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NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-13 - Vacancies caused by death or declining the office; new petition; oath of allegiance

19:23-13. Vacancies caused by death or declining the office; new petition; oath of allegiance  Should any person indorsed in any petition as a candidate to be voted for at any primary election, except for the office of "Choice for President," delegates and alternates to national conventions, Governor, United States Senator, member of the House of Representatives, State Senator, members of the General Assembly, and any county office, die within three days after the last day for filing such petition, or in writing filed within three days after the last day for filing such petition with the county clerk or municipal clerk with whom such petition had been filed, decline to stand as a candidate, the vacancy or vacancies thus caused shall be filled by a majority of the persons signing the petition in and by which the person so dying or declining was indorsed, filing within three days after the occurrence of the vacancy with the municipal clerk, a new petition, setting forth the name of the person dying or declining the office for which he was indorsed, and the name of the person to be substituted, to which shall be annexed the oath of allegiance prescribed in section 41:1-1 of the Revised Statutes duly taken and subscribed by the person so nominated before an officer authorized to take oaths in this State. Such petition shall be verified by three of the signers, and shall have the same force and effect as the original petition. Amended by L.1942, c. 50, p. 284, s. 9; L.1949, c. 24, p. 78, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-14 - Certification by municipal clerk.

19:23-14 Certification by municipal clerk.  19:23-14. Petitions addressed to the Secretary of State, the county clerks, or the municipal clerks shall be filed with such officers, respectively, before 4:00 p.m. of the 64th day next preceding the day of the holding of the primary election for the general election. Not later than the close of business of the 54th day preceding the primary election for the general election, the municipal clerk shall certify to the county clerk the full and correct names and addresses of all candidates for nomination for public and party office and the name of the political party of which such persons are candidates together with their slogan and designation. The county clerk shall transmit this information to the Election Law Enforcement Commission in the form and manner prescribed by the commission and shall notify the commission immediately upon the withdrawal of a petition of nomination. amended 1940, c.135, s.1; 1941, c.166, s.1; 1942, c.50, s.9a; 1948, c.2, s.23; 1956, c.53, s.2; 1983, c.579, s.4; 1985, c.92, s.18; 2001, c.211, s.1; 2011, c.37, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-15 - Acceptance, statement by candidates to accompany petitions.

19:23-15 Acceptance, statement by candidates to accompany petitions.  19:23-15. Accompanying the petition and attached thereto each person indorsed therein shall file a certificate, stating that he is qualified for the office mentioned in the petition; that he consents to stand as a candidate for nomination at the ensuing primary election, and that if nominated, he agrees to accept the nomination. Such acceptance shall certify that the candidate is a resident of and a legal voter in the jurisdiction of the office for which the nomination is to be made and there shall be annexed thereto the oath of allegiance prescribed in section 41:1-1 of the Revised Statutes duly taken and subscribed by the person so nominated before an officer authorized to take oaths in this State. No candidate who has accepted the nomination by a direct petition of nomination for the general election shall sign an acceptance to a petition of nomination for such office for the primary election. In addition, no candidate named in a petition for the office of member of the House of Representatives shall sign an acceptance if the candidate has signed an acceptance for the primary nomination or any other petition of nomination for the office of member of the House of Representatives in another congressional district in the same calendar year. Each person indorsed as a candidate for nomination for election to the office of Governor or the office of member of the Senate or General Assembly shall annex to such petitions a statement signed by the candidate that he or she: a. has not been convicted of any offense graded by Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes as a crime of the first, second, third or fourth degree, or any offense in any other jurisdiction which, if committed in this State, would constitute such a crime; or b. has been so convicted, in which case, the candidate shall disclose on the statement the crime for which convicted, the date and place of the conviction and the penalties imposed for the conviction. Such a candidate may, as an alternative, submit with the statement a copy of an official document that provides such information. If the candidate has been convicted of more than one criminal offense, such information about each conviction shall be provided. Records expunged pursuant to chapter 52 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes shall not be subject to disclosure. If the same person is nominated for the same office in more than one petition, the statement shall be annexed to one of such petitions. Amended 1949, c.24, s.10; 1998, c.147, s.6; 2004, c.26, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-16 - Person nominated by petition; filing of certificate.

