wishes, and shall be accompanied by an envelope with the proper postage and the name and address of the superintendent of elections of the county or the chairman of the county board of elections, as the case may be. A complaint may be used by the superintendent of elections or any other municipal or State investigatory agency to conduct an investigation into possible violation of the State election law. Copies of the form containing the complaint shall be available from the superintendent of elections or the county board of elections, as the case may be. The original form of the complaint, or a copy, shall be kept on file with the superintendent of elections or the county board of elections, as the case may be, for two years after the election for which it was filed. L.1991, c.249, s.2; amended 2005, c.136, s.47; 2011, c.134, s.44.
N.J. Stat. § 19:58-14 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 58 / Section 58-14
Transfer of permanent registration forms of removed residents
Status: in_force

The county clerk, upon receipt of an application for a Presidential ballot, based upon the applicant's removal from this State to another state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or from one county of this State to another county of this State, shall notify the commissioner of registration thereof and the commissioner of registration shall thereupon transfer the applicant's permanent registration forms to a Presidential ballot file until after the election and then to the inactive file. L.1964, c. 134, s. 14. Amended by L.1972, c. 30, s. 5, eff. May 25, 1972; L.1976, c. 24, s. 10, eff. May 7, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 19:48-3.11 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-3.11
Use of voting machines when insufficient number delivered to counties
Status: in_force

When voting machines are delivered to any county pursuant to the provisions of this act and they are insufficient to provide voting machines for use in all election districts of said county, such voting machines shall be installed and used in such municipalities of said county and in such wards thereof as, in counties having a superintendent of elections, the superintendent of elections shall designate and as, in counties of the second class, not having a superintendent of elections the commissioner of registration shall designate, giving preference to municipalities in the descending order of population measured by the last Federal census and, in any municipality, giving preference to the several wards thereof according to the same standard. L.1944, c. 7, p. 22, s. 9. Amended by L.1947, c. 168, p. 767, s. 27.
N.J. Stat. § 19:4-13 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-13
Readjustment of boundaries for correct number of voters
Status: in_force

When in any two consecutive general elections in an election district more than 750 or less than 250 votes shall have been cast, the county board shall readjust the boundary lines of such election district and other election districts necessary to effect changes so that none of the election districts affected shall have more than 750 registered voters, and for this purpose shall have power to consolidate any number of districts and subdivide the same. L.1976, c. 83, s. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 19:14-2.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-2.1
Inclusion on general election ballot of candidate with votes in primary by irregular ballot or write-in vote; requirements
Status: in_force

The name of a person for whom votes are cast by irregular ballot or by write-in vote in a primary election to nominate candidates for elective office shall not be included on the ballot at the general election unless he received a number of irregular ballots or write-in votes for that office at the primary election at least equal to the number of signatures required on a petition to place upon the primary election ballot the name of a candidate for that office, pursuant to R.S. 19:23-8. L.1981, c. 264, s. 1, eff. Aug. 14, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 19:63-25 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-25
Powers exercised over mail-in voting.
Status: in_force

25. The county board of elections, the county clerk, the superintendent of elections and the commissioner of registration shall exercise the same powers over mail-in voting as over other voting in elections, except as otherwise provided by law. L.2009, c.79, s.25.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-23 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-23
Primary election officials acting before taking oath; willfully disregarding or violating rules.
Status: in_force

19:34-23. If any judge, inspector, clerk or other officer of a primary election shall act in such capacity before taking and subscribing to the oath or affirmation required by this title, or shall willfully disregard or violate the provisions of any rule duly made by the party of which he is a member and for whom he is acting for the government of the primary elections of the party, or if any judge or inspector of any primary election shall knowingly reject the vote of any person entitled to vote under the rules of such party or shall knowingly receive the vote of any person not qualified, or if any judge, inspector, clerk or any other officer of a primary election shall commit any willful fraud in the discharge of his duties by destroying or marking any ballot in any way before such ballot is delivered to the voter or by defacing ballots, adding marks to the poll by false counting, making false returns or by any act or thing whatsoever, he shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. Amended 2005, c.154, s.42.
N.J. Stat. § 19:45-5 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-5
Municipality's expenses
Status: in_force

All costs, charges and expenses incurred by the municipal clerk or any other officer or official of a municipality in carrying out the provisions of this title shall be paid by such municipality except as herein otherwise provided. Where any election is held in and for a municipality only, all costs, charges and expenses, including the compensation of the members of the district boards of the municipality and the compensation and expenses of the county board and the clerk thereof, for such elections, shall be paid by the municipality.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-5 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-5
Persons entitled to register; failure to vote no grounds for removal.
Status: in_force

19:31-5. Each person, who is at least 17 years of age at the time he or she applies for registration, who resides in the district in which he or she expects to vote, who will be of the age of 18 years or more on or before the first election in which he or she expects to vote, who is a citizen of the United States, and who, if he or she continues to reside in the district until that election, will at the time have fulfilled all the requirements as to length of residence to qualify him or her as a legal voter, shall, unless otherwise disqualified, be entitled to be registered in such district. Each 17-year-old registrant shall be designated in the Statewide voter registration system as temporarily ineligible to vote until the registrant's 18th birthday , except as provided pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2023, c.202 (C.19:4-1.2). Whenever an individual registers by mail after January 1, 2003 to vote for the first time in his or her current county of residence, that individual shall provide either the individual's New Jersey driver's license number or the last four digits of the individual's Social Security Number, or shall submit with the voter registration form a copy of: (1) a current and valid photo identification card; (2) a current utility bill, bank statement, government check or pay check; (3) any other government document that shows the individual's name and current address; or (4) any other identifying document that the Attorney General has determined to be acceptable for this purpose. If the individual does not provide his or her New Jersey driver's license number or Social Security Number information or submit a copy of any one of these documents, either at the time of registration or at any time thereafter prior to attempting to vote, the individual shall be asked for identification when voting for the first time starting at the first election held after January 1, 2004 at which candidates are seeking federal office or thereafter. This requirement shall not apply to any individual entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the "Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act" (42 U.S.C. 1973ff-1 et seq.) or to any individual who is provided the right to vote other than in person under section 3 of Pub.L.98-435, the "Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act," or any other voter entitled to vote otherwise than in person under any other federal law. This requirement shall also not apply to any individual who registers to vote by appearing in person at any voter registration agency or to any individual whose voter registration form is delivered to the county commissioner of registration or to the Attorney General, as the case may be, through a third party by means other than by mail delivery. Once registered, the registrant shall not be required to register again in such district as long as he or she resides therein, except when required to do so by the commissioner, because of the loss of or some defect in his or her registration record. The registrant, when registered as provided in this Title, shall be eligible to vote at any election to be held subsequent to such registration, if he or she shall be a citizen of the United States of the age of 18 years, except as provided pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2023, c.202 (C.19:4-1.2), and shall have been a resident of the State for at least 30 days and of the county at least 30 days, when the same is held, subject to any change in his qualifications which may later disqualify him. No registrant shall lose the right to vote, and no registrant's name shall be removed from the registry list of the county in which the person is registered, solely on grounds of the person's failure to vote in one or more elections. amended 1949, c.123; 1959, c.127, s.3; 1964, c.7, s.4; 1974, c.30, s.6; 1994, c.182, s.4; 2004, c.88, s,10; 2015, c.222; 2023, c.202, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-36 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-36
Funds considered "spend in aid of the candidacy of any candidate or candidates."
Status: in_force

11. Moneys received by any qualified candidate or candidates from the fund for election campaign expenses are to be considered "spent in aid of the candidacy of any candidate or candidates" for election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor for the purpose of section 7 of P.L.1973, c.83 (C.19:44A-7). The Election Law Enforcement Commission shall not withdraw from the fund for election campaign expenses any sum, which results in a candidate's exceeding the limitations of that section. L.1974, c.26, s.11; amended 1980, c.74, s.11; 2009, c.66, s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 19:14-29 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-29
Relation to statute or constitution made clear
Status: in_force

When a copy of an act of the legislature is required by section 19:14-27 of this title to be printed and mailed to each registered voter, and such act is an amendment or supplement to a statute of this state, there shall be printed and mailed to each registered voter as hereinbefore provided, in addition to the copy of the act submitted, such portion of the statute to which the same is an amendment or supplement as shall be necessary clearly to disclose to the voter the relation of the act submitted to the existing statute law. When a copy of a constitutional amendment is required by said section 19:14-27 to be printed and mailed, then in addition to the copy of the constitutional amendments submitted, there shall be printed and mailed to each registered voter as hereinbefore provided, such portion of the constitution as shall be necessary clearly to disclose to the voter the relation of the amendment submitted to the existing constitution.
N.J. Stat. § 19:28-3 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 28 / Section 28-3
Recount; order and proceedings
Status: in_force

