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NJ Rev Stat § 19:8-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:8-10 - Location of ballot boxes in polling places

19:8-10. Location of ballot boxes in polling places  The ballot boxes at every polling place shall be within the polling room or place, and so placed that the voter shall be able to deliver his ballot to the election officers after emerging from the booth before leaving the room or place within which the booths and ballot boxes are placed.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:8-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:8-11 - By whom provided and repaired

19:8-11. By whom provided and repaired  The county board in counties of the first class and the board of chosen freeholders in counties other than counties of the first class shall provide sufficient ballot boxes for use in the polling places of each election district within the county; and the clerks of the several municipalities shall keep in repair and store the ballot boxes at the cost and expense of the municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:8-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:8-12 - Size and construction of boxes

19:8-12. Size and construction of boxes  The boxes shall be at least one foot in depth, width, and length, measuring the same on the exterior thereof, and shall be constructed with wooden or metal tops and bottoms and wooden or metal frames and glass or metal sides. Each box shall be provided with a door at least six inches square on the top of the box, which shall be secured by not less than three locks, no two keys of which shall be alike, and shall have an aperture measuring at least three inches by one-half inch and not more than six inches long by one inch wide for the reception of the ballots, and a device which will close said aperture when the election is over or when the box is not in use, which device shall be so constructed that it cannot be operated without first opening the door of the box. The box shall have no stamping or marking devices.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:9-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:9-1 - "Election supplies" defined

19:9-1. "Election supplies" defined  As used in this title the term "election supplies" shall be deemed to mean such blank books, blank forms, pamphlets and things other than ballots and equipment as may be necessary to enable the provisions of this title to be carried out properly.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:9-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:9-2 - Preparation of information and election supplies.

19:9-2 Preparation of information and election supplies.  19:9-2. The Director of the Division of Elections shall prepare and distribute on or before April 1 in each year prior to the primary election for the general election and the general election such information as may be needed relative to election procedures for the ensuing year. The county board of elections shall prepare and distribute on or before April 1 in each year, registration and voting instructions printed in at least 14-point type for conspicuous display at each polling place at any election. All other books, ballots, envelopes and other blank forms which the county clerk is required to furnish under any other section of this Title, stationery and supplies for the primary election for the general election, the primary election for delegates and alternates to national conventions and the general election, shall be furnished, prepared and distributed by the clerks of the various counties; except that all books, blank forms, stationery and supplies, articles and equipment which may be deemed necessary to be furnished, used or issued by the county board or superintendent shall be furnished, used or issued, prepared and distributed by such county board or superintendent, as the case may be. The county board shall furnish and deliver to the county clerk, the municipal clerks and the district boards in municipalities having more than one election district: a map or description of the district lines of their respective election districts, together with the street and house numbers where possible in such election districts and a list or map of all of the polling places within the county to assist any voter in identifying the correct location of the polling place at which the voter should vote if that voter erroneously reports to the municipal clerk or the wrong polling place. Nothing in subtitle 2 of the Title, Municipalities and Counties (R.S.40:16-1 et seq.), shall in any way be construed to affect, restrict, or abridge the powers conferred on the county clerks, county boards or superintendents by this Title. amended 1946, c.11, ss.7,17 (1946, c.11, ss.7,17; repealed 1948, c.2, s.32); 1947, c.168, s.2; 1948, c.2, s.11; 1953, c.19, s.12; 1965, c.4, s.9; 1966, c.19, s.4; 1967, c.7, s.3; 1967, c.26, s.3; 1968, c.292, s.3; 1991, c.429, s.8; 1999, c.232, s.1; 2005, c.136, s.14; 2007, c.61, s.9; 2011, c.134, s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:9-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:9-3 - Distribution of supplies by secretary of state

19:9-3. Distribution of supplies by secretary of state  Where such supplies to be prepared and distributed by the secretary of state shall be required in any county or municipality thereof he shall deliver same to the county clerk on or before the time herein set forth and take a receipt for the same, which receipt shall indicate the time when the supplies were delivered by the secretary of state and the time when they were received by the clerk of the county. The secretary of state shall file such receipt in his office for at least a year.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:9-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:9-4 - Distribution of supplies by county clerks

