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NJ Rev Stat § 19:31-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:31-37 - Request for approval for use of electronic poll books.

19:31-37 Request for approval for use of electronic poll books.  3. A county commissioner of registration and county board of elections shall submit to the Secretary of State a request for approval in the form, content, and timeframe specified by the Secretary of State. Within 10 days of receiving the request, the Secretary of State shall review the request for compliance with the Secretary of State's standards and regulations and all of the capabilities and standards required under this act, P.L.2019, c.80 (C.19:31-35 et seq.). A county commissioner of registration and county board of elections approved to use electronic poll books shall furnish at least two electronic poll books for each polling place. Each voter shall be required to sign the electronic poll book. Notwithstanding any provision of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes, or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a voter shall be permitted to vote by provisional ballot if the electronic poll book ceases to operate. Electronic poll books for each election shall be prepared by the commissioner of registration no later than the 10th day preceding the start of the early voting period for the election. At each election, the delivery of the electronic poll books to the municipal clerk and to the district boards or other officials charged with the same duties as the district boards in connection with the conduct of an election, and the return of those electronic poll books by the district boards or such other election officials to the commissioner of registration, shall be made in the manner prescribed by the commissioner of registration and shall comply with Title 19 of the Revised Statutes. The commissioner of registration shall retain the electronic poll books records for any election for a period of not less than six years following that election. L.2019, c.80, s.3; amended 2021, c.40, s.20.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:31-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:31-38 - Rules, regulations.

19:31-38 Rules, regulations.  4. Notwithstanding any provision of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the Secretary of State shall adopt immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law, within 90 days of the effective date of this act, P.L.2019, c.80 (C.19:31-35 et seq.), such rules and regulations as the Secretary of State deems necessary to implement the provisions of this act, which shall be effective during an interim period and may thereafter be amended, adopted, or readopted by the Secretary of State in accordance with the requirements of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L.2019, c.80, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:31A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:31A-9 - Erroneous record

19:31A-9. Erroneous record  When any legal voter shall apply to the district board in the district in which he resides and shall find that his name upon the signature comparison record is marked as having voted, the district board shall not permit such persons to vote. Application may be made by the registrant to the commissioner and upon due proof to the commissioner or his duly authorized clerk that such registered voter has not voted in such election the commissioner shall issue a certificate directed to the district board authorizing the district board to permit such person to vote. The commissioner shall immediately following such election cause the members of the district board in such district to appear before him and unless such district board can explain to the satisfaction of the commissioner why such registrant's form was marked as voted the commissioner shall advise the county board that such district board or any member thereof has failed in the performance of its duty and the member or members of such board who have so failed in their duty shall be ineligible for appointment as members of any district board thereafter. L.1944, c. 230, p. 786, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:31A-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:31A-10 - Repeals

19:31A-10. Repeals  Sections 19:15-7, 19:15-13, 19:15-14, 19:15-15, 19:15-16, 19:15-35 and 19:15-36 of the Revised Statutes and "An act concerning elections and supplementing Title 19 of the Revised Statutes," approved June third, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one (P.L.1941, c. 177), are repealed. L.1944, c. 230, p. 786, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-1 - Establishment of office; appointment by Governor with advice and consent of Senate; salary; vacancy.

19:32-1 Establishment of office; appointment by Governor with advice and consent of Senate; salary; vacancy.  19:32-1. The office of superintendent of elections in counties of the first class in which such office has previously been established is continued, and in those counties of the first class in which such office has not been previously established, is established. The offices shall be filled by some suitable persons who shall be nominated by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and who shall hold office for the term of five years from the date of appointment and until their successors are appointed and have qualified. Each superintendent shall receive such salary per annum as the governing body of such county may by resolution authorize, but not less than $7,500, to be paid by the county treasurer. The persons so appointed shall have their offices in the counties for which they are appointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments, but shall be for the unexpired terms only. Any person filling a vacancy shall be from the same party as the original appointee. The annual salary of each deputy superintendent shall be 90% of what the superintendent receives for performing the duties of superintendent of elections and commissioner of registration.  Amended 1940, c.165, s.2; 1944, c.45; 1961, c.59, s.4; 1965, c.143; 1967, c.13; 1975, c.256, s.1; 1982, c.46, s.3; 1989, c.160, s.1; 1998, c.91, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-1.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-1.1 - Counties of first class; deputy superintendent of elections; appointment by Governor; term; vacancies