Such judge shall be authorized to order upon such terms as he deems proper a recount of the votes as he may determine, to be publicly made under his direction by the county board. Such board shall have power to subpoena witnesses to testify and produce documents and paraphernalia as it may determine, after three days' notice of the time and place of the recount has been given by such applicant or group of applicants to such interested party or parties as the judge may direct. The members of the district board shall be subpoenaed to be present at the recount to witness the opening of the ballot box or boxes used in their election district and to give such testimony as the county board deems necessary. The judge shall have power to decide all disputed questions which the county board shall fail to decide by a majority vote. Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 340, s. 29.
N.J. Stat. § 19:62-2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-2
Election by mail, duties of county clerk.
Status: in_force

2. If an election by mail is authorized pursuant to section 1 of this act, P.L.2005, c.148 (C.19:62-1), the county clerk shall: a. publish, in advance of the election and pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of State, official notice that the election shall be conducted by mail together with such other information regarding the conduct of the election as shall be deemed necessary by the Secretary of State; b. mail a ballot, including an outer envelope and an inner envelope substantially similar to the envelopes provided for mail-in ballots pursuant to sections 12 and 13 of P.L.2009, c.79 (C.19:63-12 and C.19:63-13), not sooner than the 20th day prior to the day of the election nor later than the 14th day prior to the day of the election, to each person registered to vote in the municipality at that election, ensuring that, except for a primary election for the general election, the delivery envelope, which is the envelope that is used to mail the blank ballot, the outer envelope, and the inner envelope to each voter shall not contain any political affiliation or designation visible to the public on the envelope's exterior; c. designate the county clerk's office or the municipal clerk's office as the places to obtain a replacement ballot pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2005, c.148 (C.19:62-5); d. designate, after consultation with the county board of elections and pursuant to criteria established by the Secretary of State, places within the county or municipality that shall be available for the deposit of voted ballots for the election; e. make a provisional ballot available at the office of the county clerk and the office of the municipal clerk so that each person who has been a resident of the county or municipality in which the person seeks to register and vote at least 21 days prior to the day of the election and has moved to a location within the municipality after that 21st day and prior to the day of the election may vote; f. suspend distribution to each registered voter in the municipality of samples of the official ballot of any election, but distribute to each registered voter in the municipality with each ballot a copy of the voter information notice provided for in section 1 of P.L.2005, c.149 (C.19:12-7.1) as modified and supplemented by the Secretary of State as deemed appropriate for use in municipalities conducting elections by mail, and such instruction about the completion of the ballot as deemed necessary by the Secretary of State; g. make certain that all qualified voters in the municipality requesting a mail-in ballot between the 45th day and the 21st day prior to the day of an election receive such ballot after the 20th day prior to the day of an election and voters requesting a ballot on or before the seventh day prior to the date of the election shall receive a ballot authorized pursuant to this section; and h. establish, after consultation with the county board of elections and in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the Secretary of State, the time by which all ballots must be received by the board on the day of an election to be considered valid and counted. L.2005, c.148, s.2; amended 2009, c.79, s.36; 2011, c.37, s.29; 2022, c.69, s.3; 2022, c.70, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-68 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-68
Violators; disorderly persons
Status: in_force

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be a disorderly person. L.1975, c. 190, s. 5, eff. Aug. 16, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 19:28-5 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 28 / Section 28-5
Order filed
Status: in_force

19:28-5. When any such certificate shall be issued or revoked by order of the judge of the Superior Court, his order shall be filed with the Secretary of State or with the clerk of the county or municipality, as the case may be, in and for which such election was held. Amended 1953, c.19, s.31; 1991,c.91,s.248.
N.J. Stat. § 19:48-3.19 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-3.19
Certification to municipal clerk of voting machines rented
Status: in_force

In the event such an agreement is made, such superintendent of elections or such county board of elections, as the case may be, shall, before the thirtieth day prior to the date of the municipal election for which the voting machines have been so rented, certify in writing to the municipal clerk of the municipality in which such election is to be held that at least one voting machine will be provided for each election district of such municipality for use at such election. L.1945, c. 59, p. 337, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-28 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-28
Style of ballot; paper and type
Status: in_force

The ballots shall be printed on plain white paper uniform in size, quality and type and of such thickness that the printing thereon cannot be distinguished from the back of the paper, and without any mark, device or figure on the front or back except as in and by this title provided.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-6 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-6
Registration places, time, requirements.
Status: in_force

19:31-6. Any person qualified to vote in an election shall be entitled to vote in the election if the person shall have registered to vote on or before the 21st day preceding the election by: a. registering in person at any offices designated by the commissioner of registration for providing and receiving registration forms; b. completing a voter registration transaction, as processed by a county commissioner of registration, while applying for a motor vehicle driver's license from an agent of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, as provided for in section 24 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.39:2-3.2); c. completing and returning to the Secretary of State or having returned thereto a voter registration form received from a voter registration agency, as defined in subsection a. of section 26 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.19:31-6.11), while applying for services or assistance or seeking a recertification, renewal, or change of address at an office of that agency; d. completing and returning to the Secretary of State a voter registration form obtained from a public agency, as defined in subsection a. of section 15 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.3); e. completing and returning to the Secretary of State or having returned thereto a voter registration form received from a door-to-door canvass or mobile registration drive, as provided for in section 19 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.7); f. completing and returning to the Secretary of State a federal mail voter registration form, as prescribed in subsection (b) of section 9 of the "National Voter Registration Act of 1993," (42 U.S.C. s. 1973gg et seq.); g. completing and returning to the Secretary of State or the appropriate county clerk an application for a federal postcard application form to register to vote, as permitted pursuant to the federal "Uniform and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act" 52 U.S.C. s.120301 et seq.) and section 4 of P.L.1976, c.23 (C.19:59-4); h. completing a provisional ballot affirmation statement and voting the provisional ballot in the previous election, if the person who submitted the provisional ballot in that election is determined not to be a registered voter; or i. completing and submitting an online voter registration form available on the Secretary of State's Internet website, as provided under section 1 of P.L.2019, c.382 (C.19:31-6.4c). When the commissioner has designated a place or places other than his office for receiving registrations, the commissioner shall cause to be published a notice in a newspaper circulated in the municipality wherein such place or places of registration shall be located. Such notice shall be published pursuant to R.S.19:12-7. Any office designated by the commissioner of registration for receiving registration forms shall have displayed, in a conspicuous location, registration and voting instructions. These instructions shall be the same as those provided for polling places under R.S.19:9-2 and shall be provided by the commissioner. amended 1940, c.135, s.2; 1945, c.36, s.1; 1947, c.168, s.18; 1952, c.60, s.1; 1955, c.133; 1974, c.30, s.7; 1975, c.15, s.2; 1991, c.429, s.10; 1994, c.182, s.5; 2005, c.139, s.8; 2017, c.39, s.10; 2019, c.382, s.2; 2022, c.72, s.16; 2025, c.204, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-34 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-34
Mailing sample ballots.
Status: in_force

19:23-34. Each of such district boards, in counties not having a superintendent of elections where the county board of elections does not have the equipment or facilities to address and mail sample ballot envelopes, and the commissioner of registration in all other counties, shall prepare and deposit in the post office, on or before twelve o'clock noon on Wednesday preceding the start of the early voting period for the primary, the stamped envelopes containing a copy of the sample primary ballot of each political party addressed to each voter whose name appears in the primary election registry book. amended 1941, c.275, s.5; 1946, c.261, s.5; 1947, c.168, s.11; 2021, c.40, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 19:58-9 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 58 / Section 58-9
Time and manner of application; certificate of registration officer in election district in which removed resident resides
Status: in_force

Applications for Presidential ballots shall be made, as prescribed by this act, to the clerk of the county, in which the ballot is to be voted, in person or by mail not later than 7 days preceding the date upon which the election, in which such ballots are to be voted, is to be held. Each application for a Presidential ballot by a removed resident, who does not reside in this State shall be accompanied by a certificate of the commissioner of registration or other officer in charge of registration of voters in the election district in which the applicant resides, certifying that the applicant will not be entitled to vote for the electors for President and Vice-President of the United States in such election district, at the election at which such ballot is to be voted, by reason of an insufficient period of residence in the state to which he has so removed. L.1964, c. 134, s. 9. Amended by L.1972, c. 30, s. 4, eff. May 25, 1972; L.1976, c. 24, s. 8, eff. May 7, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 19:37-5 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-5
Ordinance or resolution necessary
Status: in_force