19:9-4. Distribution of supplies by county clerks  Where such supplies prepared either by the secretary of state or the county clerk shall be required in a municipality the county clerk shall deliver the same to a member of the district board at his office, or in any other way that he sees fit, on or before the time they are so required and take a receipt for the same, which receipt shall indicate the time when the supplies were delivered by the county clerk and the time when they were received by such member. The county clerk shall file such receipt in his office for at least one year.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:9-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:9-5 - Distribution of supplies by municipal clerks

19:9-5. Distribution of supplies by municipal clerks  Where supplies are delivered by the county clerk or the county board to the municipal clerk for distribution, the municipal clerk shall deliver the same at his office, or in any other way that he sees fit, to a member of the district board and take a proper receipt therefor and file the same in his office.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:10-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:10-1 - Custodial officer to preserve two years

19:10-1. Custodial officer to preserve two years  All petitions of nomination, affidavits attached thereto, acceptances, objections thereto and determinations of officers or courts relative to such objections and all other documents relating to elections not otherwise provided for, shall be preserved by the officer with whom they have been filed for two years from any election at which the candidates named therein are to be voted for.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:11-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:11-1 - Day for filing documents or performing official duties falling on Sunday or legal holiday

19:11-1. Day for filing documents or performing official duties falling on Sunday or legal holiday  Should the day for the filing of any petition, declination, resignation, instrument in writing or other paper or document required to be filed in any office under the provisions of this title, or for the performance of any duty required by this title by any person, candidate or official, fall upon the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, or any legal holiday, such filing or performance of duty shall be effected upon the next following business day.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:12-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:12-1 - Certification as to creation of political party.

19:12-1 Certification as to creation of political party.  19:12-1. The Secretary of State shall within thirty days after the completion of the canvass by the board of State canvassers, certify to each county clerk and county board the fact that at the next preceding general election held for the election of all of the members of the General Assembly ten per centum (10%) of the total vote cast in the State for members of the General Assembly had been cast for candidates having the same designation, thereby creating, within the meaning of this Title, a political party, to be known and recognized as such under the same designation as used by the candidates for whom the required number of votes were cast. The Secretary of State shall also not later than the 67th day preceding the primary election for the general election in every year in which electors of President and Vice-President of the United States, a representative of the United States Senate, members of the House of Representatives, a Governor, a Lieutenant Governor, or Senator, or member or members of the General Assembly for any county, or any of them, are to be elected or any public question is to be submitted to the voters of the entire State, direct and cause to be delivered to the clerk of the county and the county board wherein any such election is to be held, a notice stating that such officer or officers are to be elected and that such public question is to be submitted to the voters of the entire State at the ensuing general election. R.S. 19:12-1 amended 1946, c.11, ss.8,17 (1946, c.11, ss.8,17; repealed 1948, c.2, s.32); 1948, c.2, s.12; 2005, c.136, s.15; 2009, c.66, s.2; 2011, c.37, s.39; 2011, c.134, s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:12-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:12-3 - County clerk, forwarding of notice of creation of political party to municipal clerks.

19:12-3 County clerk, forwarding of notice of creation of political party to municipal clerks.  19:12-3. The clerk of each county shall immediately upon the receipt of the certificate from the Secretary of State setting forth that a political party has been created, forward a certified copy of such certificate to each municipal clerk of his county. He shall also, not later than the 57th day preceding the primary election for the general election in every year, cause a copy of the notice received from the Secretary of State of the officer or officers to be elected at the ensuing general election, certified under his hand to be true and correct, to be delivered to the clerk of each municipality in the county. amended 1946, c.11, ss.10,17; (1946, c.11, ss.10,17; repealed 1948, c.2, s.32); 1948, c.2, s.14; 2005, c.136, s.16; 2011, c.37, s.40; 2011, c.134, s.16.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:12-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:12-5 - Notice that officers will be chosen at general election.