19:32-1.1. Counties of first class; deputy superintendent of elections; appointment by Governor; term; vacancies  The office of deputy superintendent of elections in counties of the first class is established. The office in each county shall be filled by a suitable person who shall be nominated by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall not be from the same political party as the superintendent of elections, and who shall hold office for a term of 5 years, running concurrently with the term of the superintendent and until his successor is appointed and has qualified. The initial appointment to the office of deputy superintendent of elections may be for a partial term, if necessary. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments but shall be for the unexpired term only. He shall have his office in the county for which he is appointed. L.1982, c. 46, s. 1, eff. June 29, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-1.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-1.2 - Powers and duties

19:32-1.2. Powers and duties  The deputy superintendent of elections shall assist the superintendent of elections in the performance of his duties, shall serve as superintendent in his absence, and shall have such powers and duties as the superintendent may delegate to him from time to time. In addition, the deputy superintendent is constituted the chief deputy of the superintendent and shall have all of the powers and duties of the chief deputy. No county with a deputy superintendent so appointed shall also have a chief deputy appointed pursuant to R.S. 19:32-2. L.1982, c. 46, s. 2, eff. June 29, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-3 - Municipal expenses payable by municipalities

19:32-3. Municipal expenses payable by municipalities  All necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this title when certified to and approved by such superintendent in connection with an election held in and for a municipality only shall be paid by the municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-4 - Offices, equipment and supplies

19:32-4. Offices, equipment and supplies  The board of chosen freeholders of the counties shall provide suitable room or rooms for the transaction of the business of such superintendent and procure suitable furniture therefor and any books, stationery, fuel and supplies that may be necessary from time to time. It shall provide a proper place for the safe-keeping of the records and papers.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-4.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-4.1 - Complaint forms provided to voters at elections.

19:32-4.1 Complaint forms provided to voters at elections.  9. On the day of every municipal, primary, general, special or annual school election the superintendent of elections in counties having a superintendent of elections or the county board of elections in all other counties shall provide to each polling place in the county sufficient numbers of a form on which voters or persons attempting to vote may register any complaint regarding the conduct of the election at the polling place where they voted or attempted to vote. In counties in which the primary language of 10% or more of the registered voters is Spanish, the form for the complaint shall appear in both English and Spanish. The form shall protect the anonymity of the complainant, if that person so wishes, and shall be accompanied by an envelope with the proper postage and the name and address of the superintendent of elections of the county or the chairman of the county board of elections, as the case may be. A complaint may be used by the superintendent of elections or any other municipal or State investigatory agency to conduct an investigation into possible violation of the State election law. Copies of the form containing the complaint shall be available from the superintendent of elections or the county board of elections, as the case may be. The original form of the complaint, or a copy, shall be kept on file with the superintendent of elections or the county board of elections, as the case may be, for two years after the election for which it was filed.  L.1991, c.249, s.2; amended 2005, c.136, s.47; 2011, c.134, s.44.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-5 - Investigations by superintendents and assistants; neglect to furnish information or exhibit records, fourth degree crime.

