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NJ Rev Stat § 19:5-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:5-1 - Powers of and restrictions upon political parties; party columns on official ballot

19:5-1. Powers of and restrictions upon political parties; party columns on official ballot  A political party may nominate candidates for public office at primary elections provided for in this Title, elect committees for the party within the State, county or municipality, as the case may be, and in every other respect may exercise the rights and shall be subject to the restrictions herein provided for political parties; except that no political party which fails to poll at any primary election for a general election at least ten per centum (10%) of the votes cast in the State for members of the General Assembly at the next preceding general election, held for the election of all of the members of the General Assembly, shall be entitled to have a party column on the official ballot at the general election for which the primary election has been held. In such case the names of the candidates so nominated at the primary election shall be printed in the column or columns designated "Nomination by Petition" on the official ballot under the respective titles of office for which the nominations have been made, followed by the designation of the political party of which the candidates are members. Amended by L.1948, c. 438, p. 1696, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:5-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:5-2 - Membership and organization of municipal committees.

19:5-2 Membership and organization of municipal committees.  19:5-2. The members of the municipal committees of political parties shall consist of the elected members of the county committee resident in the respective municipalities. The members of the municipal committee shall take office by the third Saturday following the certification of the results of their election as members of the county committee, on which day the terms of all members of such committees theretofore elected shall terminate. The annual meeting of each municipal committee shall be held by the third Saturday following the certification of the results of the primary election for the general election, at an hour and place to be designated in a notice to be given by the chairperson to each member and member-elect. The members of each committee shall elect some suitable person who shall be a resident of such municipality as chairperson. The municipal committee shall have power to adopt a constitution and bylaws for its proper government. The chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the committee, and shall perform all duties required by law and the constitution and bylaws of such committee. When a member of a municipal committee ceases to be a resident of the district or unit from which elected, a vacancy on the committee shall exist. A member of a municipal committee of any political party may resign their office to the committee of which they are a member, and upon acceptance thereof by the committee a vacancy shall exist. A vacancy in the office of a member of a municipal committee of any political party, howsoever caused, shall be filled for the unexpired term by the remaining members of the committee in the municipality in which the vacancy occurs. Amended 1979, c.458, s.1; 2009, c.135, s.1; 2021, c.108, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:5-2.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:5-2.1 - Access to financial records of municipal committees; request by persons elected to membership in committee

19:5-2.1. Access to financial records of municipal committees; request by persons elected to membership in committee  In the time intervening between a primary election at which the members of a municipal committee of a political party are elected and the annual meeting of the municipal committee as provided by R.S. 19:5-2, any person elected to membership on that municipal committee at that election may request, in writing and by certified mail, either access to the complete financial records of the municipal committee or a copy of the balance sheet of the municipal committee showing the assets and liabilities of the municipal committee as of the close of business on the date of that primary election. The person requesting that access or copy of the balance sheet shall receive the access or copy so requested within 48 hours of the receipt of that request by the committee. L.1983, c. 579, s. 22, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:5-3.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:5-3.1 - Access to financial records of county committees; request by persons elected to membership in committee

19:5-3.1. Access to financial records of county committees; request by persons elected to membership in committee  In the time intervening between a primary election at which the members of a county committee of a political party are elected and the annual meeting of the county committee as provided by R.S. 19:5-3, any person elected to membership on that county committee at that election may request, in writing and by certified mail, either access to the complete financial records of the county committee or a copy of the balance sheet of the county committee showing the assets and liabilities of the county committee as of the close of business on the date of that primary election. The person requesting that access or copy of the balance sheet shall receive the access or copy so requested within 48 hours of the receipt of that request by the committee. L.1983, c. 579, s. 23, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:5-3.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:5-3.2 - Adoption of constitution, bylaws by county committee, posting on Internet website.

