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NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-12 - Ballots; form and content; sample ballots

40:20-12. Ballots; form and content; sample ballots  The ballots to be used for the submission of this question at the presidential primaries shall be provided by the same officer and in the same manner as the primary ballots and shall be distributed to the different election boards in the same manner and by the same officials. Sample copies thereof shall be distributed at the same time as the sample presidential delegate ballots but of a different color.  The ballots to be used in voting for the acceptance or rejection of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this title shall be numbered from one upward, and there shall be provided twice the number as shall be deemed to be necessary, and the ballots to be used shall be distributed in the polling place, and in no other place and at no other time, and shall conform as nearly as possible with the ballot to be used at the primary election, except as to size. They shall contain the question in substantially the following form:  "To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO.  "Shall the county of ........ [ ] YES reorganize its board of chosen freeholders under the provisions of sections 40:20-2 [ ] NO to 40:20-19 of the title Municipalities and Counties of the Revised Statutes?" If no mark is placed in either square, the ballot shall not be counted for or against the proposition, but a note thereof shall be made upon the return, and the ballot shall be preserved in the same manner as the other ballots.  Sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this title shall be construed to permit every legal voter of the county, irrespective of his party or lack of party affiliations, to cast a vote upon the question of the adoption or rejection of the provisions of said sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-13 - Nonpartisan poll book; ballots numbered

40:20-13. Nonpartisan poll book; ballots numbered  There shall be provided for the use of the boards of registry and election an additional book, to be known as the "nonpartisan book" , and a record shall be kept therein of each voter who votes in the nonpartisan box, with the number of the ballot cast by him, and in the different primary books there shall be kept a record of the voters voting in the primary boxes, with a record of the numbers of their ballots. The numbers on the ballots shall be placed in the same place as the numbers on the primary ballots, and shall be torn off in the same manner as they are required to be torn from the primary ballots.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-14 - Submission at general election

40:20-14. Submission at general election  The question of the adoption or rejection of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this title may be submitted to the voters at an election for members of the general assembly, on petition signed by at least one thousand legal voters of the county filed with the county clerk at least twenty days before the election.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-15 - Ballot; form and content; counting

40:20-15. Ballot; form and content; counting  The county clerk shall cause the public question to be printed on the official and sample ballots for the general election, in substantially the following form:  "To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof, mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO.  "Shall the county of ........ reorganize its [ ] YES board of chosen freeholders under the provisions of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of the title [ ] NO Municipalities and Counties of the Revised Statutes?" If no mark is placed in either square the ballot shall not be counted for or against the proposition, but a note thereof shall be made upon the return, and the ballot shall be preserved in the same manner as other ballots.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-16 - Notice of election

40:20-16. Notice of election  The county clerk and the various municipal clerks shall give notice of the election by posting and publishing notice thereof in the manner required for posting and publishing notices of general elections. Amended by L.1948, c. 5, p. 51, s. 1, eff. April 5, 1948.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-17 - Eligibility of voters

40:20-17. Eligibility of voters  All voters qualified to vote at the general election shall be entitled to vote on the public question and the election officers shall count the number of votes cast for or against it.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-18 - Results of election; return and canvassing.

40:20-18 Results of election; return and canvassing.  40:20-18. The district boards of registry and elections shall make returns of the election held under sections 40:20-8 to 40:20-13 of this Title in the case of elections held on primary election for the general election day, in the manner provided by law for making returns in cases of special elections, and in the case of elections held on the day of a general election, in the manner provided by law for making returns of general elections. The statements of the results of each election held hereunder shall be transmitted by the district boards of registry and elections to the officers designated by law for the purpose, and the votes shall be canvassed and determined by the county board of elections in the manner provided by law, and it shall certify the result to the county clerk. amended 1948, c.5, s.2; 2011, c.134, s.59.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-19 - Certain counties governed hereby

40:20-19. Certain counties governed hereby  Any county that shall have heretofore adopted the provisions of an act entitled "An act to reorganize the government of counties of the first class in this state," approved March twenty-sixth, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and is now governed thereby shall hereafter be governed by the provisions of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-18 of this title and the members of its board of chosen freeholders shall be elected as therein provided. Nothing herein contained shall require a reorganization of such board.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-20 - Membership; number; increase or decrease; proposition; submission to voters; petition; effective date