19:12-5 Notice that officers will be chosen at general election.  19:12-5. The clerk of every county shall, not later than the 57th day preceding the primary election for the general election, immediately preceding the expiration of the term of office of all other officers who are voted for by the voters of the entire county or of more than one municipality within the county, direct and cause to be delivered to the clerk of each municipality and the county board in counties of the first class, a notice that such officer or officers, as the case may be, will be chosen at the ensuing general election. amended 1946, c.11, ss.11,17; (1946, c.11, ss.11,17; repealed 1948, c.2, s.32); 1948, c.2, s.15; 2005, c.136, s.17; 2011, c.37, s.41; 2011, c.134, s.17.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:12-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:12-6 - Statement designating public offices to be filled at election.

19:12-6 Statement designating public offices to be filled at election.  19:12-6. All municipal clerks, not later than the 57th day preceding the primary election for the general election, shall make and certify under their hands and seals of office and forward to the clerk of the county in which the municipality is located a statement designating the public offices to be filled at such election, and the number of persons to be voted for each office. In counties of the first class such statement shall also be forwarded to the county board. amended 1946, c.11, ss.12,17; (1946, c.11, ss.12,17; repealed 1948, c.2, s.32); 1948, c.2, s.16; 2005, c.136, s.18; 2011, c.37, s.42; 2011, c.134, s.18.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:12-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:12-8 - Contents of notice.

19:12-8 Contents of notice.  19:12-8. The notice required by section 19:12-7 of this Title shall include the telephone number and times at which a voter may make inquiry as to the location of the polling place in the district in which he resides, and shall advise that the voter may obtain polling place location information by electronic means from the Division of Elections Internet site. amended 1969, c.162; 2019, c.170, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:12-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:12-10 - Public notice of dates relevant to elections and voters; internet sites.

19:12-10 Public notice of dates relevant to elections and voters; internet sites.  4. a. Subject to guidelines established by the Attorney General, each county board of elections shall provide public notice, at appropriate times during the year, of certain dates relevant to elections and voters, including but not limited to the dates of each election and the deadlines for voter registration or application for civilian or military absentee ballots. Such notices may be made by card, poster, newspaper, newsletter, pamphlet, radio, television, Internet or by any other means deemed appropriate by the board. The provisions of this subsection are in addition to any other provision for public notice required by law. b. Each county board of elections and the Division of Elections in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall maintain an official Internet site containing information helpful for voters, including a link to the voter's bill of rights established by law and posted on the official Internet site of the State. The Internet site of the Division of Elections that contains such information shall include links to the Internet site of each county board and the Internet site of each county board shall contain a link to the part of the division's site containing information helpful to voters. c. The Attorney General shall review the official Internet site of each county board of elections to ensure that the information provided thereon is consistent with the information provided on the official Internet site of the Division of Elections. L.2005,c.151,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:13-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:13-1 - Direct petition and primary election

19:13-1. Direct petition and primary election  Candidates for all public offices to be voted for at the general election in this state or in any political division thereof, except electors of president and vice president of the United States nominated by the political parties at state conventions, shall be nominated directly by petition as hereinafter provided, or at the primary for the general election held pursuant to this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:13-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:13-2 - State convention; presidential and vice presidential electors

19:13-2. State convention; presidential and vice presidential electors  In presidential years the state conventions shall severally nominate for their respective parties such number of candidates for electors of president and vice president of the United States as this state shall be entitled to elect or appoint.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:13-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:13-3 - To whom petition addressed

19:13-3. To whom petition addressed  Direct nomination by petition for the general election shall be as follows: Petitions naming candidates for office to be filled by voters of the entire State, or of any congressional district, or of any political division greater than a single county, shall be addressed to the Secretary of State; petitions nominating candidates for election to the Senate or General Assembly shall be addressed to the Secretary of State; petitions naming candidates to be voted for by all the voters of a single county, or more than a single political division thereof, and all other petitions naming candidates to be voted for at the general election, shall be addressed to the clerks of the respective counties wherein the officers nominated are to be voted for. Amended by L.1967, c. 22, s. 1, eff. March 23, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:13-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:13-4 - Contents of petition.

