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NJ Rev Stat § 19:19-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:19-1 - Meeting of board of county canvassers.

19:19-1 Meeting of board of county canvassers.  19:19-1. The board of county canvassers of each county shall meet on the thirteenth 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.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:19-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:19-2 - Absence of county clerk; substitute

19:19-2. Absence of county clerk; substitute  If the clerk of the county shall be absent from the meeting at the time appointed therefor, the board shall forthwith proceed to appoint a fit person to be its clerk, who shall obtain such statements from the office of such clerk.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:19-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:19-3 - Oath of substitute clerk

19:19-3. Oath of substitute clerk  Before proceeding to canvass and estimate the votes the chairman of the board shall administer to the person appointed as clerk in the absence of the county clerk an oath or affirmation in the following form: "You do swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that you will faithfully execute the duties of the clerk of this board according to law."
NJ Rev Stat § 19:19-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:19-4 - Adjournment of meeting

19:19-4. Adjournment of meeting  If on the day appointed for the meeting of such board, a major part thereof shall not attend at the courthouse of the county at the hour of twelve o'clock noon, or if at that time the statements of the result of such election from every election district in the county shall not be produced, the members of the board present shall adjourn to some convenient hour on the next day.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:19-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:19-5 - Statements obtained

19:19-5. Statements obtained  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:19-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:19-6 - Second adjournment of meeting

19:19-6. Second adjournment of meeting  At the hour to which such adjournment shall have been ordered, the member or members present may proceed as hereinafter directed, or may again adjourn for a period not exceeding three days, at which time the member or members present shall so proceed. The board is hereby authorized to reconvene at any time for the purpose of correcting any errors.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:19-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:19-7 - Custody of statements during adjournment

19:19-7. Custody of statements during adjournment  When such board shall find it necessary to adjourn, as herein provided, all statements of the result of an election which shall have been delivered to it or to any member thereof, shall in the presence of the board, and before it shall adjourn, be securely inclosed and sealed and delivered to the county clerk for safe-keeping until the next meeting of the board.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:19-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:19-8 - Canvass and statement of result of election

19:19-8. Canvass and statement of result of election  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:19-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:19-9 - Contents of statement of canvass; certification

19:19-9. Contents of statement of canvass; certification  Each of such statements shall contain the name of each election district, the number of names on the signature copy register or the register of voters, the number of names of the voters on the poll books of each election district, and of the ballots rejected, and the whole number of such names registered and rejected ballots in all of such election districts; the number of votes cast in each election district for each person for whom any vote or votes shall have been cast for any office to be filled or any public question to be voted upon at the election, mentioning the office for which each person shall have been designated and the name of such person (which numbers of names and numbers of votes cast, and of ballots rejected, may be in figures), and the whole number of votes which shall have been given for each person for any such office, mentioning the office for which each person shall have been designated, and the name of the person (which numbers of votes and the names of persons and election districts shall be in words, written at full length). There shall also be specified in the statements each public question voted upon at the election and the votes cast thereupon. Each of the statements shall be certified to be true and correct by a certificate which shall be appended to the same, signed by the members of the board making the canvass.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:19-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:19-10 - Form of statement of canvass

19:19-10. Form of statement of canvass  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."
NJ Rev Stat § 19:19-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:19-11 - Form of certificate to statement of canvass

19:19-11. Form of certificate to statement of canvass  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."
NJ Rev Stat § 19:19-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:19-12 - Statements to county clerk and chairmen of Republican and Democratic State Committees

19:19-12. Statements to county clerk and chairmen of Republican and Democratic State Committees  The board shall deliver one of the statements to the clerk of the county, who shall forthwith file the same, and one statement to the respective chairmen of the Republican and Democratic State Committees. Amended by L.1938, c. 399, p. 989, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:19-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:19-13 - Other statement delivered to secretary of state

19:19-13. Other statement delivered to secretary of state  The clerk of the board shall inclose and seal up the other statement and deliver or safely transmit the same so inclosed and sealed up, to the secretary of state at Trenton, so that he shall receive the same within three days next after the meeting of the board, and he shall forthwith file the same.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:19-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:19-14 - Statements of results by district boards preserved

19:19-14. Statements of results by district boards preserved  All the statements made by the district boards and copies of such statements which shall be produced and laid before the board shall, by it be delivered to the clerk of the county, and shall be filed and preserved by him in his office for a period of five years.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:19-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:19-15 - Secretary of state to procure missing statements

19:19-15. Secretary of state to procure missing statements  If the secretary of state shall not, on or before the seventh day after the time appointed for the meeting of the board of canvassers in the several counties, have received the statements of the result of such election in every county hereinbefore directed to be delivered or transmitted to him by the clerk of the board, such secretary shall forthwith, by a special messenger or otherwise, obtain the statement or statements as are lacking; and for this purpose a copy of the statement directed to be filed with the clerk of the county, certified by such clerk, shall be sufficient.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:19-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:19-16 - Defective statements completed by secretary of state

19:19-16. Defective statements completed by secretary of state  When and as soon as such secretary shall receive or obtain any statement of the result of such election, in any county, in the manner hereinbefore provided for, he shall ascertain whether or not the statement includes the statement of the results of the election in every election district of the county; and if it appears to him that the statement of the result of election in any election district is not exhibited by or included in the statement of the result of the election in the county, he shall forthwith ascertain whether or not a copy of the lacking statement has been received in his office; and if it appears to him that such copy has not been so received, he shall forthwith, by special messenger or otherwise, obtain a copy of the statement directed to be filed with the clerk of the county, or with the clerk of any municipality within the county, certified by such clerk, which shall be sufficient.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:19-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:19-17 - Statements delivered to messenger of secretary of state

