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NJ Rev Stat § 19:16-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:16-2 - Votes counted publicly without adjournment

19:16-2. Votes counted publicly without adjournment  The district board shall then proceed forthwith to count the votes for each candidate or proposition and shall complete such count without delay or adjournment. The counting shall be open and public, but not to the extent that the number present shall hinder, delay or inconvenience the election officers in counting the ballots and ascertaining the result.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:16-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:16-4 - Void ballots; distinguishing marks

19:16-4. Void ballots; distinguishing marks  In counting the ballots the board shall deem null and void all ballots which are wholly blank, or on which more names have been marked for every office than there are persons to be elected to such office, and on which both "Yes" and "No" have been marked upon every public question. All ballots still remaining in the ballot box after ballots equal in number to the number of names of voters in the registry binders who have voted at such election inclusive of void ballots, have been counted shall be deemed null and void. No ballot which shall have, either on its face or back, any mark, sign, erasure, designation or device whatsoever, other than is permitted by this Title, by which such ballot can be distinguished from another ballot, shall be declared null and void, unless the district board canvassing such ballots, or the county board, judge of the Superior Court or other judge or officer conducting the recount thereof, shall be satisfied that the placing of the mark, sign, erasure, designation or device upon the ballot was intended to identify or distinguish the ballot. No ballot shall be declared invalid by reason of the fact that the mark made with ink or the mark made with lead pencil appears other than black. No ballot cast for any candidate shall be invalid by reason of the fact that the name of such candidate may be misprinted, or his Christian name or his initials may be omitted. No ballot cast for any candidate shall be invalid by reason of the use of any paster permitted by this Title on which the title of office may be printed or the name of such candidate may be misprinted or part of his Christian or surname or initials may be omitted, or because the voter in writing the name of such candidate may misspell the same or omit part of his Christian name or surname or initials. No ballot shall be declared null and void or invalid, by reason of having a cross x , plus + or check X appearing in a square at the left of a blank space, or a space wherein no name is printed. Amended by L.1947, c. 104, p. 525, s. 7; L.1953, c. 19, p. 333, s. 18.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:16-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:16-5 - Invalid ballots marked "void," numbering, stringing

19:16-5. Invalid ballots marked "void," numbering, stringing  19:16-5. In every case in which a ballot shall be declared invalid, the same shall not be canvassed or counted, but shall be marked "void" on the outside thereof, and shall be numbered consecutively along with valid ballots, and shall be preserved like other ballots and placed in proper order on the string or wire with the valid ballots.  Ballots which shall be declared invalid with respect to a part of the officers to be voted for or public questions to be voted upon shall be canvassed, estimated and numbered with respect to the part which is not invalid and preserved as other ballots and placed in their proper order on the string with the valid ballots.  Amended 1992,c.3,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:16-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:16-6 - Majority decision of board final; dissents entered

19:16-6. Majority decision of board final; dissents entered  The decision of a majority of the district board on any question shall be deemed the decision of the board and final. If any member of the board shall dissent from any such decision and shall desire to protect himself from the consequences which may result from such decision, such member may record his dissent, in cases relating to registration, in the register, and in all other cases, in the poll book of such election, signing his name to such record with his own hand, and unless he shall do so, he shall be deemed to have assented to the decision so made.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:16-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:16-7 - Reading, stringing of ballots

19:16-7. Reading, stringing of ballots  19:16-7. The board in the actual procedure of counting the ballots shall thereupon unlock and open the ballot box; the ballots shall then be taken singly and separately therefrom by the judge of the election, and while each ballot shall remain in his hands, he shall audibly and publicly read the same in full view of the inspector. The inspector shall be satisfied that the ballot is being correctly read by the judge.  After the reading of the ballot, including a ballot determined to be void, and before taking another ballot from the box, the judge shall fold the ballot to a size about five inches square, and shall deliver the same so folded to the inspector, who shall write on the back thereof the number of such ballot from one onward, in the order in which the same shall have been taken from the box; and shall string the ballot as one ticket in the order in which the same shall be taken from the box and numbered, by means of a needle and string to be provided for that purpose.  Amended 1992,c.3,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:16-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:16-8 - Tally sheets; entries; disposition