40:20-20. Membership; number; increase or decrease; proposition; submission to voters; petition; effective date  The board of chosen freeholders in each county shall consist of that number of members authorized for the county immediately prior to the effective date of this 1981 amendatory act. At any time after that date, a proposition may be submitted to the voters of the county to increase or decrease the number of members of the board of chosen freeholders to three, five, seven or nine. The proposition shall be submitted either upon adoption of a resolution by the county governing body after a public hearing thereon, or upon submission to the county clerk of a petition signed by a number of the legal voters of the county equal in number to at least 15% of the total votes cast in the county at the last election at which members of the General Assembly were elected. The proposition shall not be submitted more than once in any 3 year period. A petition submitted pursuant to this section shall be verified, inspected and certified as to the authenticity of the signatures attached thereto by the county clerk within 20 days of submission, and shall be submitted at the next general election occurring at least 40 days after certification. The question of the increase or decrease in the number of members of the board of chosen freeholders shall be submitted to the voters at the election in substantially the following form: "Shall the membership of the board of chosen freeholders of be from (insert name of county) (insert "increased" or "decreased" as appropriate) to members?" (insert current number) (insert proposed number) A canvass and return of the vote upon the proposition shall be made by the election officers in the same manner as for officers voted for at the election, and a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition in favor of the proposition shall be sufficient to make the change. When the voters shall have voted to increase or decrease the membership of the board of chosen freeholders as provided in this section, the increase or decrease shall take effect for the next general election of chosen freeholders. Nothing in this section shall apply to any county that has adopted a charter pursuant to the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c. 154 (C. 40:41A-1 et seq.). Amended by L.1952, c. 55, p. 375, s. 1; L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 442, p. 2421, s. 1; L.1954, c. 82, p. 463, s. 1; L.1958, c. 39, p. 128, s. 1; L.1961, c. 14, p. 90, s. 1; L.1964, c. 36, s. 1, eff. May 5, 1964; L.1969, c. 248, s. 1, eff. Jan. 7, 1970; L.1981, c. 462, s. 34.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-20a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-20a - Terms of additional members

40:20-20a. Terms of additional members  In any county in which 2 additional members are to be elected to the board of chosen freeholders as required by this amendatory and supplementary act, the terms of office of said additional members shall be 3 years, except that of said additional members first to be elected, one shall be for a term of 2 years and one shall be for a term of 3 years. L. 1964, c. 36, s. 2, eff. May 5, 1964.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-20.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-20.4 - Proposition to change term of office

40:20-20.4. Proposition to change term of office  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, in any county, other than a county having adopted a form of government authorized under the provisions of P.L. 1972, c. 154 (C. 40:41A-1 et seq.), a proposition may be submitted to the voters of the county to change the term of office for the members of the board of chosen freeholders from three to four years, to provide for staggered terms of office for the members of the board of chosen freeholders, and to provide for biennial elections of members of the board of chosen freeholders.  The proposition shall be submitted either upon the adoption of a resolution of the governing body of the county after public hearing thereon, or upon submission to the county clerk of a petition signed by a number of the legal voters of the county equal in number to at least 15% of the total votes cast in the county at the last election at which members of the General Assembly were elected. The proposition shall not be submitted more than once in any three year period.  A petition submitted pursuant to this section shall be verified, inspected and certified as to the authenticity of the signatures attached thereto by the county clerk within 20 days of submission, and shall be submitted at the next general election occurring at least 40 days after certification.  The question of increasing the term of office of the members of the board of chosen freeholders, providing for staggered terms of office for the members of the board of chosen freeholders, and providing for biennial elections of members of the board of chosen freeholders shall be submitted to the voters of the election in substantially the following form:  "Shall the term of office of the members of the board of chosen freeholders of .................... (insert name of county) be increased from three to four years and shall members of the board of chosen freeholders serve for staggered terms and be elected at biennial elections?"  A canvass and return of the vote upon the proposition shall be made by the election officers in the same manner as for officers voted for at the election, and a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition in favor of the proposition shall be sufficient to make the change.  L. 1987, c. 236, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-20.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-20.5 - Election under adopted proposition

40:20-20.5. Election under adopted proposition  In the event of a favorable vote on a proposition submitted pursuant to the provisions of section 6 of this amendatory and supplementary act, the first election of members of the board of chosen freeholders under that adopted proposition shall take place at the next general election immediately following that adoption.  In November of the first general election following the adoption of the proposition, the terms of all incumbent members of the board of chosen freeholders shall be deemed terminated at noon on the first Monday following the election of the new board of chosen freeholders. On that date, the newly elected freeholders shall take office and the new board shall organize itself accordingly, but their terms of office shall expire as if they had taken office on January 1 in the year following their election and in accordance with the following terms:  a. If there be three members to be elected, two shall be elected for two years and one for four years.  b. If there be five members to be elected, three shall be elected for two years and two for four years.  c. If there be seven members to be elected, four shall be for two years and three for four years.  d. If there be nine members to be elected, five shall be elected for two years and four for four years.  The length of the terms specified in subsections a. through d. of this section shall be determined by a drawing to be conducted by the county clerk 60 days prior to the first general election.  In all elections after the first election, all members shall be elected for four year terms beginning on January 1 in the year following their election.  Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent an incumbent freeholder from becoming a candidate for the new board, even if his present term on the board has not yet expired.  L. 1987, c. 236, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-21 - First election; terms of members first elected

