The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-24
ELECTION LAWS
CHANGED
Summary Of the Acts and
Amendments Passed By
the Last Legislature.
BOOK TO Be ISSUED
State Department and Attor-
ney General Busy on the
Publication.
BOOK TO Be ISSUED
special to ..The Jersey city News,


changes were made in the election laws
of the State by the last Legislature and
the departments of the Attorney General
and Secretary of State are preparing to
issue a book giving the laws complete as
they are now on the statute books A
summary of the new laws and amend
ments adopted last winter is as follows:
Chapter 1, approved January 20, pro
vides that when writs of election are is
sued by the Senate or Assembly for the
purpose of filling vacancies in the Legis-
lature the political parties of the county
in which the vacancy occurs may nomi-
nate candidates in such manner as pro-
vided by the county committee of the re-
spective political parties.
Chapter 2, approved January %, pro-
viding for elections to fill vacancies in the
Legislature. Advertising the writ of
election in at least four newspapers in
the county affected constitutes sufficient
notice of the election. The nominations
must be duly certified to the County
Clerk. The boards of registration are to
sit regularly the Friday preceding the
election, from / to s P. NJ. Official bal
lots are to be used, due certificates of
election issued and the total compeusa-
tion of the members of the election
boards is fixed at $40 each.
Chapter 8, approved February 10.
Act abolishing spring elections in town
ships and boroughs and combining them
with the general election in November
| Affects all officers except members of
school boards or school trustees. Under
| the provisions of this law the terms of
office of all officers, except justices of
the peace, hereafter elected in any town
| ship or borough shall commence at noon
on January succeeding such election,
and continue for their respective terms
already fixed by law. This law will
make it necessary to nominate and elect
November all the officers in the town.
ships and boroughs that would have
been elected last spring under the old
law.
Chapter III, approved April 6.
Amends section of the general election
law, revision of 1898, provides that po-
litical parties may adopt resolutions de-
claring for the election of members of
| county, city or other municipal commits
tees at the regular primary election,
which will be held this year September
5. After adopting the resolution the
| party must file copy, signed by the
| chairman and secretary, with the clerk
of the municipality affected, and it shall
be lawful thereafter to elect the commits
tee at the primary election in the manner
| proyidd for the selection of party candi-
dates to be voted for in single ward or
township.
Chapter 118, approved April 6. Pros
viding a penalty in cases where election
officers are guilty of neglect of duty.
Any public officer or election officer upon
whom a duty is imposed by the elec-
tion laws of the state, who refuses or
wilfulIy neglects or wilfully fails to per-
form such duty. or who wilfully per-
forms it contrary to law, shall for each
offence, if no other penalty is imposed
by the general election act be punished
by $500 fine or Imprisonment for three
years, or both.
This act makes further penalty of
$500 fine or Imprisonment for three
years, or both, for each offense in illegal
registering. or voting. or hindering legal
voter from voting, or aiding or abetting
in any of those offenses. The same
penalty is applied for tampering with or
injuring any ballot box or voting ma
chine. This law. was the result of the
trouble at New Brunswick election day
last November, when the election board
in one district refused to permit large
number of Rutgers students to vote.
| Chapter 141, approved April II. Pro
yiding for the revision Of the registry