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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-1 - Notice, State committee to county committee; county committee to municipal clerks.

19:23-1 Notice, State committee to county committee; county committee to municipal clerks.
19:23-1. The chairman of the State committee of a political party shall, on or before March 1 in the year when a Governor is to be elected, notify in writing the chairman of each county committee of such party of the number of male or female members or members with less than one full vote to be elected from the county at the ensuing primary election for the general election, and each such chairman shall, not later than the 74th day preceding the primary election for the general election, send a copy of such notice to the county clerk.
The chairman of each county committee shall also, not later than the 74th day preceding the primary election for the general election, file with the clerks of the several municipalities the number of committeemen to be elected at the ensuing primary for the general election to the county committee.
amended 1946, c.11, ss.13,17; (1946, c.11, ss.13,17; repealed 1948, c.2, s.32); 1948, c.2, s.22; 1965, c.4, s.10; 1966, c.19, s.5; 1967, c.7, s.4; 1967, c.26, s.4; 1968, c.292, s.4; 1978, c.15, s.3; 2005, c.136, s.25; 2007, c.61, s.10; 2011, c.134, s.23; 2023, c.16, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-6 - Address of petitions

19:23-6. Address of petitions
Petitions nominating candidates to be voted for by the voters of a political party throughout the entire State or of any subdivisions thereof more than a single county or any congressional district 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 nominating candidates to be voted for by the voters of a political party throughout a county or any county election district or subdivision of a county comprising more than a single municipality, shall be addressed to the clerk of the county. All other petitions shall be addressed to the clerks of municipalities.
Amended by L.1967, c. 22, s. 2, eff. March 23, 1967; L.1975, c. 43, s. 1, eff. April 3, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-7 - Signers; certificates of candidates.

19:23-7 Signers; certificates of candidates.
19:23-7. Each such petition shall set forth that the signers thereof are qualified voters of the State, congressional district, county, or county election district, municipality, ward or election district, as the case may be, in which they reside and for which they desire to nominate candidates; that they are members of a political party (naming the same), and that they intend to affiliate with that political party at the ensuing election; that they indorse the person or persons named in their petition as candidate or candidates for nomination for the office or offices therein named, and that they request that the name of the person or persons therein mentioned be printed upon the official primary ballots of their political party as the candidate or candidates for such nomination. The petition shall further state the residence and post-office address of each person so indorsed, and shall certify that the person or persons so indorsed is or are legally qualified under the laws of this State to be nominated, and is or are a member or members of the political party named in the petition. The petitions of a candidate for any State, county, or municipal elective public office shall also include a functioning e-mail address for the candidate.
Accompanying the petition, each person indorsed therein shall file a certificate, stating that he is qualified for the office mentioned in the petition, that he is a member of the political party named therein, that he consents to stand as a candidate for nomination at the ensuing primary election of such political party, and that, if nominated, he consents to accept the nomination, to which shall be annexed the oath of allegiance prescribed in R.S.41:1-1, duly taken and subscribed by him before an officer authorized to take oaths in this State.
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 1948, c.438, s.7; 1949, c.24, ss.7,12; 1975, c.43, s.2; 1983, c.579, s.3; 1984, c.12, s.3; 1994, c.77, s.9; 2018, c.66, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-8 - Numbers of signers to petitions

19:23-8. Numbers of signers to petitions
The petitions for candidates to be voted for by the voters of a political party throughout the entire State shall in the aggregate be signed by at least 1,000 such voters; in the case of candidates to be voted for by the voters of a political party throughout a congressional district by at least 200 of such voters; in the case of candidates for the Senate and General Assembly at least 100 such voters; in the case of candidates to be voted for by the voters of a political party throughout a county or any county election district, by at least 100 of such voters; in the case of candidates to be voted for by the voters of a political party throughout a municipality having a population in excess of 14,000 as ascertained by the last Federal census by at least 50 of such voters; in the case of candidates to be voted for by the voters of a political party throughout all other municipalities or any ward of any municipality by at least 25 of such voters; in the case of a candidate to be voted for by the voters of a political party within a single election district by at least 10 of such voters.
Notwithstanding the above provisions, in the case of petitions for candidates to be voted for by the voters of a political party throughout any municipality, ward, or election district, the number of signers of any such petition may be fewer than the minimum number specified above but shall be at least 5% in number of the total vote cast by the voters of that political party at the last preceding primary election held for the election of that party's candidates for the General Assembly. In no case, however, shall there be fewer than one signer of any such petition.
Amended by L.1945, c. 285, p. 836, s. 1; L.1948, c. 438, p. 1699, s. 8; L.1967, c. 22, s. 3, eff. March 23, 1967; L.1975, c. 43, s. 3, eff. April 3, 1975; L.1981, c. 164, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-10 - Single or several petitions; signing rules and regulations.

