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NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-10 - Meeting, organization of district board.

19:6-10 Meeting, organization of district board.  19:6-10. Each district board shall, on or before the second Tuesday next preceding the primary election, meet and organize by the election of one of its members as judge, who shall be chairman of the board, and another of its members as inspector. The judge and inspector shall not be members or voters of the same political party. In case of failure to elect a judge as herein provided, after balloting or voting three times, the senior member of the board in respect to length of continuous service as a member of such district board shall become judge, and in case of failure to elect an inspector after balloting or voting three times, the next senior member of the board in respect to length of continuous service as a member of such district board shall become inspector; provided, that both the chairman and the inspector shall not be members or voters of the same political party. The other members of the board shall be clerks of election, and shall perform all the duties required by law of the clerks of district boards. amended 1939, c.81; 1946, c.11, s.4, 1996, c.120, s.5; 2005, c.136, s.7; 2011, c.134, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-11 - Oath of office of members; power to administer oaths

19:6-11. Oath of office of members; power to administer oaths  Each member of the district board shall before entering upon the performance of his duties take and subscribe an oath or affirmation in writing before a duly qualified officer, faithfully and impartially to discharge all his duties as such officer to the best of his skill and ability. Such oaths and affirmations shall be forthwith forwarded to the county clerk and by him filed in his office, and after so qualifying, any member of such board may at any meeting thereof administer any oath or affirmation required or permitted to be taken by this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-12 - Member becoming candidate

19:6-12. Member becoming candidate  19:6-12. The office of a member of a district board in an election district shall be deemed vacant upon such member becoming a candidate for an office to be voted upon at any primary, general election, school election, or special election for which he was appointed to serve, such candidacy to be determined by the filing of a petition of nomination, duly accepted by such member, in the manner provided by law. The municipal or county clerk with whom such petition and acceptance may be filed shall forthwith notify the county board of the county in which such election district is located, giving the name and residence of the member of the district board who has thus become a candidate, and the vacancy shall be filled as provided by law. Amended 1995,c.278,s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-13 - Vacancies; filling

19:6-13. Vacancies; filling  A vacancy arising in a district board otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. The board shall certify the name and address of the person so appointed and the name of the district in which the vacancy exists to the clerk of the county and to the municipal clerk, and the person so appointed shall be notified in the manner above provided.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-14 - Boards for changed or new election districts; appointment

19:6-14. Boards for changed or new election districts; appointment  When the boundaries of an election district in a municipality shall have been changed or a new district created between the time of holding the general election and the time of holding the next primary or special election, or where the boundaries of an election district shall not be the same as at the general election, the county board on being notified thereof shall appoint a district board for such election district, in the manner hereinbefore provided for the appointment of district boards.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-15 - Constabulary powers of members; police assistance

19:6-15. Constabulary powers of members; police assistance  The district boards of every election district shall preserve the peace and maintain good order in their respective polling places, during the progress of all elections and the counting of the votes cast thereat. To that end each member of every such board, during the progress of an election and the counting and canvassing of the votes, shall be and hereby is invested and charged with all the powers and duties of constables of this state in criminal matters. Such election board, or any two members thereof, may, by writing under their hands whenever in their opinion it shall be necessary to do so, request the municipal authorities of any municipality within which their district is situate or the body or officer having charge and direction of the police force in such municipality, to detail one or more policemen to assist in preserving the peace and good order in and about such polling place, which request shall forthwith be complied with as far as possible by the body or officer to whom the same is made.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-15.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-15.1 - Uniforms and exposed weapons forbidden; penalty

19:6-15.1. Uniforms and exposed weapons forbidden; penalty  2. No person who is employed as a police officer, either full-time or part-time, by the State or an instrumentality thereof, or by a political subdivision of the State or an instrumentality thereof, and who is a member of a district board of elections or serves as a duly authorized challenger for a political party or a candidate or on a public question, shall wear a police officer's uniform or carry an exposed weapon while serving as a board member or a challenger, as the case may be, at a polling place on an election day. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.  L.1991,c.306,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-16 - Police assigned to district boards in municipalities

19:6-16. Police assigned to district boards in municipalities  19:6-16. The commission, committee, board or official having charge of the police department in any municipality may assign one or more police officers to any district board in such municipality whenever the said commission, committee, board or official deems it necessary to do so. Any police officers so assigned shall, under the direction of the board, enforce the election laws, maintain order, peace and quiet during the hours of registry and election, and assist the members of the board in carrying the ballot box or boxes to the office of the municipal clerk after the ballots are counted. The police officers so assigned shall not assist the board by performing the duties of a board member, nor shall those police officers serve at the polling place of that district board as challengers for a party or candidate or on a public question.  Amended 1953,c.19,s.10; 1967,c.126; 1991,c.306,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-17 - County board of elections, membership, appointments, compensation.