19:23-16 Person nominated by petition; filing of certificate.  19:23-16. Any person nominated at the primary by having his name written or pasted upon the primary ballot shall file a certificate stating that he is qualified for the office for which he has been nominated, that he is a resident of and a legal voter in the jurisdiction of the office for which the nomination is made and that he consents to stand as a candidate at the ensuing general election to which shall be annexed the oath of allegiance prescribed in section 41:1-1 of the Revised Statutes duly taken and subscribed by the person so nominated before an officer authorized to take oaths in this State.  In addition, a person so nominated for the office of Governor or the office of member of the Senate or General Assembly shall annex to the certificate a statement signed by the candidate that he or she: a. has not been convicted of any offense graded by Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes as a crime of the first, second, third or fourth degree, or any offense in any other jurisdiction which, if committed in this State, would constitute such a crime; or  b. has been so convicted, in which case, the candidate shall disclose on the statement the crime for which convicted, the date and place of the conviction and the penalties imposed for the conviction. Such a candidate may, as an alternative, submit with the statement a copy of an official document that provides such information. If the candidate has been convicted of more than one criminal offense, such information about each conviction shall be provided. Records expunged pursuant to chapter 52 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes shall not be subject to disclosure.  Such acceptance shall be filed within seven days after the holding of the primary with the county clerk in the case of county and municipal offices and with the Attorney General for all other offices. Amended 1949, c.24, s.11; 2004, c.26, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-17 - Designation on primary ticket of policy or faction

19:23-17. Designation on primary ticket of policy or faction  Any person indorsed as a candidate for nomination for any public office or party position whose name is to be voted for on the primary ticket of any political party, may, by indorsement on the petition of nomination in which he is indorsed, request that there be printed opposite his name on the primary ticket a designation, in not more than six words, as named by him in such petition, for the purpose of indicating either any official act or policy to which he is pledged or committed, or to distinguish him as belonging to a particular faction or wing of his political party; provided, however, that no such designation or slogan shall include or refer to the name of any person or any incorporated association of this State unless the written consent of such person or incorporated association of this State has been filed with the petition of nomination of such candidate or group of candidates. Amended by L.1944, c. 231, p. 787, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-18 - Grouping of candidates

19:23-18. Grouping of candidates  Several candidates for nomination to the same office may in such petitions request that their names be grouped together, and that the common designation to be named by them shall be printed opposite their names. If two candidates or groups shall select the same designation, the secretary of state, county clerk or municipal clerks, as the case may be, shall notify the candidate or group whose petition was last filed, and such candidate or group shall select a new designation.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-19 - Defective petition; notice to candidates

19:23-19. Defective petition; notice to candidates  In case a petition of nomination shall be defective excepting as to the number of signatures, the officer with whom such petition has been filed shall forthwith notify any candidate so indorsed whose petition for nomination is defective, setting forth the nature of such defect and the date when the ballots will be printed.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-20 - Amendment of defective petition; time for

19:23-20. Amendment of defective petition; time for  Such candidate shall be permitted to amend the petition either in form or in substance, but not to add signatures, so as to remedy the defect within three days.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-21 - Certification by Secretary of State.

19:23-21 Certification by Secretary of State.  19:23-21. The Secretary of State shall certify the names of the persons indorsed in the petitions filed in his office to the clerks of counties concerned thereby not later than the 54th day prior to the holding of the primary election, specifying in such certificate the political parties to which the persons so nominated in the petitions belong. In the case of candidates for offices other than federal office, the Secretary of State shall also transmit this information to the Election Law Enforcement Commission in the form and manner prescribed by the commission and shall notify the commission immediately upon the withdrawal of a petition of nomination. amended 1942, c.50, s.10; 1983, c.579, s.5; 1985, c.92, s.19; 2011, c.37, s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-22 - Certification by county clerk.