19:16-8. Tally sheets; entries; disposition  The clerks of the board, under its inspection and direction, shall each, upon a tally sheet provided for that purpose, make a list of the names of all persons for whom one or more votes shall have been given, designating the office which such person shall be voted for or any public question voted upon, upon two sheets known as tally sheets provided for that purpose; and as each ballot shall be read they shall write the figure "1" opposite the name of each person whose name shall be contained thereon, as designated for any office or in the proper column designating the vote upon the public question. One of the tally sheets shall be placed in the ballot box and the other shall be filed with the county clerk at the same time the statements of results are delivered.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:16-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:16-9 - Casting of totals; notation on tally sheets

19:16-9. Casting of totals; notation on tally sheets  When all the votes which shall have been received shall have been read, examined, numbered and strung, as above directed, the board shall carefully and accurately add up the votes given for each person for any office to be filled at such election or any public question and note the same upon the tally sheets, which tally sheets shall be signed by all the members of the district board.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:16-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:16-10 - Public announcement of results

19:16-10. Public announcement of results  After completing the same the chairman of the board shall audibly and publicly announce the result thereof, particularly specifying the whole number of the votes in the poll book, the name of each person for whom any vote shall have been given for any office to be filled by such election, and the number of votes for each person for the office designated for him by such votes, together with those cast upon any public question.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:17-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:17-1 - Statement of results

19:17-1. Statement of results  After the district board shall have counted the ballots cast at such election it shall make quadruplicate statements of the result thereof in substantially the following form; provided, that if no officers 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, such statements need only be made in triplicate:  Form of Statement  A statement of the result of an election held in the ........ ward of the ......... election district of the ........ of ........ in the county of ........ , on the ........ day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ....... , for a member of the Senate, members of the General Assembly, a sheriff and three coroners, for said county or as the case may be.  The whole number of names on the signature copy register or register of voters is ....... .  The whole number of names on the poll book is ..................... .  The whole number of ballots rejected is .......................... .  For member of Senate, received votes. received votes. For members of the General Assembly, received votes. received votes. For sheriff, received votes. received votes. For coroners, received votes. received votes. For each public question, received Yes votes. received No votes. Make under each head a list of the names of all the persons for whom any vote or votes were cast for the office or offices or cast upon any public question designated therein; state opposite to the same, in words written at full length, the number of votes cast for each person for such office or offices or votes cast upon any public question and fill in all other blanks in the form above given to conform to the facts of the case.  Amended by L.1945, c. 76, p. 405, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:17-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:17-2 - Certification of statement of result of count of votes; form

19:17-2. Certification of statement of result of count of votes; form  The district board shall then certify such statement in substantially the following form:  "We do certify that the foregoing is a true, full and correct statement of the result of the election above mentioned.  In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands, this day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and .................................................) District Board ..................................................) of Registry ..................................................) and Election." ..................................................) No member of any district board shall sign any returns of election until after the completion of the counting of votes and his personal examination of the tally sheets to determine the correctness of the results.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:17-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:17-3 - Filing of statements.

19:17-3 Filing of statements.  19:17-3. After the district board shall have made up and certified such statements, it shall at the same time and with the ballot boxes, as hereinafter provided, deliver or safely transmit one of the statements to the clerk of the municipality wherein such election is held, who shall forthwith file the same. In counties having a superintendent of elections one of such statements shall forthwith be filed with the superintendent of elections of the county. The superintendent may arrange to accept such certificates in such municipality within the county at the office of the clerk of such municipality or some other convenient place. Any municipal clerk who shall refuse to permit such superintendent or his deputies or assistants access to his office for the purpose of collecting such certificates or any municipal clerk or other person who shall interfere or obstruct the superintendent, his deputies or assistants in the collection of such certificates, or any member of a district board who shall willfully fail or refuse to deliver such statement to the superintendent, his deputies or assistants as the case may be, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. In all counties the board shall, immediately after election, deliver or safely transmit another of the statements to the clerk of the county, who shall forthwith file the same. For a school election a statement shall also be delivered to the board of education of the district holding the election and to the county superintendent of schools in the county in which the district is situated. If 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, then the board shall, immediately after the election, inclose, seal up and transmit the fourth statement to the Attorney General by mail in stamped envelopes to be furnished by the Attorney General, addressing the same in the following manner: "To the Attorney General of New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey." Upon receiving such statements the Attorney General shall forthwith file the same in his office. Amended 1945, c.76, s.2; 1947, c.168, s.6; 1953, c.19, s.19; 1995, c.278, s.19; 2005, c.154, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:17-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:17-5 - Failure to deliver proper statements, etc., penalty