19:23-10 Single or several petitions; signing rules and regulations.
19:23-10. Not all of the names of petitioners need be signed to a single petition, but any number of petitions of the same purport may be filed; but in the aggregate the signatures thereto indorsing any one person shall be the number required by this title. The signers to petitions shall not therein indorse or recommend more persons as candidates for the position than are to be chosen at the ensuing primary election in the State or political subdivision in which the signers to the petition reside, nor shall such signers indorse more persons as candidates for nomination to office than are to be elected in the state or political subdivision.
No member of one political party shall sign his name to any petition purporting to indorse any person as a candidate for office of another political party.
A candidate shall be permitted to sign or circulate, or both sign and circulate, the petition required for that candidate to seek nomination for elective office.
amended 2010, c.68, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-11 - Verification of petition.

19:23-11 Verification of petition.
19:23-11. Such petitions shall be verified by the oath or affirmation by affidavit of the person who circulates each petition, including a candidate who signs or circulates, or both signs and circulates, such a petition, taken and subscribed before a person qualified under the laws of New Jersey to administer an oath, to the effect that the affiant personally circulated the petition; that the petition is signed by each of the signers thereof in his proper handwriting; that the signers are to the best knowledge and belief of the affiant legal voters of the State or political subdivision thereof, as the case may be, as stated in the petition, belong to the political party named in the petition; and that the petition is prepared and filed in absolute good faith for the sole purpose of indorsing the person or persons therein named, in order to secure his or their nomination or selection as stated in such petition. The person who circulates the petition shall be a registered voter in this State whose party affiliation is of the same political party named in the petition.
amended 2010, c.68, s.4; 2014, c.83, s.2.
2023 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.
2023 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 71st day next preceding the day of the holding of the primary election for the general election.
Not later than noon of the 61st 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; 2022, c.7, s.3; 2022, c.70, s.2.
2023 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.
2023 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 the person's name written or pasted upon the primary ballot shall file a certificate stating that the person is qualified for the office for which the person has been nominated, that the person is a resident of and a legal voter in the jurisdiction of the office for which the nomination is made and that the person 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 the person:
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.
Written acceptance of such nomination shall be filed by each candidate so nominated on or before the seventh day following the date of the certification of the results of the primary with the county clerk in the case of county and municipal offices and with the Secretary of State for all other offices.
Each county clerk shall post on the county's website the official results of the primary election within 24 hours after the certification of the election results.
Amended 1949, c.24, s.11; 2004, c.26, s.5; 2022, c.15, s.1.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-20 - Amendment of defective petition; time specified.

19:23-20. Amendment of defective petition; time specified.
19:23-20. 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 not later than 4:00 p.m. of the third day after the last day for the filing of petitions.
amended 2022, c.7, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-20.1 - Deadline for objection to nomination petition.

19:23-20.1 Deadline for objection to nomination petition.
8. Every petition of nomination in apparent conformity with the provisions of this Title shall be deemed to be valid, unless objection thereto be duly made in writing and filed with the officer with whom the original petition was filed not later than 4:00 p.m. of the fourth day after the last day for filing of petitions. If such objection is made, notice thereof signed by such officer shall forthwith be mailed to the candidate who may be affected thereby, addressed to the candidate at the candidate's place of residence as given in the petition of nomination.
L.2022, c.7, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-20.2 - Duties, responsibilities of officer with whom original petition was filed.

