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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:4-16 - Maps of county, municipality; filing; formats.

19:4-16 Maps of county, municipality; filing; formats.
7. a. The county board shall cause to have prepared and shall maintain an up-to-date suitable map of the county and of each constituent municipality clearly delineating the geographical boundaries of each election district contained therein and of the ward, legislative, freeholder, Congressional or other district or part thereof, in which each election district is contained. A word description of such geographical boundaries shall be attached to each such map.
The county board shall file copies of such maps and descriptions in the following manner: three copies to the Secretary of State, one copy to the county clerk, and one copy to the clerk of each affected municipality. Within 30 days of any changes in the boundaries of any of the aforementioned districts, the county board shall file revised maps and accompanying revised descriptions in the same manner.
Said maps and descriptions shall be public records and shall be available for inspection by the public in the offices of the Secretary of State, county clerks and municipal clerks during normal office hours. Copies shall be made available to the public for a fee necessary to cover the cost of reproduction.
In order to effectuate the purposes of this act, the Secretary of State shall establish such rules and regulations governing the preparation, maintenance, distribution and filing of said maps and descriptions as he deems necessary or desirable.
b. In addition to the maps and descriptions required to be filed with the Secretary of State under subsection a. of this section, the county board shall file with the Secretary of State the election district boundaries in ESRI Shapefile format in accordance with section 1 of P.L.2019, c.487 (C.19:4-18).
L.1976, c.83, s.7; amended 2019, c.487, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:4-17 - Secretary of state as liaison with Bureau of Census

19:4-17. Secretary of state as liaison with Bureau of Census
The Secretary of State shall serve as the State liaison with the Bureau of the Census, United States Department of Commerce, on matters relating to the preparation of maps and the tabulation of the population for election purposes.
L.1976, c. 83, s. 8, eff. Jan. 1, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:4-18 - "Voting Precinct Transparency Act."

19:4-18 "Voting Precinct Transparency Act."
1. a. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Voting Precinct Transparency Act."
b. The Secretary of State shall make available on the official website of the Division of Elections in the Department of State the election district, county district, and municipal ward boundaries required to be filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1976, c.83 (C.19:4-16), section 121 of P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-121), and section 7 of P.L.1981, c.496 (C.40:44-15), respectively. The boundary files shall be in ESRI Shapefile format and available for download by the public free of charge, upon implementation of a compatible Statewide Voter Registration System.
c. Within 90 days following the certification of the results of any special, primary, school, municipal, or general election, and of any public question voted by the voters at an election, pursuant to Title 19 of the Revised Statutes, the county clerk of each county shall make available on their official website a table or database containing the election results compiled at the election districts level. If feasible, the table or database shall include the results of mail-in ballots delineated by election district.
The election results table or database shall be in a single file, in a comma-delimited values format, and shall contain a unique identifier field for each election district that matches the unique identifier field for that district in the election districts Shapefile. In the event that election results specific to mail-in ballots are unable to be included in the table or database created pursuant to this subsection, the votes by mail-in ballot for a particular candidate shall be included in a separate table or database. A mail-in ballot received and counted shall not be attributed in the table or database to an election district or other geographic unit in which the voter does not reside. The election results table or database shall be available for download by the public free of charge.
d. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the New Jersey Office of Information Technology, Office of Geographic Information Systems, shall issue technical guidelines governing the preparation, maintenance, and submission of boundary files and election results files deemed necessary or desirable to accomplish the provisions of this section.
L.2019, c.487, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:5-1 - Powers of and restrictions upon political parties; party columns on official ballot

19:5-1. Powers of and restrictions upon political parties; party columns on official ballot
A political party may nominate candidates for public office at primary elections provided for in this Title, elect committees for the party within the State, county or municipality, as the case may be, and in every other respect may exercise the rights and shall be subject to the restrictions herein provided for political parties; except that no political party which fails to poll at any primary election for a general election at least ten per centum (10%) of the votes cast in the State for members of the General Assembly at the next preceding general election, held for the election of all of the members of the General Assembly, shall be entitled to have a party column on the official ballot at the general election for which the primary election has been held. In such case the names of the candidates so nominated at the primary election shall be printed in the column or columns designated "Nomination by Petition" on the official ballot under the respective titles of office for which the nominations have been made, followed by the designation of the political party of which the candidates are members.
Amended by L.1948, c. 438, p. 1696, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:5-2 - Membership and organization of municipal committees.