19:17-5. Failure to deliver proper statements, etc., penalty  19:17-5. If any district board neglects to give the following information on the statements of results: the total number of names on the signature copy register or register of voters, the total number of ballots rejected, the number of votes given for each person, and the number of votes given for or against each public question, or fails to deliver or safely transmit any statement of the result of any election, tally sheet, signature copy registers, register of voters, ballot box or boxes, ballot box keys, flag or any other document or book pertaining to any election, within the time required by this Title, or destroys or damages, or causes or allows any loose leaf binder, registry book or other book or document to be destroyed or damaged or fails to perform any duties provided by this Title or imposed by the county board or by the commissioner, the payment of part or all of the compensation of the members of the board shall be withheld by the county treasurer or collector, as the case may be, by order of the county board or the commissioner, as the case may be, or may be forfeited by like order; and the Secretary of State or the clerk of the county or the municipal clerk, as the case may be, shall certify to the county board the name of any district board so failing to deliver or transmit such statements, books, documents or articles as hereinbefore mentioned.  In case of failure of a district board to produce the required statements, books or other documents within twenty-four hours after being notified, the county board may make application to the Superior Court for an order to show cause why the members of such district board shall not be held in contempt of court for such neglect or failure, and punished accordingly.  Amended 1953, c.19, s.21; 1991,c.91,s.243.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:18-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:18-1 - Election records placed in ballot box.

19:18-1 Election records placed in ballot box.  19:18-1. As soon as the election shall be finished and the votes canvassed and the statements made and certified by the district board as herein required, all ballots which have been cast, whether the same have been canvassed and counted or rejected for any cause, and one tally sheet, spoiled and unused ballots, shall be carefully collected and deposited in the ballot box.  In all municipalities the signature copy registers shall not be placed in the ballot box but shall be delivered immediately by the district board to the commissioner of registration.  In order to carry out his duties, any superintendent of elections in counties having a superintendent of elections shall have access and be permitted to inspect and examine any and all signature copy registers for said county for any election which may have been or shall be held in said county and any official or person having possession or custody of same who shall refuse to deliver said signature copy registers to the office of said superintendent of elections forthwith upon demand having been made upon him by said superintendent of elections as aforesaid shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Unless the said official having custody or possession of said signature copy registers shall forthwith produce the same at the office of the superintendent of elections when demanded by him so to do, the said superintendent of elections may apply to a judge of the Superior Court assigned to the county and such judge shall forthwith make an order directing the official having possession or custody of the said signature copy registers to produce them at once in the court in which said judge may be sitting, and upon their being produced said judge shall deliver the same to the superintendent of elections.  Amended 1940, c.196; 1947, c.168, s.7; 1953, c.19, s.22; 1991, c.91, s.244; 2005, c.154, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:18-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:18-2 - Ballot boxes delivered to municipal clerks

19:18-2. Ballot boxes delivered to municipal clerks  The ballot box, after being locked and bound with tape and sealed, shall in all municipalities be immediately taken in charge by 2 members of the district board. It shall then be delivered to the office of the clerk of the municipality in which the election may be held, by said members or by said members with the assistance of an officer or officers to be designated by the governing body thereof, by the most direct route and without delay, and such members or officers shall not stop at any place between the polls and the municipal clerk's office. When the municipal governing body designates an officer or officers to assist said members in transmitting the ballot boxes it shall provide for suitable transportation. Amended by L.1967, c. 170, s. 1, eff. July 25, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:18-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:18-3 - Municipal clerk's office open until all ballot boxes delivered; record of times of delivery

