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NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-54 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-54 - Canvass of votes by municipal clerks; certificates of election to county board.

19:23-54 Canvass of votes by municipal clerks; certificates of election to county board.  19:23-54. The municipal clerk shall canvass the statements of the district board, not later than the third day after they are received, as far as they relate to the election of members of the county committee of any political party, and, after counting information on write-in votes, vote by mail ballots, and provisional ballots received from the county clerk or board of elections, as appropriate, shall issue a certificate of election to each person shown by the returns to have been so elected. No person whose name was printed on a primary ballot as a candidate for the county committee shall receive a certificate of election as a member of any other county committee. When a person whose name was not printed on a primary ballot as a candidate for member of the county committee has been elected as a member of the county committee of more than one political party, the person shall file with the municipal clerk within three days a statement certifying to which political party the person belongs, and a certificate of election shall be issued to such person as a member of the county committee of the political party so certified. Any person elected as a member of the county committee of any political party whose name was not printed upon the primary ballot and to whom a certificate of election has been issued, shall before the organization of the county committee file with the secretary thereof a written statement certifying that the person is a member of such political party. The county clerk shall within thirteen days after the primary election certify to the county board two copies of the names and post-office addresses of the persons elected as members of the county committee of the several political parties, together with the ward, district or unit which they respectively represent. Amended 2020, c.71, s.4; 2021, c.108, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-55 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-55 - Canvass of votes by county clerks; statement

19:23-55. Canvass of votes by county clerks; statement  The county clerks shall within 10 days canvass such statements relating to all officers and positions to be voted for by the voters of the entire State, county, county election district, congressional district, municipality or ward, and determine what persons have by the highest number of votes been so elected or nominated by the political parties. In the case of United States Senator, Governor and member of the House of Representatives the county clerk shall immediately transmit to the Secretary of State a statement showing the total number of votes cast for such officers in the county. The Secretary of State shall furnish the necessary form. In the case of members of the county committee the county clerk within 9 days after the primary shall mail to the chairman of the State committee and to the chairman of the county committee of the respective parties a list of the names of those elected to the county committee, giving the municipalities, ward and district each represents, together with their post-office addresses. Amended by L.1975, c. 43, s. 5, eff. April 3, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-56 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-56 - Certificates of election of members of state committee

19:23-56. Certificates of election of members of state committee  The county clerk shall issue a certificate to the male or males receiving the highest number of votes among the male candidates for the number of positions to be filled by male members of the State committee and to the female or females receiving the highest number of votes among the female candidates for the number of positions to be filled by female members of the State committee of any political party at the primary as shown by the returns in the county clerk's office. A divided position shall be filled by the one male and the one female candidate receiving the highest number of votes among the male and female candidates for such position. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of election to said male and said female candidates. Amended by L.1978, c. 15, s. 4, eff. March 30, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-57 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-57 - Canvass of votes by secretary of state; certificates of election issued

19:23-57. Canvass of votes by secretary of state; certificates of election issued  The secretary of state shall forthwith canvass such statements of the county clerks and determine by the highest number of votes what persons have been so nominated by the voters of the political parties of the state or portion thereof involving more than a single county or congressional district, and shall issue a certificate of election to each person shown by such canvass and statement to have been nominated.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-58 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-58 - Provisions of title applicable.

19:23-58 Provisions of title applicable.  19:23-58. Any provisions of this title which pertain particularly to any election or to the general election shall apply to the primary election for the general election insofar as they are not inconsistent with the special provisions of this title pertaining to the primary election for the general election. amended 2005, c.136, s.33; 2011, c.134, s.31.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:24-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:24-1 - Notification relative to number of delegates, alternates to be elected.

19:24-1 Notification relative to number of delegates, alternates to be elected.  19:24-1. In every year in which primary elections are to be held as herein provided for the election of delegates and alternates to the national conventions of political parties, including any national mid-term convention or conference of a political party, the chairman of the State committee of each political party shall notify the Secretary of State, on or before March 1 of that year, of the number of delegates-at-large and the number of alternates-at-large to be elected to the next national convention of such party by the voters of the party throughout the State, and also of the number of delegates and alternates to be chosen to such convention in the respective congressional districts or other territorial subdivisions of the State as mentioned in such notification. If the State chairmen, or either of them, shall fail to file notice, the Secretary of State shall ascertain such facts from the call for its national convention issued by the National or State committee. amended 1946, c.11, ss.15,17; (1946, c.11, ss.15,17; repealed 1948, c.2, s.32); 1948, c.2, s.27; 1965, c.4, s.12; 1978, c.15, s.5; 2005, c. 136, s.34; 2007, c.61, s.12; 2011, c.134, s.32.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:24-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:24-2 - Certification as to number of delegates, alternates to be elected.