The submission of a public question in the manner herein provided shall not become operative in any municipality or county until the governing body thereof shall by ordinance or resolution duly passed declare its desire to submit any question or questions in this manner.
N.J. Stat. § 19:6-29 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-29
Majority necessary for decisions; dissents
Status: in_force

A decision of the major part of the members thereof, who shall be present at a meeting, shall be deemed to be the decision of such board. If any member shall dissent from a decision of the board, and shall desire to protect himself against any consequences which may result from such decision, he shall state his dissent in writing, and deliver the same in the case of the state board of canvassers to the secretary of state and in all other cases to the clerk of the county, who shall file the same in his office.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-9 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-9
Card records of persons registered in municipalities not having permanent registration
Status: in_force

The district board of each election district in municipalities not having permanent registration shall on each day of registration transfer to cards to be provided for that purpose by the county clerk of the county, which cards shall be in form and style approved by the superintendent, a complete copy of the name of each person registered in its respective district, together with all the answers made and information given by such person at the time of registration, and such cards, inclosed and sealed in a cover, to be provided for that purpose by the county clerk, shall be delivered personally or by mail forthwith by the chairman of such district board, together with a statement on a blank form to be furnished by the county clerk, after approval by the superintendent, that the cards delivered contain a correct copy of all the names registered and information given by the person so registered, to the superintendent at his office in the county courthouse.
N.J. Stat. § 19:24-4 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-4
National convention delegates.
Status: in_force

19:24-4. Not less than 100 members of each such political party may file with the Secretary of State at least 64 days prior to the primary election for the general election in any year of a national convention a petition requesting that the name of a person therein indorsed shall be printed on the primary ticket of such political party as candidate for the position of delegate-at-large or alternate-at-large, to be chosen by the party voters throughout the State to the national convention of that party, or as a delegate or alternate to be chosen to that convention by the voters of any congressional district. The signers to the petition for any delegate-at-large or alternate-at-large shall be legal voters resident in the State; and the signers for any delegate or alternate from any Congressional district shall be voters of such district. The Secretary of State shall not later than the 54th day preceding the primary election for the general election certify to each county clerk and county board such nominations for delegates and alternates-at-large and the nominations for delegate or alternate for any Congressional district. amended 1948, c.2, s.29; 1974, c.9, s.2; 1985, c.92, s.22; 2001, c.211, s.2; 2005, c.136, s.36; 2011, c.37, s.14; 2011, c.134, s.34.
N.J. Stat. § 19:60-4 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-4
Submission of public questions.
Status: in_force

4. The secretary of each board of education shall, not later than 10 o'clock a.m. of the 18th day preceding the annual April school election or the 60th day preceding a special school election, make and certify and forward to the clerk of the county in which the school district is located a statement designating the public question to be voted upon by the voters of the district which may be required pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1995, c.278 (C.19:60-1 et al.) or Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. The secretary of each board of education of a school district in which the annual school election has been moved to November pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2011, c.202 (C.19:60-1.1), not later than 10 o'clock a.m. of the 74th day preceding the November school election, shall make and certify and forward to the clerk of the county in which the school district is located a statement designating any public question to be voted upon by the voters of the district which may be required pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1995, c.278 (C.19:60-1 et al.) or Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. L.1995, c.278, s.4; amended 2011, c.37, s.27; 2011, c.202, s.35; 2023, c.124, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 19:19-8 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-8
Canvass and statement of result of election
Status: in_force

The members of the board shall proceed to examine the statements and copies of statements produced before them and shall canvass and determine the votes cast at such election; and shall forthwith make four statements of the result of such election; but if no officers were voted for or public questions were voted upon at the election by the voters of the entire State or of more than one county thereof or of a congressional district, one statement shall be sufficient. Amended by L.1938, c. 399, p. 988, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-11 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-11
Fraudulent voting; interference with election or canvass; third degree crime.
Status: in_force

19:34-11. Every person not entitled to vote who fraudulently votes, and every person who votes more than once at any one election; or knowingly hands in two or more ballots folded together; or changes any ballot after it has been deposited in the ballot box; or adds, or attempts to add, any ballot to those legally polled at any election, either by fraudulently introducing the same into the ballot box before or after the ballots therein have been counted; or adds to or mixes with, or attempts to add to or mix with, the ballots lawfully polled, other ballots while the same are being counted or canvassed, or at any other time, with intent to change the result of such election; or carries away or destroys, or attempts to carry away or destroy, any poll list, or ballots, or ballot box, for the purpose of breaking up or invalidating the election; or willfully detains, mutilates or destroys any election returns; or in any manner so interferes with the officers holding the election, or conducting the canvass, or with the voters lawfully exercising their rights of voting at the election, as to prevent the election or canvass from being fairly had and lawfully conducted, shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. Amended 1940, c.199, s.5; 1948, c.438, s.14; 2005, c.154, s.30.
N.J. Stat. § 19:14-22 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-22
Form and contents; color of paper.
Status: in_force

19:14-22. The official general election sample ballots shall be as nearly as possible facsimiles of the official general election ballot to be voted at such election and shall have printed thereon, after the words which indicate the number of the election district for which such sample ballots are printed, the name of the school district, when appropriate, the number or name and municipality or municipalities of the fire district, when appropriate, the street address or location of the polling place in the election district, and the hours between which the polls shall be open. Such sample ballots shall be printed on paper different in color from the official general election ballot, and have the following words printed in large type at the top: "This ballot cannot be voted. It is a sample copy of the official general election ballot used on election day." The sample ballot shall also state clearly the days, hours and places at which early voting shall be available in the county. amended 1959, c.139; 2011, c.202, s.30; 2017, c.206, s.7; 2021, c.40, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 19:58-25 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 58 / Section 58-25
Ballots received prior to closing of polls counted; validity of ballots notwithstanding absence of voter's name on certificate
Status: in_force

All valid Presidential ballots received by the county boards prior to the time designated for the closing of the polls for each election shall be counted and no Presidential ballot shall be rejected or declared invalid because the voter's name is not printed on the certificate upon the flap of the inner envelope enclosing the same, if such certificate is properly and legibly signed and it otherwise conforms with the provisions of this act. L.1964, c. 134, s. 25.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-11 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-11
Verification of petition.
Status: in_force

19:23-11. Such petitions shall be verified by the oath or affirmation by affidavit of the person who circulates each petition, including a candidate who signs or circulates, or both signs and circulates, such a petition, taken and subscribed before a person qualified under the laws of New Jersey to administer an oath, to the effect that the affiant personally circulated the petition; that the petition is signed by each of the signers thereof in his proper handwriting; that the signers are to the best knowledge and belief of the affiant legal voters of the State or political subdivision thereof, as the case may be, as stated in the petition, belong to the political party named in the petition; and that the petition is prepared and filed in absolute good faith for the sole purpose of indorsing the person or persons therein named, in order to secure his or their nomination or selection as stated in such petition. The person who circulates the petition shall be a registered voter in this State whose party affiliation is of the same political party named in the petition. amended 2010, c.68, s.4; 2014, c.83, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53B-7 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53B / Section 53B-7
Method of marking ballot
Status: in_force

16. To vote for a candidate whose name is printed in any column, the voter shall mark a cross x, plus + or check / in the square provided for the name of each candidate in any column for whom the voter chooses to vote. To vote upon the public questions printed on the emergency ballot, the voter shall indicate the choice of the voter by marking a cross x, plus + or check / in the square provided for either the word "Yes" or "No" of each public question. L.1992,c.3,s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 19:3-19 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-19
Surrender by delegates to national convention of certificate voided
Status: in_force

In the case of a delegate-at-large or district delegate to any national convention, whose election shall have been declared null and void under this Title, after a certificate of election has been issued to him, the Attorney-General shall transmit to such convention a certified copy of the judgment and determination of the court or judge declaring the election void, to the end that the certificate of election issued to the person having the next highest number of votes for such party position may be honored by the convention. Any delegate-at-large or district delegate to any national convention to whom a certificate of election shall have been delivered, which certificate shall have been declared null and void after such delivery, shall, upon the service upon him of a certified copy of the determination of the court or judge declaring the certificate null and void, forthwith surrender such certificate to the Clerk of the Superior Court. Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 325, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 19:27A-15 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 27A / Section 27A-15
Ballot used at recall election; filling of vacancy
Status: in_force