19:23-20.2 Duties, responsibilities of officer with whom original petition was filed.
9. The officer with whom the original petition was filed shall in the first instance pass upon the validity of such objection in a summary way unless an order shall be made in the matter by a court of competent jurisdiction and for this purpose such officer shall have power to subpoena witnesses and take testimony or depositions. The officer shall file a determination in writing in the officer's office on or before the ninth day after the last day for the filing of petitions, which determination shall be open for public inspection.
L.2022, c.7, s.9.
2023 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 the secretary's office to the clerks of counties concerned thereby not later than noon of the 61st 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; 2022, c.7, s.5; 2023, c.16, s.9.
2023 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 the clerk by the Secretary of State and in addition the names of all persons indorsed in petitions filed in the clerk's office to the clerk of each municipality concerned thereby in the clerk's respective county not later than the close of business of the 60th 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 the clerk's 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 the clerk's 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; 2022, c.7, s.6; 2023, c.16, s.10.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-30.1 - Information sent to newly-registered voters for primary election.

19:23-30.1 Information sent to newly-registered voters for primary election.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a voter who registers after the 29th day prior to a primary election and who is eligible to participate in that election may be sent, instead of a sample ballot, notice of the voter's polling place, information on where to obtain a sample ballot prior to the election, a statement indicating that a sample ballot will be available at the polling place on the day of the election, and, if applicable, information on a county website where a sample ballot may be viewed.
L.2005,c.139,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-31 - Sample ballot facsimile of official ballot.

19:23-31 Sample ballot facsimile of official ballot.
19:23-31. The official primary sample ballot shall be, as nearly as possible, a facsimile of the official primary ballot to be voted at the primary election and shall be printed on paper different in color from the official primary ballot, so that the same may be readily distinguished from the official primary ballot. It shall state clearly the days, hours, and places at which early voting shall be available in the county. The official primary sample ballot shall have printed at the top in large type the words: "This official primary sample ballot is an exact copy of the official primary ballot to be used on primary election day. This ballot cannot be voted." The official primary sample ballot shall also have printed thereon, following the words which indicate the election district, the following words: "The polling place for this election district is
(Stating the location of said polling place)."
amended 2021, c.40, s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-32 - Words on envelopes

19:23-32. Words on envelopes
Each of such envelopes shall have printed on the face thereof, in large type, the words, "Official Primary Sample Ballot," and in smaller type, in the upper left-hand corner, the words, "If not delivered in two days return to the superintendent of elections" in counties having a superintendent of elections, to the "Commissioner of Registration" in other counties and in the lower left-hand corner shall be printed the words "Municipality" followed by a line " " "Ward" followed by a line " " and "District" followed by a line " " arranged in three lines one under the other.
Amended by L.1947, c. 168, p. 747, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-33 - Sample ballots and envelopes furnished to district boards or commissioner of registration.

19:23-33 Sample ballots and envelopes furnished to district boards or commissioner of registration.
19:23-33. 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 in each municipality shall furnish to a member of each district board in his municipality, at his office, or in any other way that he sees fit, on or before Tuesday preceding the start of the early voting period for the primary election in each year, sufficient sample ballots and sufficient stamped envelopes to enable the board to mail sample ballots to the voters as hereinbefore provided. Each of the boards shall give the municipal clerk a receipt for such sample ballots and envelopes signed by one of its members.
In counties having a superintendent of elections, and in other counties where the county board of elections shall elect to operate under the provisions of subsection b. of section 19:23-30 of this Title, the municipal clerk in each municipality shall furnish to the commissioner of registration of his county not later than the eighth day preceding the start of the early voting period for the primary election of each year, sufficient stamped envelopes to enable the commissioner of registration to mail sample ballots to each voter who is registered in the county, 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, and shall, not later than noon of the seventh day preceding the start of the early voting period for the primary election furnish sufficient sample ballots to the commissioner of registration of his county for that purpose. The commissioner of registration shall give the municipal clerk a receipt for such sample ballots and envelopes.
amended 1941, c.275, s.4; 1946, c.261, s.4; 1947, c.168, s.10; 2009, c.110, s.3; 2021, c.40, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-34 - Mailing sample ballots.

19:23-34 Mailing sample ballots.
19:23-34. Each of such district boards, 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, and the commissioner of registration in all other counties, shall prepare and deposit in the post office, on or before twelve o'clock noon on Wednesday preceding the start of the early voting period for the primary, the stamped envelopes containing a copy of the sample primary ballot of each political party addressed to each voter whose name appears in the primary election registry book.
amended 1941, c.275, s.5; 1946, c.261, s.5; 1947, c.168, s.11; 2021, c.40, s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-35 - Posting sample ballots.