19:19-17. Statements delivered to messenger of secretary of state  The district board, the clerk or the chairman of the board of canvassers of any county, or any other person who shall be in possession of any statement, or copy of any statement, which shall have been made and subscribed under the provisions of this title, shall forthwith, on application by any messenger who shall have been dispatched for the same by the secretary of state, deliver to the messenger such statement or copy. The messenger shall be commissioned as such in writing, under the hand and official seal of the secretary of state, and shall exhibit his commission to the person to whom he shall apply for such statement or copy; and when he shall have obtained the statement or copy he shall forthwith deliver the same to the secretary of state.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:20-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:20-1 - Scope of authority

19:20-1. Scope of authority  The board of county canvassers, in case of officers voted for or public questions voted upon exclusively by the voters of a single county or any political subdivision thereof, except for any congressional district or part of a congressional district, shall proceed to determine what officers have been elected, and the result of the vote cast upon any public question setting forth that it was approved or rejected.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:20-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:20-2 - Statement of determination

19:20-2. Statement of determination  The board in the case of an election for a member of the senate, members of the general assembly, or other officer elected or public question approved or rejected by all of the voters of the county, except for members of the house of representatives, shall make two statements of its determination in substantially the following form: "A statement of the determination of the board of county canvassers relative to an election held in the county of on the day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and , for the election of a member of the senate, members of the general assembly of this state, and a sheriff and coroners for said county and public questions (naming the officers and public questions, as the case may be). The said board does determine that at the said election, was duly elected a member of the senate of this state; were duly elected members of the general assembly; was duly elected sheriff and were duly elected coroners for said county, and public questions were approved or rejected (as the case may be)."
NJ Rev Stat § 19:20-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:20-3 - Certification of statement; form

19:20-3. Certification of statement; form  The board shall thereupon certify such statement to be true and correct, by a certificate appended to the same, and signed by the chairman of the board in the presence of the clerk of the board: "I do certify that the foregoing is a true, full and correct statement of the determination of the board of canvassers therein mentioned. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and Chairman of the board of county canvassers. Attest: , Clerk." The clerk of the board shall attest the signing of the same by the chairman by signing his name thereto.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:20-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:20-4 - Statements and certifications filed with county clerk

19:20-4. Statements and certifications filed with county clerk  One of the statements of such determination, and the certificate thereto, shall be annexed to one of the statements of the results of the canvass of the election, and delivered therewith to the clerk of the county and filed in his office.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:20-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:20-5 - Certificates to successful candidates; signing and attestation

19:20-5. Certificates to successful candidates; signing and attestation  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:20-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:20-6 - Statement of result of canvass for secretary of state

19:20-6. Statement of result of canvass for secretary of state  In the case of a state senator, member of the general assembly or any county officer, or any public questions to be voted upon by the voters of the entire state or any political subdivision thereof greater than a county, the board shall inclose, seal up and transmit one of the statements of the results of the canvass of the election, together with one of the statements of the determination and the certificate thereto annexed, to the secretary of state at Trenton within five days next after the meeting of the board, who shall file the same in his office.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:20-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:20-7 - Certificate prima facie evidence of legislator's right to seat

19:20-7. Certificate prima facie evidence of legislator's right to seat  In the organization of the senate and general assembly the certificates so issued by the board based upon such statements of its determination shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the right of the persons therein mentioned to seats in the houses, respectively, to which they shall have been so determined to be elected.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:20-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:20-8 - Statements and certificates filed with municipal clerks

19:20-8. Statements and certificates filed with municipal clerks  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:20-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:20-9 - Certificates issued to successful municipal candidates; signing and attestation

19:20-9. Certificates issued to successful municipal candidates; signing and attestation  The chairman of the board, in the case of an election of officers of a municipality or part thereof, or public questions voted upon in such municipalities, shall issue a certificate to the successful candidate and also a certificate of the approval or rejection of any public question, 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 such certificates to the various municipal clerks, who shall without delay deliver one of the same to each person who shall be elected.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:21-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:21-1 - Meeting times.

19:21-1 Meeting times.  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:21-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:21-2 - Substitute members

19:21-2. Substitute members  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:21-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:21-3 - Oath of members

19:21-3. Oath of members  The chairman of the board shall administer, and each member thereof shall take, an oath or affirmation in the following form: "You do swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that you will faithfully and impartially execute the duties of a member of this board according to law" ; and thereupon one of the members of the board, to be appointed by it for that purpose, shall administer to the chairman thereof an oath or affirmation in the same form as that which shall have been taken by the other members.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:21-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:21-4 - Substitute clerk of the board

19:21-4. Substitute clerk of the board  19:21-4. If the clerk of the board be absent from such meeting at the time appointed therefor, the chairman of the board shall forthwith, after the oaths or affirmations shall have been administered and taken, proceed to appoint a fit person to be the clerk of the board; and before proceeding to canvass and estimate the votes, the chairman of the board shall administer to the clerk thereof, and such clerk shall take, an oath or affirmation in the following form: "You do swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that you will faithfully execute the duties of clerk of this board."  Amended 1987,c.338,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:21-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:21-5 - Production of relevant statements, copies

19:21-5. Production of relevant statements, copies  19:21-5. The Secretary of State or the secretary's designee shall thereupon produce and lay before the board all statements and copies relating to such election which the secretary shall have received or obtained, as hereinbefore provided. If he shall neglect to produce and lay before the board or shall withhold any such statement or copy received or obtained by him, the chairman of the board shall forthwith summon the secretary or the secretary's designee, as appropriate, to appear and produce and lay before the board the statement or copy, and thereupon the secretary or the secretary's designee shall forthwith produce and lay the same before the board.  Amended 1987,c.338,s.5.