15. a. Whenever the elected official sought to be recalled is the Governor or a member of the Legislature, the question of whether or not the Governor or member of the Legislature shall be recalled shall appear on the ballot but no candidates to succeed the Governor or member of the Legislature in the event the recall is successful shall be listed thereon. A vacancy in the office of Governor resulting from a recall election shall be filled pursuant to Article V, Section I of the State Constitution in the same manner as any other vacancy occurring in that office. A vacancy in the office of member of the Legislature resulting from a recall election shall be filled pursuant to Article IV, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the State Constitution in the same manner as any other vacancy occurring in that office, except that no member who is recalled shall be eligible to be selected to fill the vacancy created as a result of the recall. b. Whenever the elected official sought to be recalled is other than the Governor or a member of the Legislature, candidates to succeed the elected official in the event the recall is successful may be nominated within nine days after the fifth business day following service of the certification of the petition by each political party in the manner prescribed in R.S.19:13-20 for selecting candidates to fill vacancies among candidates nominated at primary elections. Candidates may also be nominated within that time period by petition in a manner similar to that used for direct nomination by petition for a general election. In the case of offices in nonpartisan units of government, nomination shall be by petition. An elected official who is the subject of a recall election shall be eligible to be elected as that official's own successor in the event that the election results in the official's recall. c. The ballot used at a recall election shall pose the following question to the voters: "Shall (insert name of elected official sought to be recalled) be recalled from the office of (insert title of office)?" To the right of the question, the words "Yes" and "No" shall appear and each voter shall indicate the voter's choice of one. A recall election sample ballot, but not the actual ballot, shall contain the statement of the reasons for the recall prepared by the recall committee and the answer thereto, if any, which appeared on the petition. d. Whenever a successor is to be chosen at a recall election in the event the recall is successful, the ballot shall indicate: "Nominees for successor to (insert name and title of the elected official sought to be recalled) in the event he (or she) is recalled." The names of all persons nominated as successors shall appear immediately thereafter in such manner as will allow each voter to vote for one. L.1995,c.105,s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-45.3 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-45.3
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall promulgate such rules and regulations as he deems necessary to implement this act, including the procedures to be followed in the filing, reporting and authentication of declarations of political party affiliation pursuant to R.S. 19:23-45. L.1976, c. 16, s. 4, eff. April 8, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-55 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-55
False statements under oath.
Status: in_force

19:34-55. Any person who makes any false statement under oath before the county clerk, municipal clerk or county board shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Amended 2005, c.154, s.52.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53B-17 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53B / Section 53B-17
Reading of emergency ballots
Status: in_force

26. The district board members, in the actual procedure of counting the emergency ballots, shall break the seal and open the emergency ballot box. The emergency ballots shall be taken singly and separately therefrom by the judge of the election board. Ballot envelopes marked "SPOILED" shall be set aside and remain unopened, and at the conclusion of counting the emergency ballots shall be placed on the string or wire after all other ballots. The outside front of each envelope which contains a voted emergency ballot shall be numbered in consecutive order beginning with the number one. This number shall be circled. While each emergency ballot shall remain in the hands of the judge, the judge shall audibly and publicly read the ballot in full view of the other members of the district board, including the inspector of the district election board. The inspector shall verify that each emergency ballot is being correctly read by the judge. The remaining members of the district election board shall record the votes on the tally sheets, as provided. The district board members shall also record the number of void ballots on the tally sheets, as provided. After the reading of an emergency ballot, including a ballot determined to be void, and before taking another emergency ballot from the box, the judge shall deliver the ballot to the inspector, who shall write on the back thereof the number of the emergency ballot in consecutive order beginning with the number one, in the order in which the same shall have been taken from the box; and shall string the envelope that contains the emergency ballot as one ticket in the order in which the envelope was taken from the box and numbered, on the string or wire to be provided for that purpose. The outside front of each envelope that contains a voided emergency ballot shall have the word "VOID" written next to the circled number. After all the envelopes which contain the emergency ballots cast in one election district have been tallied and strung, the envelopes shall be returned to the ballot box. All unused emergency ballots and pre-punched single-hole plain white envelopes shall also be placed in the emergency ballot box. L.1992,c.3,s.26.
N.J. Stat. § 19:59-2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 59 / Section 59-2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: a. "United States" means each of the several states, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa and the United States Virgin Islands; the term does not mean or include the Canal Zone or any other territory or possession of the United States. b. "Residing abroad" means residing outside the United States. c. "Federal election" means any general, special or primary held for the purpose of nominating or electing any candidate for the office of President or Vice President of the United States, Presidential elector, United States Senator or member of the United States House of Representatives. d. "Election" shall have the same meaning as defined in R.S.19:1-1, and include any federal, State, or local election, and any public question placed before the voters. e. "Overseas voter" means any person in military service, or that person's spouse, partner in civil union, domestic partner, or dependent, who, by reason of the person's active duty or service, is, in the case of the person, absent on the date of an election from the place of residence in New Jersey where the person is or would be qualified to vote, or in the case of the person's spouse, partner in civil union, domestic partner, or dependent, absent on the date of an election from the place of residence in New Jersey where that spouse, partner in civil union, domestic partner, or dependent, is or would be qualified to vote. The term also means any citizen of the United States temporarily residing abroad who (1) immediately prior to departure from the United States was domiciled in New Jersey and (a) was last registered to vote, or last eligible to register and vote, in New Jersey; or (b) would have been eligible to register and vote in New Jersey except that the citizen had not attained 18 years of age the requirement of which has since been met; or (c) would have been eligible to register and vote in New Jersey except that the citizen had not met the residency requirement; (2) is not registered or qualified to vote elsewhere in the United States; (3) holds a valid passport or passport card or other proof of citizenship issued under authority of the Secretary of State of the United States; (4) does not establish permanent residency in any other state or country; and (5) has the intent to return to New Jersey. f. "Overseas federal election voter" means any citizen of the United States who was born outside of the United States, is not an "overseas voter" under subsection e. of this section or an "overseas State and federal voter" under subsection l. of this section, and, except for the residency requirement of New Jersey, otherwise satisfies the State's voter eligibility requirements, if the last place where a parent, legal guardian, spouse, partner in civil union, or domestic partner of the voter was, or under P.L.1976, c.23 (C.19:59-1 et seq.) would have been, eligible to register and vote before departure from the United States is within New Jersey and the voter has not previously registered to vote elsewhere in the United States. g. "Electronic means" means any transmission made by an electronic telefacsimile machine or a similar device or by any other form of electronic transmission including, but not exclusive to electronic mail, that transports an authentic copy of a document from one user to another. h. "Dependent" means an individual recognized as a dependent by a military service. i. "Federal postcard application" means the application prescribed under section 101 of Pub.L.99-410 (42 U.S.C. s.1973ff(b)(2)). j. "Federal write-in absentee ballot" means the ballot described under section 103 of Pub.L.99-410 (42 U.S.C. s.1973ff-2). k. "Military service" means the active and reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States; the Merchant Marine; the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service or the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States; or the National Guard or State militia. l. "Overseas State and federal voter" means any citizen of the United States residing abroad who does not intend to return or whose intent to return is uncertain and who (1) immediately prior to departure from the United States was domiciled in New Jersey and (a) was last registered to vote, or last eligible to register and vote, in New Jersey; or (b) would have been eligible to register and vote in New Jersey except that the citizen had not attained 18 years of age the requirement of which has since been met; or (c) would have been eligible to register and vote in New Jersey except that the citizen had not met the residency requirement; (2) is not registered or qualified to vote elsewhere in the United States; and (3) holds a valid passport or passport card or other proof of citizenship issued under authority of the Secretary of State of the United States. m. "State election" means any general, special, or primary election held for the purpose of nominating or electing the office of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, New Jersey State Senator, or a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, or a State public question placed before all voters of the State. "State election" shall not include any local election or any local public question placed before less than all voters of the State. L.1976, c.23, s.2; amended 1993, c.73, s.4; 2008, c.61, s.2; 2017, c.39, s.1; 2022, c.72, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:59-10 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 59 / Section 59-10
Completion, transmittal of ballot.
Status: in_force