19:24-2 Certification as to number of delegates, alternates to be elected.  19:24-2. The Secretary of State shall, on or before March 20 of that year, certify to the county clerk and county board of each county the number of delegates and alternates-at-large to be chosen by each such party and the number of delegates and alternates to be chosen in each congressional district or other territorial subdivision of the State, composed in whole or in part of the county of such county clerk. Any provisions of this Title which pertain particularly to any election or to the general election or to the primary election for the general election shall apply to the primary election for delegates and alternates to national conventions insofar as they are not inconsistent with the special provisions of this Title pertaining to the primary election for delegates and alternates to national conventions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Title, national and State party rules shall govern the selection of delegates and alternates to national party conventions, provided the State chairman of the political party notifies the Secretary of State prior to March 1 of the year in which delegates and alternates are elected of the applicable party rules governing the delegate selection process. The Secretary of State shall notify the county clerks prior to April 1 of the year in which delegates and alternates are elected of the applicable party rules, if any, which apply to matters within their jurisdiction. Pursuant to this section, the Secretary of State shall issue to the county clerks uniform regulations governing the delegate selection process. amended 1948, c.2, s.28; 1965, c.4, s.13; 1976, c.9; 2005, c.136, s.35; 2007, c.61, s.13; 2011, c.134, s.33.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:24-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:24-3 - Nomination by petition

19:24-3. Nomination by petition  Candidates for election as delegates or alternates to the national conventions of political parties shall be nominated by petition in the manner herein provided for the nomination of candidates to be voted for at the primary election for the general election except as herein otherwise provided.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:24-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:24-4 - National convention delegates.

19:24-4 National convention delegates.  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:24-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:24-5 - Delegates grouped; choice for president included in petition

19:24-5. Delegates grouped; choice for president included in petition  Candidates for the position of delegates or alternates may be grouped together, if they so request in their petitions, and in any year of a presidential election may also have the name of the candidate for President whom they favor placed opposite their individual names or opposite such groups, if they so request in their petitions and if the written consent of such candidate for President is endorsed upon their petitions, under the caption "Choice for President." Amended by L.1944, c. 8, p. 23, s. 1; L.1974, c. 9, s. 3, eff. March 15, 1974.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:24-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:24-6 - Delegates and alternates at large; election; ballots

19:24-6. Delegates and alternates at large; election; ballots  For the purposes of electing delegates-at-large and alternates-at-large and district delegates and alternates to national conventions of the political parties in counties in which paper ballots are used, the county clerk, in prescribing the form of sample ballots and in arranging the names of candidates on the official ballots, shall so arrange the ballot that each voter may vote for each candidate for delegate-at-large and alternate-at-large and each district delegate and alternate individually, or in the alternative, may vote by a single marking indicating a vote for all such candidates who have requested to be grouped together in accordance with the provisions of Revised Statutes 19:24-5, in which case such vote shall constitute and shall be tallied as a separate vote for each of the candidates listed in the group. L.1968, c. 28, s. 1, eff. May 6, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:25-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:25-3 - Presidential candidates.

19:25-3 Presidential candidates.  1. Not less than 1,000 voters of any political party may file a petition with the Secretary of State on or before the 64th day before a primary election in any year in which a President of the United States is to be chosen, requesting that the name of the person indorsed therein as a candidate of such party for the office of President of the United States shall be printed upon the official primary ballot of that party for the then ensuing election for delegates and alternates to the national convention of such party. The petition shall be prepared and filed in the form and manner herein required for the indorsement of candidates to be voted for at the primary election for the general election, except that the candidate shall not be permitted to have a designation or slogan following his name, and that it shall not be necessary to have the consent of such candidate for President indorsed on the petition. L.1952, c.2, s.1; amended 1985, c.92, s.23; 2001, c.211, s.3; 2005, c.136, s.37; 2011, c.37, s.15; 2011, c.134, s.35.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:25-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:25-4 - Certification of names indorsed.

19:25-4 Certification of names indorsed.  2. The Secretary of State shall certify the names so indorsed to the county clerk of each county not later than the 54th day before such primary election, but if any person so indorsed shall on or before such date decline in writing, filed in the office of the Secretary of State, to have his name printed upon the primary election ballot as a candidate for President, the Secretary of State shall not so certify such name. L.1952, c.2, s.2; amended 1985, c.92, s.24; 2005, c.136, s.38; 2011, c.37, s.16; 2011, c.134, s.36.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:26-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:26-1 - Return of election documents, equipment.