40:20-21. First election; terms of members first elected  At the first election in each county adopting sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title the members of the boards of chosen freeholders shall be elected as follows: a. In counties having a population of more than three hundred thousand, three shall be elected for one year, three for two years, and three for three years; b. In counties having a population between one hundred and fifty thousand and three hundred thousand, two shall be elected for one year, two for two years, and three for three years; c. In counties having a population between seventy thousand and one hundred and fifty thousand, one shall be elected for one year, two for two years and two for three years; d. Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, in counties having a population of less than seventy thousand, one shall be elected for one year, one for two years and one for three years; and, e. In counties of the sixth class having a population of less than thirty thousand one shall be elected for one year, two for two years, and two for three years. The ballots voted at such elections shall designate which are to serve for one year, which for two years and which for three years.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-22 - Additional members in certain cases

40:20-22. Additional members in certain cases  If any county shall become entitled to a board of chosen freeholders consisting of more members than that to which it is at the time entitled, the board then in office shall continue to hold office and the additional members shall be elected at the next ensuing general election.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-23 - Election; term; organization

40:20-23. Election; term; organization  The chosen freeholders shall be elected by the voters of each county at the general election therein and, except as otherwise provided as to those first elected, shall hold office for three years from the annual stated meeting of the board next succeeding their election and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. The boards of chosen freeholders elected under sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title shall organize at the annual stated meeting of the board next succeeding the election of its members and at the annual stated meeting each year thereafter.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-25 - Expiration of terms of existing members

40:20-25. Expiration of terms of existing members  The terms of office of all chosen freeholders in any county then in office shall expire at the annual stated meeting next succeeding the election of chosen freeholders in such county under sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title notwithstanding that the members of such previous boards may have been elected or appointed for a longer term. The members of such boards whose offices shall be so terminated shall be paid as compensation for their services only that part of the annual salary or emolument then provided by law calculated to the date of such termination.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-26 - Terms of officers; exceptions

40:20-26. Terms of officers; exceptions  40:20-26. The terms of office of all officers then holding office under appointment by the board of chosen freeholders existing in any county at the time of reorganization thereof under sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title in such county, shall not be affected thereby but the officers then holding office shall continue in office during the terms for which they were originally appointed or elected and until their successors shall have been appointed or elected and shall have duly qualified. Thereafter all offices to be filled by the board of chosen freeholders shall be for the term of three years.  Nothing in this section contained shall apply to or affect any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine of the United States, or any honorably discharged member of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, or the widow of such soldier, sailor, marine or member of the American Merchant Marine, in office at the time of the adoption of said sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 by any county. All such persons shall continue and remain in their respective offices during good behavior, and shall be removed only for cause.  Nothing in this section contained shall apply to or affect any officer coming within the provisions of section 51:1-53 of the title Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers.  Amended 1991,c.389,s.23.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-27 - Existing laws continued

40:20-27. Existing laws continued  All laws, public, general, special or private, relating to boards of chosen freeholders in force in any county at the time sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title take effect therein shall apply to the boards of chosen freeholders elected under the provisions thereof, so far as they shall not be inconsistent with the provisions thereof and the boards of chosen freeholders elected thereunder shall be vested with all the powers, authority, rights and privileges and shall have imposed upon them all the duties which are vested in or imposed upon the boards of chosen freeholders then existing. All such laws in force or in anywise applicable to the boards of chosen freeholders existing at the time such change takes effect shall be continued in force and made applicable to the boards of chosen freeholders elected under the provisions of said sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 except so far as they may be inconsistent with the meaning thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-28 - Referendum; submission to voters

40:20-28. Referendum; submission to voters  Except as hereinafter provided the provisions of sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title shall be inoperative in any county until adopted by the legal voters thereof at a general election.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-29 - Petition for submission; sufficiency; filing

40:20-29. Petition for submission; sufficiency; filing  In order to require the submission of the question of the adoption or rejection of sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title at a general election, a petition therefor signed by at least ten per cent of the qualified voters of the county, as evidenced by the total number of votes cast in the county at the next preceding general election, shall be filed with the county clerk.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-30 - Petition; time for filing; notice of election

40:20-30. Petition; time for filing; notice of election  The petition shall be so filed at least ninety days before the general election. Notice of the submission of the question shall be included in, form a part of and shall be given in the same manner as the notice required for the general election.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-31 - Ballot; form and content

40:20-31. Ballot; form and content  The question shall be printed upon the official ballots to be used at the general election in substantially the following form:  "To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO.  "Shall the county of ......... reorganize [ ] YES its board of chosen freeholders under the provisions of sections 40:20-20 [ ] NO to 40:20-35 of the title Municipalities and Counties of the Revised Statutes?"
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-32 - Conduct of election

40:20-32. Conduct of election  All elections held under the provisions of sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title shall be conducted in accordance with the laws relating to elections, and the votes shall be counted, returned, certified, canvassed and declared in the manner provided by such laws for elections for county officers.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:20-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:20-33 - Vote required for adoption

40:20-33. Vote required for adoption  If a majority of the votes cast on the question in any county are in favor of the adoption of sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title they shall become operative therein immediately.