19:5-2 Membership and organization of municipal committees.
19:5-2. The members of the municipal committees of political parties shall consist of the elected members of the county committee resident in the respective municipalities. The members of the municipal committee shall take office by the third Saturday following the certification of the results of their election as members of the county committee, on which day the terms of all members of such committees theretofore elected shall terminate. The annual meeting of each municipal committee shall be held by the third Saturday following the certification of the results of the primary election for the general election, at an hour and place to be designated in a notice to be given by the chairperson to each member and member-elect. The members of each committee shall elect some suitable person who shall be a resident of such municipality as chairperson. The municipal committee shall have power to adopt a constitution and bylaws for its proper government. The chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the committee, and shall perform all duties required by law and the constitution and bylaws of such committee.
When a member of a municipal committee ceases to be a resident of the district or unit from which elected, a vacancy on the committee shall exist. A member of a municipal committee of any political party may resign their office to the committee of which they are a member, and upon acceptance thereof by the committee a vacancy shall exist. A vacancy in the office of a member of a municipal committee of any political party, howsoever caused, shall be filled for the unexpired term by the remaining members of the committee in the municipality in which the vacancy occurs.
Amended 1979, c.458, s.1; 2009, c.135, s.1; 2021, c.108, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:5-2.1 - Access to financial records of municipal committees; request by persons elected to membership in committee

19:5-2.1. Access to financial records of municipal committees; request by persons elected to membership in committee
In the time intervening between a primary election at which the members of a municipal committee of a political party are elected and the annual meeting of the municipal committee as provided by R.S. 19:5-2, any person elected to membership on that municipal committee at that election may request, in writing and by certified mail, either access to the complete financial records of the municipal committee or a copy of the balance sheet of the municipal committee showing the assets and liabilities of the municipal committee as of the close of business on the date of that primary election. The person requesting that access or copy of the balance sheet shall receive the access or copy so requested within 48 hours of the receipt of that request by the committee.
L.1983, c. 579, s. 22, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:5-3.1 - Access to financial records of county committees; request by persons elected to membership in committee

19:5-3.1. Access to financial records of county committees; request by persons elected to membership in committee
In the time intervening between a primary election at which the members of a county committee of a political party are elected and the annual meeting of the county committee as provided by R.S. 19:5-3, any person elected to membership on that county committee at that election may request, in writing and by certified mail, either access to the complete financial records of the county committee or a copy of the balance sheet of the county committee showing the assets and liabilities of the county committee as of the close of business on the date of that primary election. The person requesting that access or copy of the balance sheet shall receive the access or copy so requested within 48 hours of the receipt of that request by the committee.
L.1983, c. 579, s. 23, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:5-3.2 - Adoption of constitution, bylaws by county committee, posting on Internet website.

19:5-3.2 Adoption of constitution, bylaws by county committee, posting on Internet website.
3. The members of the county committee of a political party shall adopt a constitution and bylaws, ensuring fundamental fairness and the rights of the members of the county committee in the governance of the county party. The constitution and bylaws of a county committee shall be posted and displayed on its Internet website, if the committee has a website. A county committee shall provide a copy of its constitution and bylaws to the county board of elections of the county, and the constitution and bylaws shall be posted and displayed on the county board's Internet website, if the county board has a website.
L.2009, c.135, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:5-4 - Membership and organization of State committees; vacancies; national committee members.