19:6-17 County board of elections, membership, appointments, compensation.  19:6-17. a. The county board shall consist of four persons, who shall be legal voters of the counties for which they are respectively appointed. Two members of such county board shall be members of the political party which at the last preceding general election, held for the election of all of the members of the General Assembly, cast the largest number of votes in this State for members of the General Assembly, and the remaining two members of such board shall be members of the political party which at such election cast the next largest number of votes in the State for members of the General Assembly. By a majority vote of the full membership of the board of county commissioners, the board of county commissioners may opt to increase to six persons the membership of the county board of elections. The two new members shall be legal voters of the counties for which they are respectively appointed. If a board of county commissioners votes to increase the membership of a county board of elections to six persons, the board of elections shall consist of an equal representation between the political parties which at the last preceding general election, held for the election of all of the members of the General Assembly, cast the largest and next largest number of votes in this State for members of the General Assembly. No person who holds elective public office shall be eligible to serve as a member of the county board during the term of such elective office. The office of member of the county board shall be deemed vacant upon such member becoming a candidate for an office to be voted upon at any primary, general election or special election, except for nomination for or election to membership in any county committee or State committee or for nomination for or election as a delegate at large or alternate delegate at large, or district delegate or alternate district delegate to any national political convention, such candidacy to be determined by the filing of a petition of nomination duly accepted by such member in the manner provided by law. b. In all counties, the county board of elections may appoint some suitable person as clerk of the board, and may also appoint any additional office employees, including a director of such employees, it deems necessary, subject to approval by the board of county commissioners of the respective county and to the budgetary process required pursuant to section 11 of P.L.2015, c.249 (C.19:6-21.1). The compensation of the clerk, the director, and office employees of the county board of elections shall be in an amount recommended by the county board of elections and subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners.  amended 1948, c.438, s.5; 1957, c.83, s.1; 1960, c.43; 1960, c.164; 1961, c.59, s.1; 1965, c.166; 2019, c.191, s.1; 2021, c.205, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-17.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-17.1 - Nominations, appointments; timeframe.

19:6-17.1 Nominations, appointments; timeframe.  3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of R.S.19:6-18 requiring appointments to be made on or before March 1, the initial nomination and appointment to increase the membership of the county boards of elections by two additional members, as provided by the action to increase membership under P.L.2019, c.191 (C.19:6-17.1 et al.) amending R.S.19-6-17, shall be made not less than 10 business days following the adoption of increase in membership of the county board of elections by the county board of chosen freeholders. Thereafter, all members shall be nominated and appointed in accordance with the timeframe specified under section a. of R.S.19:6-18. L.2019, c.191, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-18 - Nomination for member of county board; certification, appointment, term.

19:6-18 Nomination for member of county board; certification, appointment, term.  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-19 - Filling vacancies

19:6-19. Filling vacancies  If a vacancy arises in any county board from any cause other than expiration of the term, the secretary of the county board, within 5 days thereafter, shall in writing notify the Governor, the appropriate county committee chairman, county committee vice-chairlady, State chairman, State committeeman and State committeewoman of such vacancy, and within the same time notify the Governor in writing the date on which such notice was received by the county committee chairman. If the secretary fails to so notify, any member of the county board may make such notifications. Within 10 days after receipt of notice by such county committee chairman, the county committee chairman, county committee vice-chairlady, State chairman, State committeeman and State committeewoman shall jointly nominate a successor, and any such nomination shall be made and certified in the same manner as provided in section 19:6-18 of the Revised Statutes, and the person so nominated shall thereupon be commissioned by the Governor. All appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term only. Amended by L.1955, c. 243, p. 920, s. 2; L.1956, c. 167, p. 660, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-20 - Appointments by Governor in absence of nomination