19:13-4 Contents of petition.  19:13-4. Such petition shall set forth the names, places of residence and post-office addresses of the candidates for the offices to be filled, the title of the office for which each candidate is named, that the petitioners are legally qualified to vote for such candidates and pledge themselves to support and vote for the persons named in such petition and that they have not signed any other petition of nomination for the primary or for the general election for such office. The petitions of a candidate for any State, county, or municipal elective public office shall also include a functioning campaign e-mail address for the candidate. In the case of a petition or petitions nominating electors of president and vice president of the United States, the names of the candidates for president and vice president for whom such electors are to vote may be included in the petition or petitions, but the petition or petitions shall not include the names of any candidates for president or vice president who have been nominated at a convention of a political party, as defined by this title.  The petition shall also state in not more than three words the designation of the party or principles which the candidates therein named represent, but such designation shall not contain the designation name, derivative, or any part thereof as a noun or an adjective of any political party entitled to participate in the primary election.  The petition shall also include the request that the names of the candidates and their designations of party or principles be printed upon the ballots to be used at the ensuing general election.  No such petition shall undertake to nominate any candidate who has accepted the nomination for the primary for such position.  Each petition shall be arranged to contain double spacing between the signature lines of the petition, so that each signer thereof is afforded sufficient space to provide his or her printed name, address and signature.  Any form of a petition of nomination, other than petitions for federal office, which is provided to candidates by the Secretary of State, the county clerk, or the municipal clerk shall contain the following notice: "Notice: All candidates are required by law to comply with the provisions of the 'New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act.' For further information, please call (insert phone number of the Election Law Enforcement Commission)."  amended 1983, c.579, s.1; 1984, c.12, s.1; 1994, c.77, s.5; 2018, c.66, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:13-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:13-5 - Signatures to petition; number.

19:13-5 Signatures to petition; number.  19:13-5. The petition shall be signed by legally qualified voters of this State residing within the district or political division in and for which the officer or officers nominated are to be elected, equal in number to at least two per centum (2%) of the entire vote cast for members of the General Assembly at the last preceding general election, held for the election of all of the members of the General Assembly, in the State, county, district or other political division in and for which the nominations are made; except that when the nomination is for an office to be filled by the voters of the entire State eight hundred signatures in the aggregate for each candidate nominated in the petition shall be sufficient; and except that no more than one hundred signatures shall be required to any petition for any officers to be elected save only such as are to be voted for by the voters of the State at large. In case of a first general election to be held in a newly established election district, county, city or other political division, the number of fifty signatures to a petition shall be sufficient to nominate a candidate to be voted for only in such election district, county, city or other political division. A candidate shall be permitted to sign or circulate, or both sign and circulate, the petition required to nominate that candidate for elective public office. amended 1948, c.438, s.6; 2010, c.68, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:13-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:13-6 - Signing of petition; addresses

19:13-6. Signing of petition; addresses  Every voter signing a petition shall add to his signature his place of residence, post-office address and street number, if any. Such voter may sign one petition for each officer and no more, but all the names need not be signed to one petition.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:13-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:13-7 - Certification of petition.

19:13-7 Certification of petition.  19:13-7. Before any petition shall be filed as hereinafter provided, the person who circulates the petition, or a candidate who signs or circulates, or both signs and circulates, such a petition, shall make oath by affidavit before a duly qualified officer that the petition is made in good faith, that the affiant personally circulated the petition and saw all the signatures made thereto and verily believes that the signers are duly qualified voters. The person who circulates the petition shall not be required to be a registered voter, but shall be voter eligible, which means at least 18 years of age, a resident of this State, a citizen of the United States, and not otherwise disqualified under the New Jersey Constitution. amended 1973, c.135; 2010, c.68, s.2; 2014, c.83, s.1.