19:5-3.2 Adoption of constitution, bylaws by county committee, posting on Internet website.  3. The members of the county committee of a political party shall adopt a constitution and bylaws, ensuring fundamental fairness and the rights of the members of the county committee in the governance of the county party. The constitution and bylaws of a county committee shall be posted and displayed on its Internet website, if the committee has a website. A county committee shall provide a copy of its constitution and bylaws to the county board of elections of the county, and the constitution and bylaws shall be posted and displayed on the county board's Internet website, if the county board has a website.  L.2009, c.135, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:5-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:5-4 - Membership and organization of State committees; vacancies; national committee members.

19:5-4 Membership and organization of State committees; vacancies; national committee members.  19:5-4. The members of the State committee of each of the political parties shall be elected at the primary for the general election of the year in which a Governor is to be elected. The number of males and females comprising the State committee of each of the political parties from each county may be determined by the bylaws of each such political party, but in any event in accordance with one of the following methods: a. One male and one female member of the State committee to be elected in each county, each having one vote; or b. Not less than 79 nor more than 82 elected members, to be apportioned among the several counties in accordance with population as determined at the most recent Federal decennial census; provided that each county shall have at least one vote, and provided further that the members of the State committee from each county shall be divided equally between males and females. In those counties with an odd number of State committee members, one seat shall be shared by one male and one female who shall each have one-half vote in all matters of the State committee; or c. One male and one female member of the State committee to be elected in each county, each member having a vote weighted in strength on the basis of population as determined at the most recent Federal decennial census. The members of the State committee of each of the political parties shall take office on the first Tuesday following their election, on which day the terms of all members of such committees theretofore elected shall terminate. The annual meeting of the State committee shall be held on the first Tuesday after such primary election at the hour and place to be designated in a notice in writing to be mailed by the chairman of the outgoing State committee to each member-elect. The members of the committee shall elect some suitable person as chairman. The committee shall have power to adopt a constitution and bylaws for its proper government. The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the committee and shall perform all duties required of him by law and the constitution and bylaws of such committee. A member of a State committee of any political party may resign his office to the committee of which he is a member, and upon acceptance thereof by the committee a vacancy shall exist. A vacancy in the office of a member of the State committee of any political party, howsoever caused, shall be filled for the unexpired term by the members of the county committee of such political party in the county in which the vacancy occurs. Members of the State committee shall serve for 4 years or until their successors are elected. The State committee shall choose its chairperson and the member or members of the national committee of its political party. Amended 1948, c.216, ss.1,3; 1978, c.15, s.1; 2009, c.135, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:5-4a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:5-4a - Access to financial records of state committee; request by persons elected to committee

19:5-4a. Access to financial records of state committee; request by persons elected to committee  In the time intervening between a primary election at which the members of a State committee of a political party are elected and the annual meeting of the State committee as provided by R.S. 19:5-4, any person elected to membership on that State committee at that election may request, in writing and by certified mail, either access to the complete financial records of the State committee or a copy of the balance sheet of the State committee showing the assets and liabilities of the State committee as of the close of business on the date of that primary election. The person requesting that access or copy of the balance sheet shall receive the access or copy so requested within 48 hours of the receipt of that request by the committee. L.1983, c. 579, s. 24, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:5-4.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:5-4.1 - Apportionment of members different from apportionment under which current members elected; adoption of bylaws; election of new members