10. a. For ballots sent to overseas voters or overseas federal election voters or overseas State and federal election voters, other than such ballots sent to the voter by electronic means, the procedure for completing the ballot shall be as follows: Upon completion of the ballot by indicating the voter's choice of candidates for the offices named or the voter's choice regarding a public question, or both, the ballot shall be placed in the inner envelope and sealed. Upon completion and signing in the voter's handwriting the certificate attached to the inner envelope, the inner envelope shall be placed in the outer envelope, which when sealed shall be mailed postage prepaid to the county board of elections whose address is printed thereon. b. For ballots sent to overseas voters or overseas federal election voters or overseas State and federal election voters by electronic means, the procedure for completing the ballot shall be as follows: After the ballot is received and completed by the voter by indicating that person's choice of candidates for the offices named or that person's choice regarding a public question, or both, the ballot shall be placed in a secure envelope. Upon completion and signing in the voter's handwriting of the certificate sent to the voter pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1976, c.23 (C.19:59-8), it shall be placed in the same envelope as the voted ballot. The envelope shall then be sealed securely and sent immediately by air mail to the appropriate county board of elections in this State. c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section, a copy of an overseas voter's or overseas federal election voter's or overseas State and federal election voter's ballot may be transmitted by electronic means to the appropriate county board of elections in this State. Such a ballot shall be subject to the provisions of sections 3 and 4 of P.L.1995, c.195 (C.19:59-14 and C.19:59-15). L.1976, c.23, s.10; amended 2008, c.61, s.7; 2017, c.39, s.6; 2022, c.72, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 19:19-10 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-10
Form of statement of canvass
Status: in_force

The statements shall be in substantially the following form: "A statement of the result of election held in the county of , on the day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and , to elect a member of the senate, members of the general assembly, a sheriff and coroners of said county (naming the officers as the case may be), together with the public questions voted upon, made by the board of county canvassers of said county."
N.J. Stat. § 19:29-9 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-9
Form and effect of judgment
Status: in_force

If the judgment be against the incumbent, and he has already received a certificate of election, the judgment shall annul it. If the judge finds that no person was duly elected, the judgment shall be that the election be set aside. Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 344, s. 39.
N.J. Stat. § 19:45-4 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-4
County's expenses
Status: in_force

All costs, charges and expenses incurred by the county clerk, county board, commissioner, superintendent, or any other officer or official of a county in carrying out the provisions of this title and the salaries of the members of the county board, commissioner, superintendent, salaries and compensation for extra service of the clerk and other employees of the county board and the compensation of the members of the district boards, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be paid by the county upon certification by the county clerk, county board, commissioner, superintendent or other county officer or official; but the board of chosen freeholders of any county, to facilitate the prompt payment of the compensation of members of district boards and the rental of polling places, is authorized to pay to the several municipal clerks in the county one payment for the gross amount due for such compensation and rentals in the municipality and direct the municipal clerks to pay the individual amounts due the members of the district boards and the lessors of the polling places in the municipality upon the proper certification of the county board. Where any municipality may provide voting machines there shall be paid by the county to such municipality the difference between the costs, charges and expenses incurred and the costs, charges and expenses which would have been incurred had such voting machines not been provided by such municipality, including the saving in rental of polling places and in compensation paid to members of district boards resulting from consolidation of or reduction in number of election districts, and including the saving resulting from the payment of a lesser rate of compensation to members of district boards where such machines are provided by the municipality.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-36 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-36
Destroying, removing, defacing seals, third degree crime.
Status: in_force

11. Any person who destroys, defaces or removes, or attempts to destroy, deface or remove, such a seal shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. L.1947,c.167,s.11; amended 2005, c.154, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 19:32-49 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-49
Superintendent of elections, commissioner of registration.
Status: in_force

24. In addition to the foregoing, the superintendent of elections is constituted the commissioner of registration for the county and he shall, within the county, have and exercise all the powers of, and be charged with all the duties had and exercised and required to be performed by, the superintendent of elections and the commissioner of registration in any county, including the custody and control of voting machines heretofore or hereafter installed in the county in any manner provided by law, except those heretofore or hereafter installed in any municipality by the governing body thereof, which shall be placed and remain in the custody of the municipal clerk unless taken over by the county according to law. The deputy superintendent of elections in counties of the first class, and in counties of the second and fifth classes in which the governing body has established the office of superintendent of elections for the county, is constituted the deputy commissioner of registration. L.1947, c.167, s.24; amended 1982, c.46, s.5; 1992, c.17, s.5; 2021, c.58, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-6.4a — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-6.4a
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

10. The Secretary of State may promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1991,c.318,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 19:63-6.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-6.1
Voter education campaign, vote by mail status; removal, change, potential.
Status: in_force

6. Each county shall undertake a voter education campaign, through existing media such as television or newspapers, through online platforms, or by mail addressed to registered voters with vote by mail status, to inform voters about the potential of removal from permanent vote by mail status and the potential change in where a mail-in ballot is sent as provided by P.L.2022, c.68 (C.19:63-6.1 et al.). The Division of Elections within the Department of State shall establish guidelines to be distributed to the counties for the counties to follow for the purpose of carrying out the voter education campaign. L.2022, c.68, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 19:63-10 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-10
Forwarding of requests to county board of elections, lists of requests kept.
Status: in_force

10. a. Each county clerk, after processing the applications for mail-in ballots requiring approval under section 8 of P.L.2009, c.79 (C.19:63-8) and furnishing the applicants with a mail-in ballot pursuant to that act, shall forward such requests, including those disapproved, to the county board of elections. Each clerk shall also keep one list of the requests received by the clerk and another list of the applicants whose applications were approved and sent mail-in ballots. Each list shall include the name and street address of each person requesting or receiving a mail-in ballot. The clerk shall update the lists each business day and they shall be made available to the public and transmitted to all election officials charged with the duty of administering this act. b. Each county board of elections shall keep a list of the name and street address of each person who returns a voted mail-in ballot and the name and street address of each person who delivers the ballot personally to the board. The board shall update the list each business day and it shall be accessible to the public and transmitted to all elections officials charged with the duty of administering this act. The county clerk and the county board of elections shall keep the lists required by this section starting no later than the 14th day before the day of the election and continue to do so until the day of the election. L.2009, c.79, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 19:3-5 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-5
Incompatible offices, prohibition; qualifications for certain elected offices.
Status: in_force

19:3-5. No person shall hold at the same time more than one of the following offices: elector of President and Vice-President of the United States, member of the United States Senate, member of the House of Representatives of the United States, member of the Senate or of the General Assembly of this State, county clerk, register, surrogate or sheriff. No person shall hold the office of member of the Senate or the General Assembly of this State and, at the same time, hold any other elective public office in this State, except that any person who holds the office of member of the Senate or the General Assembly and, at the same time, holds any other elective public office on the effective date of P.L.2007, c.161 may continue to hold that office of member of the Senate or that office of member of the General Assembly, and may hold that other elective public office at the same time if service in the Senate or the General Assembly and the other elective office are continuous following the effective date of P.L.2007, c.161. No person shall be elected an elector of President and Vice-President of the United States unless he shall possess the qualifications of a legal voter of the State, shall be of the age of 25 years or upwards and shall have been a citizen of the United States seven years next preceding such election. No person shall be elected a member of the House of Representatives, or an elector of President and Vice-President who shall hold any office of trust or profit under the United States. Amended 1971, c.2, s.9; 2007, c.161, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:13-2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-2
State convention; presidential and vice presidential electors
Status: in_force

In presidential years the state conventions shall severally nominate for their respective parties such number of candidates for electors of president and vice president of the United States as this state shall be entitled to elect or appoint.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53C-8 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53C / Section 53C-8
Write-in votes on provisional ballot permitted
Status: in_force

14. Nothing in P.L.1999, c.232 (C.19:53C-1 et al.) shall prevent any voter from writing or pasting within the proper title of office in the column designated personal choice, the name or names of any person or persons for whom the voter desires to vote whose name or names are not printed upon the provisional ballot for the same office. The writing shall be in ink or lead pencil, as may be required. L.1999,c.232,s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 19:19-5 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-5
Statements obtained
Status: in_force