19:23-22 Certification by county clerk.  19:23-22. The county clerk shall certify all of the persons so certified to him by the Secretary of State and in addition the names of all persons indorsed in petitions filed in his office to the clerk of each municipality concerned thereby in his respective county not later than the close of business of the 53rd day prior to the time fixed by law for the holding of the primary election, specifying in such certificate the political party to which the person or persons so nominated belong. The county clerk shall also transmit this information with respect to persons, other than candidates for federal office, indorsed in petitions filed in his office to the Election Law Enforcement Commission in the form and manner prescribed by the commission and shall notify the commission immediately upon the withdrawal of a petition of nomination filed in his office. amended 1942, c.50, s.11; 1948, c.2, s.24; 1983, c.579, s.6; 1985, c.92, s.20; 2011, c.37, s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-22.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-22.1 - Certification by municipal clerks of nominees to county clerks in certain counties

19:23-22.1. Certification by municipal clerks of nominees to county clerks in certain counties  In counties having a population of 700,000 or more inhabitants and in second class counties having a population of not less than 300,000 or more than 425,000 inhabitants and in counties having a population of not less than 150,000 or more than 300,000 inhabitants, each municipal clerk shall, on or before the sixth day following the last day for the filing of petitions for the primary election in each year, certify to the county clerk the full and correct names and addresses of all candidates for nomination for public and party office, and the name of the political party of which such persons are candidates, together with their slogan and designation, and the order in which their names were drawn in accordance with the provisions of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes. L.1945, c. 68, p. 346, s. 1. Amended by L.1948, c. 2, p. 43, s. 25; L.1961, c. 62, p. 557, s. 1; L.1965, c. 29, s. 1; L.1981, c. 462, s. 21.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-22.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-22.4 - Printing ballots in counties

19:23-22.4. Printing ballots in counties  In all counties the county clerk shall cause to be printed a sufficient number of official primary ballots and official primary sample ballots of each political party, in proper form for the mailing of such sample ballots at the times and in the manner and number as required by the provisions of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes, and shall furnish such official primary sample ballots to the proper officer or officers on the earliest possible date preceding the primary election. In the counties described by this section, for each election district within the county in which the primary language of 10% or more of the registered voters is Spanish, the county clerk shall similarly cause to be printed bilingually in English and Spanish a sufficient number of official primary sample ballots of each political party, and shall similarly furnish such official primary sample ballots to the proper officer or officers. L.1965, c. 29, s. 2. Amended by L.1974, c. 51, s. 1, eff. June 25, 1974.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-22.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-22.5 - Cost of printing ballots in certain counties

19:23-22.5. Cost of printing ballots in certain counties  In counties having a population of 700,000 or more inhabitants and in second class counties having a population of not less than 300,000 or more than 425,000 inhabitants and in counties having a population of not less than 150,000 or more than 300,000 inhabitants, the cost of printing of the official primary election ballots and primary election sample ballots shall be paid by the county but the county shall be reimbursed by the municipalities, each municipality paying such amount as shall be apportioned to it by the county clerk based on the proportion of the number of such official primary election ballots and primary election sample ballots required for use in such municipality. L.1965, c. 29, s. 3. Amended by L.1981, c. 462, s. 22.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-23 - Separate ballot for each party

19:23-23. Separate ballot for each party  There shall be separate ballots for each political party. Such ballots shall be alike in form for all political parties.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-25.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-25.1 - Designation or slogan on primary ballots

19:23-25.1. Designation or slogan on primary ballots  No designation or slogan shall be printed on any ballot to be used in the conduct of any primary election in connection with any candidate or group of candidates for office, which designation or slogan includes or refers to the name of any other person unless the written consent of such other person has been filed with the petition of nomination of such candidate or group of candidates. L.1944, c. 8, p. 23, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-26.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-26.1 - Primary election for U.S. Senate and Governorship; placement of names of candidates on ballot

19:23-26.1. Primary election for U.S. Senate and Governorship; placement of names of candidates on ballot  In the case of a primary election for the nomination of a candidate for the office of United States Senator and in the case of a primary election for the nomination of a candidate for the office of Governor, the names of all candidates for the office of United States Senator or Governor shall be printed on the official primary ballot in the first column or horizontal row designated for the party of those candidates. In the event that the nomination of candidates for both offices shall occur at the same primary election, the names of all candidates for the office of United States Senator shall be printed in the first column or horizontal row designated for the party of those candidates, and the names of all candidates for the office of Governor shall be printed in the second column or horizontal row. No candidate for nomination for any other office shall have his name printed in the same column or horizontal row as the candidates for nomination for the office of United States Senator or Governor. L.1981, c. 71, s. 1, eff. March 23, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-26.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-26.2 - Application of laws on primary election for general election