19:6-20. Appointments by Governor in absence of nomination  If any nomination is not made and certified in writing to the Governor within the time specified, the Governor shall make such appointments of his own selection from the citizens of the county in which such failure occurs. Amended by L.1955, c. 243, p. 920, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-21 - Board office; equipment; supplies

19:6-21. Board office; equipment; supplies  The county boards shall be provided by the board of chosen freeholders of the respective counties with a suitable office or offices, furniture and such other equipment as the county boards deem necessary. The county board in counties of the first class shall have power to purchase office equipment, furniture, furnishings, books, stationery, materials, supplies and other articles or equipment necessary in the judgment of the board, to carry out the provisions of this Title, and the board of chosen freeholders of the respective counties shall pay for the same, including the expenses of the board and the clerk thereof, upon certification of the county board. Nothing in subtitle two of the Title Municipalities and Counties (paras. 40:16-1 et seq.) shall in anywise be construed to affect, restrict or abridge the powers herein conferred on the county boards. Amended by L.1951, c. 10, p. 36, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-21.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-21.1 - Preparation of annual budget request by county board of elections.

19:6-21.1 Preparation of annual budget request by county board of elections.  11. A county board of elections shall prepare the annual budget request for the office of county board of elections pursuant to the requirements of section 3 of P.L.2015, c.249 (C.40A:4-45.45b). L.2015, c.249, s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-23 - Oath of office of members; power to administer oaths

19:6-23. Oath of office of members; power to administer oaths  Each member of the county board shall, before entering upon the performance of his duties, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, in writing, before the clerk of the county for which he is appointed, faithfully and impartially to discharge all his duties as such officer, to the best of his skill and ability. Such oath or affirmation shall be forthwith recorded in the office of the county clerk, and after so qualifying any member of such board may at any meeting thereof administer any oath or affirmation required or permitted to be taken by this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-24 - Powers and duties of board delegated to clerk.

19:6-24 Powers and duties of board delegated to clerk.  19:6-24. Wherever under the provisions of this Title any powers or duties are given or conferred upon the county boards in any county, the county board having a clerk pursuant to subsection b. of R.S.19:6-17 may, if it so determines, authorize or direct the clerk thereof to perform such duties and exercise such powers under its supervision or in its absence. The clerk of the county board shall have full power and authority in the conduct of the business and clerical affairs of the office of the county board, shall conduct the same in an impartial manner, and shall exercise full authority and direction over the employees in the office. amended 1961, c.59, s.2; 2021, c.205, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-25 - Sitting on general election days required.

19:6-25 Sitting on general election days required.  19:6-25. The county boards in each of the counties shall sit on the day of the general election at the office of the county boards between the hours of 5:00 A.M. and midnight. Amended 2001, c.245, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-26 - County boards of elections as; clerk

19:6-26. County boards of elections as; clerk  For the purposes of this title, the county board in each county shall be and act as a board of county canvassers for such county. The clerk of the county shall be the clerk of the board.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-27 - Board of State Canvassers

19:6-27. Board of State Canvassers  19:6-27. The Board of State Canvassers shall consist of five persons, including the chairman, who shall be the Governor of this State. In the absence of the Governor, the Secretary of State shall serve as the chairman of the board and in the absence of the Secretary of State, the Assistant Secretary of State shall serve as the chairman of the board. The remaining members of the board shall consist of four members of the Legislature appointed by the Governor. No more than two of the legislators shall be from the same political party. When the Governor is serving as chairman of the board, the Secretary of State shall be the clerk of the board. When the Secretary of State is serving as chairman of the board, the Assistant Secretary of State shall be the clerk of the board. When the Assistant Secretary of State is serving as chairman of the board, that person shall designate another person to be clerk of the board and shall administer to that person the oath prescribed in R.S. 19:21-4. The board shall meet at such times and places as the chairman thereof shall determine pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 19:21-1.  Amended by L. 1987, c.338,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-28 - Proceedings open and public

19:6-28. Proceedings open and public  All the proceedings of the district boards, county boards, boards of county canvassers and board of state canvassers shall be open and public.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-29 - Majority necessary for decisions; dissents

19:6-29. Majority necessary for decisions; dissents  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-30 - Maintenance of order, powers

19:6-30. Maintenance of order, powers  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 or constable to whom it shall be delivered; or if a sheriff or constable 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.