19:18-3. Municipal clerk's office open until all ballot boxes delivered; record of times of delivery  The clerk of the municipality shall attend at his office on election day, or appoint one of the clerks in his office to act for him, and keep his office open from the time the polls shall be closed until all the ballot boxes used at the various polls in the municipality at such election shall have been delivered at his office. The clerk of the municipality or his subordinate whom he may have appointed to act in his stead shall enter in a book to be kept for that purpose the exact time when each ballot box may be delivered at such office, the district whence it was brought, names of the members of the district board delivering it, and the name of the police officer or other witness who may accompany them, and any other particulars he may deem important; such book shall be filed in the office of the municipal clerk and be preserved by him for two years.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:18-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:18-4 - Preservation of ballot boxes and contents

19:18-4. Preservation of ballot boxes and contents  19:18-4. Every municipal clerk to whom the ballot boxes shall be delivered shall thereupon keep the same, with their contents, but shall not have the keys thereof in his possession until required for the next ensuing election, and shall not open or permit to be taken or opened any ballot box for the space of three months after the same has been so deposited, except when he shall be called upon by some court or other tribunal authorized to try the merits of such election or to take testimony regarding the same; and after such trial or investigation the clerk shall have such box or boxes returned to be held for any purpose within the time that same are required to remain in his custody.  After the space of three months the municipal clerk may remove the contents thereof and preserve the same for two years, and permit the ballot boxes to be used at any election, unless an order shall have been made directing a recount of the ballots contained therein, or a petition filed contesting any nomination or election necessitating the use of the ballots contained in such boxes, within the time limited by law.  When any election is required to be held for any purpose within such three months, the judge of the Superior Court assigned to the county, upon application of the governing body of any municipality, may direct that the contents of such ballot boxes be removed and preserved for two years and that these ballot boxes be used at such election.  Amended 1953, c.19, s.23; 1991,c.91,s.245.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:18-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:18-5 - Register of voters in municipalities not having permanent registration filed with county clerk

19:18-5. Register of voters in municipalities not having permanent registration filed with county clerk  Not later than noon of the day following the canvass of the votes cast at the general election the register of voters, kept and checked by the district boards in municipalities not having permanent registration, shall be filed by the boards with the county clerk.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:18-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:18-6 - Ballot box keys deposited with county clerk

19:18-6. Ballot box keys deposited with county clerk  Not later than noon of the day following the canvass of the votes the keys of each ballot box shall be deposited by a member of the district board with the county clerk.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:18-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:18-7 - Preservation of records; sale as waste paper

19:18-7. Preservation of records; sale as waste paper  All registry books and statements of results of elections required to be filed with the Secretary of State, the superintendent of elections, the county clerks of the various counties and the municipal clerks of the various municipalities shall be preserved by such officials for a period of five years after the holding of any election at which they were used, and all ballots, used or unused, for any election shall be preserved by such officials for a period of two years after the holding of any election, and thereafter shall be sold by such officials as waste paper, the proceeds to be paid into the State, county and municipal treasuries, respectively. The several county and municipal clerks may also sell all registry books which have been on file in their office for a period of five years, the proceeds to be paid into the county and municipal treasury, respectively. Amended by L.1945, c. 76, p. 408, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:18-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:18-8 - Inspection of ballot boxes, books and documents by Superior Court

19:18-8. Inspection of ballot boxes, books and documents by Superior Court  A judge of the Superior Court may at any time for satisfactory reasons shown, and when he deems it necessary, issue an order for the opening of any ballot box or boxes and the removal of the contents thereof and for the removal from the file of any municipal or county office of any documents and books for any necessary purpose, which order shall also set forth the return of such contents to the ballot box or boxes and their return together with the documents and books to the files of the office from which the same were removed. Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 338, s. 24.