19:32-5 Investigations by superintendents and assistants; neglect to furnish information or exhibit records, fourth degree crime.  19:32-5. Such superintendents and their assistants, in order to enforce the laws of this State regarding the conduct of elections, shall investigate all complaints relating to the registration of voters, and for that purpose the superintendents and their assistants shall have full power and authority to visit and inspect any house, dwelling, building, inn, lodging house or hotel and interrogate any inmate, house-dweller, keeper, caretaker, owner, proprietor or landlord thereof or therein as to any person or persons residing or claiming to reside therein or thereat; to inspect and copy any books, records, papers or documents relating to or affecting the elections, either general, special, primary or municipal, or the registration of voters in the custody and control of district boards, county boards, or the clerks or other officers of municipalities; to require every lodging-house keeper, landlord or proprietor to exhibit his register of lodgers therein at any time to the superintendent, his subordinates or any other person so designated by such superintendent. Any person who neglects or refuses to furnish any information required or authorized by this title, or to exhibit the records, papers, or documents herein authorized to be inspected, or which are required to be exhibited, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Amended 2005, c.154, s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-6 - Subpoenas; power to issue; service; failure to testify; false statements, crime.

19:32-6 Subpoenas; power to issue; service; failure to testify; false statements, crime.  19:32-6 The superintendent shall have power to issue subpoenas for the purpose of investigating any complaint of violation of the election laws of the state, such subpoenas to be issued in the name of the superintendent and for the purpose of aiding him in enforcing the provisions of the election laws. He may in proper cases issue subpoenas duces tecum. A subpoena issued by the superintendent may be served by any peace officer or any other person designated by him for that purpose. A person who shall omit, neglect or refuse to obey a subpoena attested in the name of the superintendent and made returnable by him or who shall refuse to testify under oath before such superintendent shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. A person who shall make any false statement under oath before the superintendent shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Amended 2005, c.154, s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-7 - Attendance at elections; admission to polling places

19:32-7. Attendance at elections; admission to polling places  The superintendent, his subordinates, or any person or persons designated by him, may attend at any election, any of whom shall be admitted at any time within any polling place and within the guard rails thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-8 - Register of lodgers.

19:32-8 Register of lodgers.  19:32-8. When directed by the superintendent every landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper of a lodging house, inn or hotel, shall keep a register in which shall be entered the names and residences, the date of arrival and departure of his guests, and the room, rooms or bed occupied by them. This register shall be arranged so that there shall be a space on the same line in which each guest or lodger shall sign his name. Such landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper shall make a sworn report upon a blank to be prepared and furnished by the superintendent thirty days before the election next ensuing to such superintendent, containing a detailed description of the premises so used and occupied as a lodging house, inn or hotel, including the size and character of building, and in case only part of a building is so used, a statement as to what part, and the names of the lodgers therein, and all the employees, and all other persons living therein, including the landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper, and members of his family, who claim a voting residence at or in such lodging house, inn or hotel, together with the length of time they have been regularly lodged or lived therein, the beginning of such residence, the color, approximate age, height, weight, whereby the persons may be identified, the nationality, the occupation and place of business of such persons, and the room occupied by each person, and whether the person is a guest, landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper, and the signature of each person. Above the space reserved for the signature of each such person shall be printed the following words, "the foregoing statements are true." In the form of affidavit, which shall be sworn to by the landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper of such lodging house, inn or hotel, shall be included the statement that the signatures of the guests or lodgers certified to in such report were written in the presence of such landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper, and that he personally knows them to be the persons therein described. To the end that the sworn report herein shall truly set forth the facts therein stated, such landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper shall question each male person lodging or living in the lodging house, inn or hotel, as to his intention of claiming such place as a voting residence, and the person shall thereupon declare his intention thereof, and if he shall claim the place as his voting residence, he shall give to such landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper such facts regarding himself as are required to be incorporated in the sworn report herein provided for. Such report and affidavit shall be filed personally by the landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper with the superintendent at his office. Any such landlord, proprietor, lessee or keeper or any lodger who shall violate this section shall be deemed guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Amended 2005, c.154, s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-9 - Card records of persons registered in municipalities not having permanent registration