19:5-4.1. Apportionment of members different from apportionment under which current members elected; adoption of bylaws; election of new members  a. The State committee of any political party may adopt bylaws prescribing the apportionment of members of said committee different from the method under which the members currently serving were elected, in accordance with section 1 of this amendatory and supplementary act. Such bylaws shall be adopted by a majority of the members of the respective State committee present and voting at a duly convened meeting of said State committee at which a quorum of at least 40% plus one is present. The chairman of such State committee shall certify the adoption of its bylaws to the Secretary of State within 10 days of their adoption. b. In the event that a State committee of any political party shall adopt bylaws providing for an apportionment of members different from the apportionment under which the current members were elected and requiring the election of additional members before the next primary election at which candidates for Governor are to be nominated, the additional members of such State committee shall be elected at the primary election following the adoption of said bylaws. c. The chairman of such State committee shall, no later than 45 days before the date of the primary election, notify in writing the chairman of each county committee of such party of the number of additional male and female members and members with less than one full vote to be elected from the county at such election. At the same time the chairman of the State committee shall make similar notification to the county clerk of each county. d. The members and officers of the State committee adopting such bylaws shall serve out the terms to which they had been elected and shall be the only members who shall participate in the process of nomination of members of county boards of election provided for in this act until the termination of their terms. L.1978, c. 15, s. 6, eff. March 30, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:5-4.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:5-4.2 - Inadequacy of time to give notice; filling of additional memberships on state committee

19:5-4.2. Inadequacy of time to give notice; filling of additional memberships on state committee  In the event that notice of the additional members of the State committee to be elected from the county can not be given within the time prescribed in subsection c. of section 6 of this act, the additional memberships on such State committee shall be filled in the same manner as vacancies are filled under R.S. 19:5-4 by the county committee of each county to which additional members have been apportioned. L.1978, c. 15, s. 7, eff. March 30, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:5-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:5-5 - Maintenance of party organization

19:5-5. Maintenance of party organization  Any State committee, county committee or municipal committee of any political party may receive and disburse moneys for the general purposes of maintaining such organization during the whole or any part of the year. The expenses for maintenance of organization shall be confined to the hiring or acquisition of suitable quarters for meetings of such committee, for stationery, for hiring of necessary clerks, for the expenses of notices of the meetings of such committee, for giving publicity to the policies and candidates of their respective party organizations, and other expenses incidental to the maintenance of such organization. Amended by L.1973, c. 83, s. 27, eff. April 24, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-1 - Membership

19:6-1. Membership  The district boards in each election district shall consist of four members, except that where electronic voting systems are in use any election district in which there are more than 900 registered voters the district board shall consist of six members. The members shall be appointed by the county board of the county in which such election district is located, in the manner hereinafter provided. In election districts in which the primary language of 10% or more of the registered voters is Spanish, the county board shall appoint two additional members who shall be of Hispanic origin and fluent in Spanish. Amended by L.1974, c. 30, s. 1; L.1975, c. 316, s. 3, eff. Feb. 19, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-3 - Appointment of district board members by county board, Assignment Judge of Superior Court.

19:6-3 Appointment of district board members by county board, Assignment Judge of Superior Court.  19:6-3. a. (1) The county board shall, on or before April 1, appoint the members of the district boards in the manner prescribed by paragraph (2) of this subsection. The members of any district board shall be equally apportioned between the two 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 respectively in this State for members of the General Assembly, except that if the county board is unable to fill all of the positions of the members of a particular district board from among qualified members of those two political parties, the county board shall appoint to any such unfilled position an otherwise qualified person who is unaffiliated with any political party, but no such appointment of an unaffiliated person shall be made prior to March 25, and in no event shall more than two such unaffiliated persons serve at the same time on any district board. (2) In making appointments of members of the several district boards of the county, the county board shall consult with the chairperson of the county committee of each of the two political parties referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection. On or before March 15 of each year, the county board shall transmit to each of those chairpersons a list of those positions on the membership of the several district boards that are subject to apportionment under that paragraph (1) to the political party of which that chairperson is a member, and to which the county board has been unable to make an appointment from among qualified members of that political party. The county board shall include with each such list a request that the chairperson to whom that list is transmitted return to the board a list of the names of candidates for those unfilled positions. On or before March 25, the county board shall, on the basis of the lists so returned to it, fill as many of the remaining unfilled positions in the membership of the several district boards as possible, and shall assign or reassign appointees as necessary to ensure that the membership of each district board within the county shall include at least one member of each of the two political parties. The county board shall then appoint to any unfilled position on a district board an otherwise qualified person who is unaffiliated with any political party. b. In case the county board shall neglect, refuse or be unable to appoint and certify the members of the district boards as herein provided, the Assignment Judge of the Superior Court shall, before April 10 of every other year, make such appointments and certifications. amended 1948, c.2, s.5; 1953, c.19, s.8; 1965, c.4, s.4; 1966, c.19, s.3; 1991, c.91, s.239; 1996, c.120, ss.3,11; 2005, c.136, s.6; 2007, c.61, s.3; 2011, c.134, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-4 - Removal of members