If such adjournment is occasioned by the fact that at the time fixed for the meeting of the board the statements from every election district have not been filed with the clerk of the county, such clerk shall forthwith, by a special messenger, or otherwise, at the expense of the county, obtain the statement or statements that shall be lacking, in time to be produced to the board at its next meeting, and for this purpose the statements directed to be filed with the clerk of any municipality wherein such election was held, or those directed to be filed with the county clerk, or a copy certified by the secretary of state of the statements transmitted to him, shall be sufficient. The clerk of the board shall lay before it, at its subsequent meeting, all the statements and certified copies that he shall have obtained as above directed.
N.J. Stat. § 19:3-24 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-24
Right to seek recovery of office unabridged
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Title contained shall abridge any right which a claimant to any office might otherwise have to institute a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ for the recovery of such office. Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 326, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-34 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-34
Separate bank accounts for other funds; disposition of contributions of political committees
Status: in_force

a. No contribution which must be or is intended by the contributor or the recipient to be refunded or repaid at any time, no loan obtained pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1974, c. 26 (C. 19:44A-44), no amount of the candidate's own funds in the aggregate in excess of $800.00, and no other moneys received by the candidate, his campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer, except those contributions described in subsections a. and b. of section 4 of P.L.1974, c. 26 (C. 19:44A-29), shall be deposited into any candidate's primary election and general election bank accounts described in section 7 of P.L.1974, c. 26 (C. 19:44A-32), but shall be deposited in separate bank accounts from which expenditures for the respective campaigns may be made. b. No contribution by any county committee or municipal committee of any political party shall be deposited into any candidate's bank accounts. A State committee may forward to a candidate and have deposited into the candidate's general election bank account described in section 7 of P.L.1974, c. 26 (C. 19:44A-32) money in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of such candidate received pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1974, c. 26 (C. 19:44A-29) and sections 11 and 12 of P.L.1973, c. 83 (C. 19:44A-11 and 19:44A-12). L.1974, c. 26, s. 9, eff. May 6, 1974. Amended by L.1980, c. 74, s. 9, eff. July 23, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 19:15-30 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-30
Folding ballot; retention by voter until received by board
Status: in_force

Before leaving the booth the voter shall fold his ballot so that no part of the face of it shall be visible and so as to display the face of the numbered coupon, and the ballot of such claimant shall remain in his hand until the board shall have decided to receive the same.
N.J. Stat. § 19:13-18 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-18
In general
Status: in_force

When a person so declines his nomination, or if a petition or certificate of nomination, or if any nomination, be insufficient or inoperative, or if a nominee shall die, or for any reason vacate his nomination, the vacancy so occasioned may be filled in the manner outlined in the succeeding sections.
N.J. Stat. § 19:15-33 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-33
Ballot box filled
Status: in_force

When one ballot box is filled with ballots the board shall seal the same and provide another box.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-23.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-23.1
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The Elections Clause of the United States Constitution grants the State with the right and ability to make laws concerning the time, place, and manner of elections. b. State and Federal courts have frequently deferred to the State Legislature to enact such laws and balance the respective interests of the State, candidates for offices, and the voters, "a function for which the Legislature is uniquely fitted." c. As per the ruling of Judge Quraishi of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the bracketing structure used in New Jersey's primary election ballots was primarily created by the combined effect of three statutes: R.S.19:23-24; section 1 of P.L.1981, c.71 (C.19:23-26.1); and R.S.19:49-2. d. The combined effect of these three statutes created unique ballot conditions such as incongruous separation, preferential placement for certain candidates based upon the drawing of candidates for different offices, and improper placement of certain candidates amongst candidates for different offices on the ballot. These conditions led to two legal challenges in federal district court, where Plaintiffs asserted that the bracketing structure impermissibly burdened their rights under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. e. Prior to a decision being reached in either of these cases, the leaders of the New Jersey State Legislature committed to remedying the combined effect of these statutes and pledged to design a new primary election ballot for use in this State. f. In furtherance of this commitment, the General Assembly convened the Select Committee on Ballot Design, comprised of an equal number of members of both parties in the General Assembly. g. The Select Committee on Ballot Design met in a series of five public hearings to take testimony from experts and the public alike in order to better understand the issue and balance the interests of the many perspectives presented. h. The design of the new primary election ballot, to be established by this act, P.L.2025, c.32 (C.19:23-23.1 et al.), took into consideration the expertise of: (1) the county clerks and election officials, who are ultimately responsible for implementation of the design; (2) the National Conference of State Legislatures, which provided the committee with expert testimony and research concerning ballot design and other election matters, including the relevant practices in other states; (3) the Center for Civic Design, which provided the committee with expert testimony and whose research and guidance on standardized and user-friendly ballot design principles are publicly available; and (4) members of the public, many of whom spoke in support of an office block ballot design. i. The new ballot design for primary election ballots also seeks to further important government interests, such as ensuring timely and orderly election processes, of which the primary election is an integral part. j. As the most critical stage in the electoral process is the instant before the vote is cast, the design for the new primary election ballots seeks to: (1) ensure that voters can understand the ballot; (2) maintain a manageable ballot; (3) reduce voter confusion; (4) provide voters with information as to the policy positions and endorsements of the candidates running for office; and (5) allow voters to quickly find their preferred choice of candidate for a given office and cast their vote. k. Additionally, the State has an important interest in fostering an informed and educated electorate who may express their political opinions through the casting of their vote. l. The design of the new primary ballot preserves the ability of political parties to make endorsements, since party labels provide a shorthand designation of the views of party candidates, and the identification of candidates with a particular party plays a role in the process by which voters inform themselves for the exercise of the franchise. m. This design also takes into consideration the First Amendment rights of political parties and their governing bodies, recognizing that primary elections are, at their core, a function of the party and therefore not a public affair which may be overly regulated by the State. This principle has routinely been upheld by the United States Supreme Court and courts in New Jersey. n. This design seeks also to preserve the First Amendment rights of candidates who wish to legitimately associate with one another through the use of common slogans, without requiring that any candidates associate, while also safeguarding against abuses of the candidate slogans, such as the use of misleading or false slogans which could be deceptive to a reasonable voter. L.2025, c.32, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:48-3.7 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-3.7
Delivery of voting machines purchased
Status: in_force

All voting machines purchased by the State House Commission pursuant to this act shall be delivered to the superintendent of elections in counties having a superintendent of elections and to the county board of elections in each county of the second class. If the State House Commission is unable at its first purchase to purchase sufficient voting machines to meet the requirements of this act, it shall determine in its discretion the county or counties to which the voting machines purchased are to be delivered and the machines shall be delivered as required by such determination, and as further purchases are made the same procedure shall be followed. L.1944, c. 7, p. 21, s. 5. Amended by L.1947, c. 168, p. 767, s. 26.
N.J. Stat. § 19:59-13 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 59 / Section 59-13
Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

13. To effectuate the purposes of this act, P.L.1976, c.23 (C.19:59-1 et seq.), and its administration, the Secretary of State is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as he deems necessary and desirable. L.1976, c.23, s.13; amended 2008, c.61, s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 19:26-2 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 26 / Section 26-2
Primary books; public inspection; removal of names
Status: in_force

19:26-2. The party primary poll books shall be subject to public inspection, and any voter whose name appears therein may apply to a judge of the Superior Court in the county, at any time prior to the next primary election to have the person's name stricken from such book, and the court shall have power to hear the application in a summary way at such time and upon such notice to that person as it may prescribe, and if satisfied that the applying voter's name has been improperly placed on such primary book, the court may make an order directing the commissioner, the county clerk or the municipal clerk, as the case may be, to erase the name from the primary book, and the commissioner or clerk, as the case may be, shall thereupon erase the same. Amended 1953, c.19, s.26; 1991,c.91,s.246.
N.J. Stat. § 19:31-34.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-34.1
Secretary of State as member of non-profit organization to improve voter registration accuracy.
Status: in_force

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Secretary of State may become a member, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, of a non-profit organization comprised solely of United States territorial governmental units, states, and the District of Columbia for the purpose of improving the accuracy of voter registration information and increasing access to voter registration for eligible individuals. The Secretary of State may share, transmit, or receive confidential, personal, or personally identifiable information, excluding information unrelated to voter eligibility, for those purposes. The Secretary of State shall not share or transmit documentation or other information that indicates that an individual is not a citizen of the United States. Information shared, transmitted, or received, including information from the non-profit organization, in carrying out the purposes of this section shall not be considered a government record under P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) or the common law concerning access to government records. 2021, c.139, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:19-1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-1
Meeting of board of county canvassers.
Status: in_force