19:23-26.2. Application of laws on primary election for general election  The provisions of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes which apply particularly to a primary election for the general election shall apply to this act insofar as they are not inconsistent with its special provisions. L.1981, c. 71, s. 2, eff. March 23, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-27 - Printing of ballots; number; cost paid by municipalities

19:23-27. Printing of ballots; number; cost paid by municipalities  Not later than twelve o'clock noon of the Saturday preceding a primary for the general election each municipal clerk shall have had printed and on hand in his office for the use of each of the political parties official primary ballots equal in number to one and one-tenth times the number of votes cast by such political party at the last preceding general election at which electors for president and vice president of the United States were voted for in such election district. When an election district shall have been divided or the boundaries thereof changed, or a new district created, the municipal clerk shall ascertain as nearly as may be possible the number of voters in the new or rearranged or divided district, and provide therefor a sufficient number of official primary ballots in the above proportion. The cost of printing the official primary ballots shall be paid by the respective municipalities.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-28 - Style of ballot; paper and type

19:23-28. Style of ballot; paper and type  The ballots shall be printed on plain white paper uniform in size, quality and type and of such thickness that the printing thereon cannot be distinguished from the back of the paper, and without any mark, device or figure on the front or back except as in and by this title provided.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-29 - Error in ballots; correction

19:23-29. Error in ballots; correction  When it shall appear that any error or omission has occurred in the copy prepared by the municipal clerk for the printer or in the printing of the official ballots for any primary election by any municipal clerk, any voter resident in any election district affected by such error or omission may present to a judge of the Superior Court assigned to the county containing the election district, a verified statement setting forth the error or omission, and such judge, being satisfied thereof, shall thereupon summarily, by his order, require the municipal clerk to correct the error or omission, or show cause why it should not be corrected. Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 338, s. 25.
NJ Rev Stat § 19:23-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 19 - Elections|Section 19:23-30 - Number of ballots and envelopes; printing; delivery; cost paid by municipalities.

19:23-30 Number of ballots and envelopes; printing; delivery; cost paid by municipalities.  19:23-30. a. In counties not having a superintendent of elections where the county board of elections does not have the equipment or facilities to address and mail sample ballot envelopes, the municipal clerk shall cause to be printed as herewith prescribed a sufficient number of official primary sample ballots of each political party in each election district and shall furnish a sufficient number of stamped envelopes to enable every district board to mail one copy of such ballot of each political party to each voter who is registered in the district for the primary election, less the number of voters who have been sent a confirmation notice pursuant to subsection d. of R.S.19:31-15 and have not responded. The municipal clerk shall deliver to the county clerk in all counties and the county board in counties having a superintendent of elections one official primary sample ballot of each political party for each district in his municipality. The cost of printing the official primary sample ballots and the stamped envelopes therefor shall be paid by the respective municipalities. b. In counties having a superintendent of elections, and in other counties where the county board of elections may have the equipment or facilities to prepare a properly stamped envelope addressed to each registered voter in the county for mailing, the municipal clerk shall cause to be printed as herewith prescribed a sufficient number of official primary sample ballots of each political party for each election district and shall furnish a sufficient number of stamped envelopes to enable the commissioner of registration of the county to mail one copy of such ballot of each political party to each voter who is registered in the district for the primary election, less the number of voters who have been sent a confirmation notice pursuant to subsection d. of R.S.19:31-15 and have not responded. The municipal clerk shall also deliver to the county board ten official primary sample ballots of each political party for each district in his municipality. The cost of printing of the official primary sample ballots and stamped envelopes therefor shall be paid for by the respective municipalities. County boards of elections which elect to operate under the provisions of this paragraph shall notify their respective municipal clerks in sufficient time to enable them to make the necessary arrangements the first year. Amended 1941, c.275, s.3; 1946, c.261, s.3; 1947, c.168, s.8; 2009, c.110, s.2.