19:6-4. Removal of members  19:6-4. A judge of the Superior Court or the county board shall have power to dismiss any member of a district board from such board for an illegal act, or for any cause which shall be determined in a summary way by such judge or county board. The county board shall dismiss the members of a district board from such board if upon any recount of the votes cast in such district it shall appear that errors occurred in the count or the certificate thereof, which, under the provisions of this Title, are sufficient to cause the costs of such recount to be paid by the State, county or municipality; and no person so removed from any board shall thereafter be eligible to serve as a member of the same or any other district election board. Application for the removal of all of the members, or of any member of any district election board, may, within ten days after the final order has been entered on any recount which may have been allowed affecting such district, be made by any candidate at the last election to a judge of the Superior Court or the county board. On the application, summary hearings shall be held to determine whether the board or the member was incompetent or careless in the receipt of illegal votes or the rejection of legal votes or otherwise in the conduct of the election generally. If, upon such hearing, it appears to the judge or the county board, as the case may be, that such incompetency or carelessness existed, the board or the member thereof found so to be incompetent or careless shall be removed and upon such removal disqualified from further service as a member of any district board.  Amended 1953,c.19,s.9; 1991,c.91,s.240.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-5 - Removal of district board member; filing of vacancies

19:6-5. Removal of district board member; filing of vacancies  19:6-5. Any member of a district board in an election district may be summarily removed from office, with or without cause, and vacancies filled, at any time by the members of the county board of the county in which such election district is located in the manner hereinafter provided. In the case of a member of the district board who was appointed as a member of a political party, removal shall be made by the members of the county board of that political party, and in the case of a member of the district board unaffiliated with a political party at the time of appointment, removal shall be made by the county board. Upon a removal the members of the county board so acting shall make a certificate of removal and file same with the county board. The members of the county board removing such election officer shall forthwith proceed to fill the vacancy caused by the removal, and shall issue to the person selected to fill the vacancy a certificate which shall entitle that person to perform all the duties of a member of the district board for such election district. Amended 1996, c.120, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-6 - Board may function notwithstanding vacancies

19:6-6. Board may function notwithstanding vacancies  If there shall be a vacancy in the membership of any district board the remaining members shall function until the vacancy be filled.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-7 - Assignment of members to election districts

19:6-7. Assignment of members to election districts  Any person selected as a member of a district board may be assigned by the county board to any election district, or transferred from one district to another after having been so assigned, in the municipality for which such person was elected, and the county board shall, on or before April 15 in each year, certify to the clerk of the county and to the municipal clerk the names of the persons appointed to the district boards of registry and election in the election districts in the county, specifying the municipalities and the districts therein for which such members shall have been appointed. Amended by L.1948, c. 2, p. 33, s. 6; L.1965, c. 4, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-8 - Term of office; notification of appointment

19:6-8. Term of office; notification of appointment  The terms of office of the members of the district boards shall be for 1 year, or until their successors are appointed, and shall begin on April 25 of each year. The county board shall notify the members of each district board of their appointment by forwarding a certificate to each member on or before April 20 in each year, specifying the district to which each member has been assigned. Amended by L.1948, c. 2, p. 33, s. 7; L.1965, c. 4, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:6-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:6-9 - Attendance of members

19:6-9. Attendance of members  Every person so assigned shall attend at the times and places now or hereafter fixed by law or by the county board for the performance of any duty now or hereafter required of any member of a district board.