19:19-1. The board of county canvassers of each county shall meet on the 15th day, after any such election, at 12 o'clock noon, at the courthouse of the county, for the purpose of checking the canvass which shall have been made by the county clerk from the statements of the district boards filed in his office as hereinbefore provided. For such purpose the county clerk shall have prepared a compilation in tabulated form of such statements and the combined results shown thereby for the use of the board of canvassers. amended 1959, c.117; 2018, c.72, s.10; 2020, c.71, s.3; 2023, c.124, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 19:27A-12 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 27A / Section 27A-12
Contesting decisions of recall officials
Status: in_force

12. The determination of the recall election official as to whether a recall petition is signed by a sufficient number of registered voters and otherwise complies with the provisions of this act may, within 10 business days of issuance, be challenged by the official sought to be recalled or by the recall committee by filing a written objection thereto with the recall election official. Upon the request of either of those parties, the recall election official shall provide the party with a duly certified copy of the recall petition and shall allow examination of the original recall petition during regular business hours. The recall election official shall pass upon the validity of an objection in an expedited manner. The decision of the recall election official may be contested, within 10 business days, by filing an action in the Superior Court, which shall hear the matter on an expedited basis and issue an order or determination as soon as possible after filing of the action. Whenever the decision of a recall election official with respect to a recall petition requiring more than 1,000 names is challenged by the official sought to be recalled or by a recall committee, the parties shall be permitted to introduce evidence that, under a random sample method which employs the theory, assumptions and methods of standard statistical analysis, the petition contains either a sufficient or an insufficient number of signatures. The introduction of such evidence shall create a rebuttable presumption that a petition is valid or invalid, as the case may be. L.1995,c.105,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 19:17-5 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-5
Failure to deliver proper statements, etc., penalty
Status: in_force

19:17-5. If any district board neglects to give the following information on the statements of results: the total number of names on the signature copy register or register of voters, the total number of ballots rejected, the number of votes given for each person, and the number of votes given for or against each public question, or fails to deliver or safely transmit any statement of the result of any election, tally sheet, signature copy registers, register of voters, ballot box or boxes, ballot box keys, flag or any other document or book pertaining to any election, within the time required by this Title, or destroys or damages, or causes or allows any loose leaf binder, registry book or other book or document to be destroyed or damaged or fails to perform any duties provided by this Title or imposed by the county board or by the commissioner, the payment of part or all of the compensation of the members of the board shall be withheld by the county treasurer or collector, as the case may be, by order of the county board or the commissioner, as the case may be, or may be forfeited by like order; and the Secretary of State or the clerk of the county or the municipal clerk, as the case may be, shall certify to the county board the name of any district board so failing to deliver or transmit such statements, books, documents or articles as hereinbefore mentioned. In case of failure of a district board to produce the required statements, books or other documents within twenty-four hours after being notified, the county board may make application to the Superior Court for an order to show cause why the members of such district board shall not be held in contempt of court for such neglect or failure, and punished accordingly. Amended 1953, c.19, s.21; 1991,c.91,s.243.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53C-21 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53C / Section 53C-21
List by district, number of provisional ballots used.
Status: in_force

2. Within 15 calendar days after an election other than the general election or three days after the certification of the results of that election, whichever occurs later, or in the case of a general election on the day of the certification of the results of the general election, the county board of election in each county shall prepare a report which lists by election district, and includes a county wide total by category for, the number of provisional ballots, including any spoiled, void, or invalid provisional ballots, used in the election. The report shall be a government record that is available for public inspection and copying pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.). L.2005,c.152,s.2; amended 2023, c.124, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 19:21-1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-1
Meeting times.
Status: in_force

19:21-1. a. The Board of State Canvassers shall meet at Trenton as soon as practicable but no later than the 30th day after the day of election, for the purpose of canvassing and estimating the votes cast for each person for whom any vote or votes shall have been cast for one or more members of the United States senate or of the house of representatives, or for electors of president and vice president, or for governor and lieutenant governor, or for members of the Legislature, and upon each public question voted upon by the voters of the entire state or political division thereof greater than a county and of determining and declaring the person or persons who shall, by the greatest number of votes, have been duly elected to such office or offices, and the result of the vote cast upon any public question setting forth that it was approved or rejected. b. For the purpose of canvassing and estimating the votes cast for each person for whom any vote or votes shall have been cast in any special election, the board shall meet in Trenton as soon as practicable but no later than the 30th day after the day of the special election. amended 1987, c.338, s.2; 2009, c.66, s.4; 2018, c.72, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 19:4-17 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-17
Secretary of state as liaison with Bureau of Census
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall serve as the State liaison with the Bureau of the Census, United States Department of Commerce, on matters relating to the preparation of maps and the tabulation of the population for election purposes. L.1976, c. 83, s. 8, eff. Jan. 1, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 19:37-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-1.1
Petition of voters.
Status: in_force

2. Whenever a governing body of a municipality has adopted an ordinance or resolution pursuant to section 19:37-1 of the Revised Statutes, upon the presentation to the governing body of such municipality of a petition signed by 10% or more of the voters registered and qualified to vote at the last general election in such municipality, requesting the governing body of such municipality to ascertain the sentiment of the legal voters of the municipality upon any question or policy pertaining to the government or internal affairs thereof that is reasonably related to any proposition formulated and expressed in such ordinance or resolution, such governing body of the municipality shall thereupon adopt at its next regular meeting following the presentation of such petition a resolution requesting the clerk of the county to print upon the official ballots to be used at the next ensuing general election a certain proposition as formulated and expressed in the petition. Such request shall be filed with the clerk of the county not later than the 74th day previous to the election. L.1967, c.101, s.2; amended 1985, c.92, s.30; 2011, c.37, s.23; 2023, c.124, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-11.3a — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-11.3a
Limitations on receipt of contributions, certain, between county committees; violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

13. In addition to any other applicable limit prescribed by law, between January 1 and June 30 of each year, a county committee of a political party shall not make a contribution to any other county committee of a political party, nor shall any such county committee accept a contribution from any other county committee during that time period. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a county committee that willfully and intentionally violates this section, or willfully and intentionally makes a contribution to any candidate or committee with the intent, condition, understanding or belief that the candidate or committee has made or shall make a contribution to another county committee, shall be liable to a penalty equal to four times the amount of the contribution. L.2004,c.19,s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53B-13 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53B / Section 53B-13
Canvassing emergency ballots
Status: in_force

22. In canvassing the emergency ballots, the district board shall count the votes as follows: a. If proper marks are made in the squares provided for the names of any candidates in any column and the total number voted for, for each office, does not exceed the number of candidates to be elected to each office, a vote shall be counted for each candidate so marked. b. If proper marks are made in the squares provided for any names of any candidates in any column, a vote shall be counted for each candidate so marked; but if the district board canvassing the emergency ballots, or the county board, judge of the Superior Court or other judge or officer conducting a recount thereof, shall be satisfied that the placing of the marks to the left and right of the names was intended to identify or distinguish the emergency ballot, then the emergency ballot shall not be counted and shall be declared null and void. c. If no marks are made in the squares provided for the names of any candidates in any column, but are made to the right of the names, a vote shall not be counted for the candidates so marked, but shall be counted for the other candidates as are properly marked; but if the district board canvassing the emergency ballot, or the county board, judge of the Superior Court or other judge or officer conducting a recount thereof, shall be satisfied that the placing of the marks to the right of the names was intended to identify or distinguish the emergency ballot, the emergency ballot shall be declared null and void. d. Where the name of any person is written in the column designated personal choice, and a cross x, plus + or check / appears in the square provided for the name, it shall be counted as a vote for that person. e. In the case of any public question printed on the emergency ballot where a proper mark is made in the square provided for the word "Yes," it shall be counted as a vote in favor of that public question. If a proper mark is made in the square provided for the word "No," it shall be counted as a vote against same. If no mark is made in the square provided for either the word "Yes" or "No," it shall not be counted as a vote either in favor of or against the public question. If a mark is made in each of the squares provided for both the words "Yes" and "No," it shall not be counted either as a vote in favor of or against the public question nor shall it invalidate the emergency ballot. f. If a voter marks more names than there are persons to be elected to an office, or writes the name of any person in the column designated personal choice, whose name is printed upon the emergency ballot as a candidate under the same title of office, or the choice of the voter cannot be determined, that emergency ballot shall not be counted for that office, but shall be counted for those other offices as are properly marked. g. If the mark made for any candidate or public question is substantially a cross x, plus + or check / and is substantially within the square, it shall be counted for the candidate or for or against the public question, as the case may be. No vote shall be counted for any candidate in any column or for or against any public question unless the mark made is substantially a cross x, plus + or check / and is substantially within the square. L.1992,c.3,s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 19:16-10 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-10
Public announcement of results
Status: in_force