19:23-35 Posting sample ballots.
19:23-35. 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, such district board shall also post three sample ballots in the polling place in its district.
The county board of elections in all counties of the first class, and in other counties where the county board of elections shall elect to operate under the provisions of subsection b. of section 19:23-30 of this Title, shall, not later than the start of the early voting period for the primary election, deliver to the members of the district board three sample ballots for their respective election district. The board shall post the sample ballots in the polling place in its district.
amended 1941, c.275, s.6; 1946, c.261, s.6; 1947, c.168, s.12; 1952, c.61, s.2; 2021, c.40, s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-36 - Return of unused sample ballots and envelopes

19:23-36. Return of unused sample ballots and envelopes
In counties not having a superintendent of elections where the county board of elections does not have the equipment or facilities to mail sample ballot envelopes, the district boards shall return to the municipal clerk the unused sample ballots and stamped envelopes, with a sworn statement in writing, signed by a majority of the members of the board, to the effect that the remainder of the sample ballots in envelopes were actually mailed or posted as provided in this Title, and the members of the board failing to file such statement shall receive no compensation for the service of mailing.
In counties having a superintendent of elections, and in other counties where the county board of elections shall elect to operate under the provisions of subsection b of section 19:23-30 of this Title, the commissioner of registration shall return to the municipal clerk the unused sample ballots and stamped envelopes with a sworn statement to the effect that the remainder of the sample ballots and envelopes were actually mailed or posted as herein provided.
Amended by L.1941, c. 275, p. 743, s. 7; L.1946, c. 261, p. 918, s. 7; L.1947, c. 168, p. 749, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-37 - Public display of returned envelopes

19:23-37. Public display of returned envelopes
All the envelopes which shall have been mailed but not delivered to the addresses and shall have been returned to the superintendent, commissioner or county board, shall be retained by the superintendent, commissioner or county board, as the case may be, for thirty days, open to public inspection.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-38 - Municipal clerk to members of district boards; receipt

19:23-38. Municipal clerk to members of district boards; receipt
The municipal clerk shall on the day preceding the primary election cause to be delivered, at his office, to a member or members of the district board of each election district within his municipality, the ballots and the ballot boxes provided for each election district, and any registers, poll books and other documents that he may have received from the county clerk, the county board or the commissioner, and take a receipt from such member or members therefor, which last mentioned receipt the clerk of the municipality shall file and preserve for one year.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-39 - Members of district boards to board; receipts

19:23-39. Members of district boards to board; receipts
Such member or members shall on the morning of the primary election, before proclamation of the opening of the polls, deliver the ballot boxes and the ballots by them received to the election boards of their respective election districts, with the seals thereof unbroken, and shall take receipts therefor from the district board, which receipts such member or members shall preserve for one year.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-40 - Primary elections, dates, time.

19:23-40 Primary elections, dates, time.
19:23-40. The primary election for the general election shall be held for all political parties upon the Tuesday next after the first Monday in June between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M., Standard Time. It shall be held for all political parties in the same places as hereinbefore provided for the ensuing general election.
amended 1946, c.11, ss.14,17; (1946, c.11, ss.14,17; repealed 1948, c.2, s.32); 1948, c.2, s.26; 1965, c.4, s.11; 1966, c.19, s.6; 1967, c.7, s.5; 1967, c.26, s.5; 1968, c.292, s.5; 2001, c.245, s.4; 2005, c.136, s.27; 2007, c.61, s.11; 2011, c.134, s.25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:23-42 - Method of conducting primary elections.

19:23-42 Method of conducting primary elections.
19:23-42. The primary election for the general election shall be conducted by the district boards substantially in the same manner as the general election, except as herein otherwise provided.
Each district board may allow one member thereof at a time to be absent from the polling place or room for a period not exceeding one hour between the hours of one o'clock and five o'clock in the afternoon or for such shorter time as it shall see fit; but at no time from the opening of the polls to the completion of the canvass shall there be less than a majority of the board present in the polling room or place.
amended 2005, c.136, s.28; 2011, c.134, s.26.