19:32-9. Card records of persons registered in municipalities not having permanent registration  The district board of each election district in municipalities not having permanent registration shall on each day of registration transfer to cards to be provided for that purpose by the county clerk of the county, which cards shall be in form and style approved by the superintendent, a complete copy of the name of each person registered in its respective district, together with all the answers made and information given by such person at the time of registration, and such cards, inclosed and sealed in a cover, to be provided for that purpose by the county clerk, shall be delivered personally or by mail forthwith by the chairman of such district board, together with a statement on a blank form to be furnished by the county clerk, after approval by the superintendent, that the cards delivered contain a correct copy of all the names registered and information given by the person so registered, to the superintendent at his office in the county courthouse.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-11 - Sealing, preserving and opening ballot boxes

19:32-11. Sealing, preserving and opening ballot boxes  The superintendent, his chief deputy or assistants, shall have the power, when in his or their judgment it is deemed necessary at any election, upon the completion of the counting and canvassing of the ballots by any district board, to enter any place containing ballot boxes for the purpose of taking possession and sealing any ballot box or boxes with a seal to be adopted by the superintendent. When any ballot box shall be so sealed it may be removed to a vault or other place of security by the superintendent, his chief deputy or assistants, but shall not be opened and the seal thereof destroyed or affected without an order first had and obtained from a judge of the Superior Court assigned to the county. Taping or any other mechanical device may be used to make such sealing secure. Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 347, s. 47.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-12 - Interference with sealing of ballot boxes, bags; third degree crime.

19:32-12 Interference with sealing of ballot boxes, bags; third degree crime.  19:32-12. Any person preventing, hindering or interfering with the said superintendent or his chief deputy or assistants in sealing such ballot box or boxes or bag or bags shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. Amended 2005, c.154, s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-13 - Destroying, removing, defacing seal; third degree crime.

19:32-13 Destroying, removing, defacing seal; third degree crime.  19:32-13. Any person who destroys, defaces or removes, or attempts to destroy, deface or remove, such a seal shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. Amended 2005, c.154, s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-14 - When powers of superintendents and deputies exercisable

19:32-14. When powers of superintendents and deputies exercisable  The powers herein granted may be exercised by the superintendent, his chief deputy or assistants, upon the completion of the counting and canvassing of the ballots at any election by the district board or within a period of ninety days thereafter.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-21 - Police powers of superintendents, deputies and assistants

19:32-21. Police powers of superintendents, deputies and assistants  The superintendent and his chief deputy and assistants shall have and possess all the powers of constables, policemen and other peace officers.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-22 - Arrests without warrant; peace officers punishable for failure to assist

19:32-22. Arrests without warrant; peace officers punishable for failure to assist  The superintendent and his chief deputy and assistants are hereby authorized and empowered and without warrant, to arrest any person violating any provision of this title. The superintendent and his chief deputy and assistants, as the case may be, shall have the right and power to call upon any constable, police officer or other peace officer to aid in taking any person so arrested to the nearest police station in the municipality in which the arrest is made, and such constable, police officer or other peace officer shall render such aid. Any constable, police officer or other peace officer failing to comply with such request shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-23 - Detention of persons arrested

19:32-23. Detention of persons arrested  Upon delivering the person so arrested to the officer in charge of the police station to which he is removed, such officer shall hold and detain the person so arrested until ordered released by the magistrate taking the complaint hereinafter provided for or by other process of law.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-24 - Complaint against person arrested; hearing by magistrate

19:32-24. Complaint against person arrested; hearing by magistrate  Upon delivering the person so arrested to the officer in charge of such police station the superintendent or his chief deputy and assistants, as the case may be, making the arrest, shall forthwith and as soon as may be make and sign before a magistrate of the municipality in which the arrest was made a complaint in writing, duly verified, setting forth the particular act for which such person was arrested. Upon the complaint being made, the magistrate before whom it is made shall forthwith and as soon as may be cause the person so arrested to be brought before him and proceed on such complaint, as in the case of other persons arrested on a complaint charging a criminal offense.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:32-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:32-25 - Removal of persons from polling places

19:32-25. Removal of persons from polling places  The superintendent, his chief deputy and assistants are hereby authorized and empowered to remove from any polling place or place where any election is being held any person found violating any provision of this title or in any way unlawfully interfering with the lawful conduct of any election.