After completing the same the chairman of the board shall audibly and publicly announce the result thereof, particularly specifying the whole number of the votes in the poll book, the name of each person for whom any vote shall have been given for any office to be filled by such election, and the number of votes for each person for the office designated for him by such votes, together with those cast upon any public question.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44B-10 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44B / Section 44B-10
Use in investigations and production in evidence
Status: in_force

A financial disclosure statement filed pursuant to this act may be used by the commission in the course of its investigation of any alleged violation of provisions of this act and may be produced as evidence in any hearing conducted by the commission concerning a violation. L.1981, c. 129, s. 10, eff. May 1, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 19:53B-18 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 53B / Section 53B-18
Tallying of votes
Status: in_force

27. a. The clerks of the board shall, upon the tally sheets provided for that purpose, make a list of the names of all persons for whom one or more votes shall have been given, designating the office which that person shall be voted for, and of any public questions voted upon; and as each emergency ballot shall be read, the members shall write the figure "1" opposite the name of each person whose name is contained thereon, as designated for any office, or in the proper column designating the vote upon the public question. b. When all the votes which were cast have been read, examined, numbered and strung, as directed, the board shall tally the votes given for each person for any office to be filled at the election or any public question and note the same upon the tally sheets. The tally sheets shall be signed by all the members of the district board. One of the tally sheets shall be placed in the emergency ballot box and the emergency ballot box shall be sealed with the remaining numbered red seal. The other tally sheet shall be filed with the county clerk at the same time the statements of results are delivered. L.1992,c.3,s.27.
N.J. Stat. § 19:12-3 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-3
County clerk, forwarding of notice of creation of political party to municipal clerks.
Status: in_force

19:12-3. The clerk of each county shall immediately upon the receipt of the certificate from the Secretary of State setting forth that a political party has been created, forward a certified copy of such certificate to each municipal clerk of his county. He shall also, not later than the 64th day preceding the primary election for the general election in every year, cause a copy of the notice received from the Secretary of State of the officer or officers to be elected at the ensuing general election, certified under his hand to be true and correct, to be delivered to the clerk of each municipality in the county. amended 1946, c.11, ss.10,17; (1946, c.11, ss.10,17; repealed 1948, c.2, s.32); 1948, c.2, s.14; 2005, c.136, s.16; 2011, c.37, s.40; 2011, c.134, s.16; 2023, c.16, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 19:15A-6 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-6
Reimbursement for local governing body.
Status: in_force

6. In compliance with the provisions of Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 5 of the New Jersey Constitution, upon application for reimbursement by a county governing body or a municipal governing body, as may be appropriate, to the Secretary of State and approval of the application by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury, a county or municipality shall be reimbursed by the State for any additional costs incurred by the county or municipality as a result of the provisions of this act, P.L.2021, c.40 (C.19:15A-1 et al.). L.2021, c.40, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 19:15-23 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-23
Questions asked persons challenged in municipalities having permanent registration
Status: in_force

In municipalities having permanent registration, if a voter is challenged, the board shall ask him the questions which were asked him upon registration, the answers to which appear on the signature copy register and if the answers do not correspond a note of such fact shall be entered in the column of the poll book entitled "remarks" . If the signatures of the voter or the answers to the questions made by the voter do not correspond, then it shall be the privilege of the challengers to challenge, and the duty of each member of the district board to challenge, unless some other authorized person shall challenge.
N.J. Stat. § 19:14-13 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-13
Arrangement of public questions
Status: in_force

All public questions to be voted upon by the voters of the entire State shall be placed first and shall be printed in the order as certified by the Secretary of State. All public questions to be voted for by the voters of a municipality shall be placed second and shall be printed in the order as determined by the drawing of lots by the county clerk. All public questions to be voted for by the voters of a county shall be placed last and shall be printed in the order as determined by the drawing of lots by the county clerk. The county clerk shall draw lots in substantially the same manner as the drawing is made for the arrangement of candidates' names upon the ballot. Amended by L.1979, c. 191, s. 1, eff. Sept. 13, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 19:44A-21 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 44A / Section 44A-21
Criminal penalties; forfeiture of office
Status: in_force

21. a. Any person who purposely and with intent to conceal or misrepresent contributions given or received or expenditures made or incurred to aid or promote the nomination, election or defeat of any candidate for public office or party position, or to aid or promote the passage or defeat of a public question in any election, or to aid the dissemination of political information in connection with any election makes or accepts any contribution or makes or incurs any expenditure in violation of section 7, 11 or 20 of this act is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. b. Any person who purposely files or prepares or assists in the preparation for filing or purposely acquiesces in the preparation or filing of any report required under this act which the person knows is false, inaccurate or incomplete in any material particular; or who purposely fails or refuses to file any such report when required to do so pursuant to the provisions of this act; or who purposely supplies any information which he knows to be false, inaccurate or incomplete to any person preparing or assisting in the preparation of any such report, with the knowledge that such information is intended for the purposes of such report, is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. c. The nomination for or election to any office of any candidate who is guilty of any violation within the description of subsection a. or b. 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. d. Any individual, partnership, membership organization or other association who or which, directly or through an agent, purposely makes a loan or advance of money or other thing of value in violation of section 11 or section 20 of P.L. 1973, c. 83 (C. 19:44A-11 or C. 19:44A-20) is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. e. Any individual, partnership, membership organization or other association who or which purposely makes a contribution as a result of having been induced to do so through the receipt, promise or offer of a loan or advance of money or other thing of value, the making of which loan or advance would constitute a violation of section 11 or section 20 of P.L.1973, c.83 (C.19:44A-11 or C.19:44A-20), is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. L.1973,c.83,s.21; amended 1993,c.65,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 19:20-5 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-5
Certificates to successful candidates; signing and attestation
Status: in_force

The chairman of the board, in the case of an election for senator or members of the assembly, or for any officer voted for by the voters of the entire county or of any subdivision thereof, except for members of the house of representatives, shall issue a certificate to the successful candidate based upon the statement of the determination of the board, and shall sign his name thereto, which shall be attested by the clerk of the board by signing his name and affixing the seal of the county. The clerk shall without delay deliver one of such certificates to each person who shall be so elected.
N.J. Stat. § 19:3-7 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-7
Office forfeited by nonfiling of statement or filing of false statement
Status: in_force

If any candidate for nomination for or election to any public office or party position, or his campaign manager, shall fail to file any statement or oath required by this Title to be filed, at the time, place and in the manner required by this Title, and duly verified as herein required, or shall file any false statement, the nomination or election of such candidate, if nominated or elected at the primary or other election concerning which such statement shall have been filed, shall be null and void. Amended by L.1949, c. 24, p. 71, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 19:23-39 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-39
Members of district boards to board; receipts
Status: in_force

Such member or members shall on the morning of the primary election, before proclamation of the opening of the polls, deliver the ballot boxes and the ballots by them received to the election boards of their respective election districts, with the seals thereof unbroken, and shall take receipts therefor from the district board, which receipts such member or members shall preserve for one year.
N.J. Stat. § 19:4-4.7 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-4.7
False oath, affirmation, fourth degree crime.
Status: in_force

7. Any person who shall make false oath or affirmation to any statement under this act, or who shall make any false statement therein, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. L.1960,c.195,s.7; amended 2005, c.154, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 19:34-17 — NJ Code / Title 19 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-17
Unlawfully taking ballot box or removing contents; destroying ballots; willfully suppressing records.
Status: in_force

19:34-17. If a person shall rob or plunder any ballot box, or unlawfully and by stealth or violence take the same or remove therefrom any ballot or other paper, or exchange, alter or destroy any ballot or other paper contained therein, or if any person shall willfully and corruptly suppress, withhold, mutilate, destroy, alter or change any return, statement or certificate or any copy thereof, which shall have been made in pursuance of this title, and delivered to him to be filed, or which shall have been intrusted or delivered to him to be delivered or transmitted to any other person in pursuance of this title, every such person, his aiders, procurers and abettors, shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. This section shall not apply to the destruction of ballots or the performance of other acts by officials when such acts are performed as prescribed in this title. Amended 2005, c.154, s.36.