19:26-1 Return of election documents, equipment.  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:26-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:26-2 - Primary books; public inspection; removal of names

19:26-2. Primary books; public inspection; removal of names  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:27-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:27-1 - Nominations, elections and ascertainment and certification of results as provided for primary and general elections

19:27-1. Nominations, elections and ascertainment and certification of results as provided for primary and general elections  Except as herein otherwise provided candidates for public office to be voted for at any special election shall be nominated and the special election shall be conducted and the results thereof ascertained and certified in the same manner and under the same conditions, restrictions and penalties as herein provided for primary and general elections.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:27-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:27-2 - New register not required in unchanged election districts

19:27-2. New register not required in unchanged election districts  In all cases where the boundaries of an election district shall have remained unchanged between one election and the time for preparing registers of voters for a next ensuing special election, it shall not be necessary for the district board of such district to make a new register of voters, but only to correct and revise the register of voters used at the general election next preceding the special election.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:27-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:27-3 - Nomination of candidates by petition

19:27-3. Nomination of candidates by petition  Candidates to be voted for at a special election shall be nominated exclusively by the members of the same political party by petition in the manner herein provided.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:27-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:27-4 - Writ of election

19:27-4. Writ of election  19:27-4. When any vacancy happens in the representation of this State in the United States Senate or in the House of Representatives, the Governor shall issue a writ of election to fill the same unless the term of service of the person whose office shall become vacant will expire within six months next after the happening of the vacancy and except as hereinafter provided.  Amended 1948, c.438, s.9; 1981, c.429, s.2; 1988,c.126,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:27-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:27-5 - Proclamation

19:27-5. Proclamation  19:27-5. Every writ of election issued under the provisions of this title shall be of the nature of a proclamation, and shall be signed by the Governor.  Amended 1988, c. 126, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:27-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:27-6 - Congressional vacancies.

19:27-6 Congressional vacancies.  19:27-6. In the case of a vacancy in the representation of this State in the United States Senate or House of Representatives, the writ may designate the next general election day for the election, but if a special day is designated, it shall specify the cause and purpose of such election, the name of the officer in whose office the vacancy has occurred, the day on which a special primary election shall be held, which shall be not less than 70 days nor more than 76 days following the date of such proclamation, and the day on which the special election shall be held, which shall be not less than 64 nor more than 70 days following the day of the special primary election. The writ shall also specify the day or days when the district boards shall meet for the purpose of making, revising or correcting the registers of voters to be used at such special election. If the vacancy happens in the representation of this State in the United States Senate the election shall take place at the general election next succeeding the happening thereof, unless the vacancy shall happen within 70 days next preceding the primary election prior to the general election, in which case it shall be filled by election at the second succeeding election, unless the Governor shall deem it advisable to call a special election therefor, which he is authorized hereby to do. If the vacancy happens in the representation of this State in the House of Representatives in any year, not later than the 70th day prior to the day for holding the next primary election for the general election, the Governor shall issue a writ of election to fill such vacancy, designating in said writ the next general election day as the day on which the election shall be held to fill such vacancy. The nomination of candidates to fill such vacancy shall be made in the same manner as the nomination of other candidates at the said primary election for the general election. amended 1957, c.2, s.1; 1981, c.429, s.3; 1985, c.92, s.25; 2011, c.37, s.17.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:27-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:27-7 - Writs delivered to secretary of state

19:27-7. Writs delivered to secretary of state  Every such writ shall, by the officer issuing the same, be delivered forthwith to the secretary of state, who shall forthwith affix the seal of the state and file the same in his office.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:27-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:27-8 - Copies of writ

19:27-8. Copies of writ  19:27-8. In case such vacancy happens in the representation of this State in the United States Senate, the Secretary of State shall cause as many copies of such writ to be made as there are counties in the State, and in case such vacancy happens in the representation of this State in the House of Representatives, he shall cause as many copies of such writ to be made as there shall be counties in the vacant congressional district, certify each of the same to be true under his hand and cause them to be delivered to the county clerk and county board of each of such counties.  Amended 1988,c.126,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:27-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:27-9 - Publication of writ

19:27-9. Publication of writ  19:27-9. The county board of each of such counties shall forthwith after the receipt of a copy of such writ cause the same to be published at least once a week until the time of such primary, general or special election in at least two newspapers printed and published in the county, if so many there be. The publication of the writs shall be at the expense of the State if the election shall be held to fill a vacancy in the representation of the State in the United States Senate or in the House of Representatives.  Amended 1981, c.429, s.5; 1988,c.126,s.5.