19:5-4 Membership and organization of State committees; vacancies; national committee members.
19:5-4. The members of the State committee of each of the political parties shall be elected at the primary for the general election of the year in which a Governor is to be elected.
The number of males and females comprising the State committee of each of the political parties from each county may be determined by the bylaws of each such political party, but in any event in accordance with one of the following methods:
a. One male and one female member of the State committee to be elected in each county, each having one vote; or
b. Not less than 79 nor more than 82 elected members, to be apportioned among the several counties in accordance with population as determined at the most recent Federal decennial census; provided that each county shall have at least one vote, and provided further that the members of the State committee from each county shall be divided equally between males and females. In those counties with an odd number of State committee members, one seat shall be shared by one male and one female who shall each have one-half vote in all matters of the State committee; or
c. One male and one female member of the State committee to be elected in each county, each member having a vote weighted in strength on the basis of population as determined at the most recent Federal decennial census.
The members of the State committee of each of the political parties shall take office on the first Tuesday following their election, on which day the terms of all members of such committees theretofore elected shall terminate. The annual meeting of the State committee shall be held on the first Tuesday after such primary election at the hour and place to be designated in a notice in writing to be mailed by the chairman of the outgoing State committee to each member-elect. The members of the committee shall elect some suitable person as chairman. The committee shall have power to adopt a constitution and bylaws for its proper government. The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the committee and shall perform all duties required of him by law and the constitution and bylaws of such committee.
A member of a State committee of any political party may resign his office to the committee of which he is a member, and upon acceptance thereof by the committee a vacancy shall exist. A vacancy in the office of a member of the State committee of any political party, howsoever caused, shall be filled for the unexpired term by the members of the county committee of such political party in the county in which the vacancy occurs.
Members of the State committee shall serve for 4 years or until their successors are elected. The State committee shall choose its chairperson and the member or members of the national committee of its political party.
Amended 1948, c.216, ss.1,3; 1978, c.15, s.1; 2009, c.135, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:5-4a - Access to financial records of state committee; request by persons elected to committee

19:5-4a. Access to financial records of state committee; request by persons elected to committee
In the time intervening between a primary election at which the members of a State committee of a political party are elected and the annual meeting of the State committee as provided by R.S. 19:5-4, any person elected to membership on that State committee at that election may request, in writing and by certified mail, either access to the complete financial records of the State committee or a copy of the balance sheet of the State committee showing the assets and liabilities of the State committee as of the close of business on the date of that primary election. The person requesting that access or copy of the balance sheet shall receive the access or copy so requested within 48 hours of the receipt of that request by the committee.
L.1983, c. 579, s. 24, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:5-4.1 - Apportionment of members different from apportionment under which current members elected; adoption of bylaws; election of new members

19:5-4.1. Apportionment of members different from apportionment under which current members elected; adoption of bylaws; election of new members
a. The State committee of any political party may adopt bylaws prescribing the apportionment of members of said committee different from the method under which the members currently serving were elected, in accordance with section 1 of this amendatory and supplementary act. Such bylaws shall be adopted by a majority of the members of the respective State committee present and voting at a duly convened meeting of said State committee at which a quorum of at least 40% plus one is present. The chairman of such State committee shall certify the adoption of its bylaws to the Secretary of State within 10 days of their adoption.
b. In the event that a State committee of any political party shall adopt bylaws providing for an apportionment of members different from the apportionment under which the current members were elected and requiring the election of additional members before the next primary election at which candidates for Governor are to be nominated, the additional members of such State committee shall be elected at the primary election following the adoption of said bylaws.
c. The chairman of such State committee shall, no later than 45 days before the date of the primary election, notify in writing the chairman of each county committee of such party of the number of additional male and female members and members with less than one full vote to be elected from the county at such election. At the same time the chairman of the State committee shall make similar notification to the county clerk of each county.
d. The members and officers of the State committee adopting such bylaws shall serve out the terms to which they had been elected and shall be the only members who shall participate in the process of nomination of members of county boards of election provided for in this act until the termination of their terms.
L.1978, c. 15, s. 6, eff. March 30, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:5-4.2 - Inadequacy of time to give notice; filling of additional memberships on state committee

19:5-4.2. Inadequacy of time to give notice; filling of additional memberships on state committee
In the event that notice of the additional members of the State committee to be elected from the county can not be given within the time prescribed in subsection c. of section 6 of this act, the additional memberships on such State committee shall be filled in the same manner as vacancies are filled under R.S. 19:5-4 by the county committee of each county to which additional members have been apportioned.
L.1978, c. 15, s. 7, eff. March 30, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:5-5 - Maintenance of party organization

19:5-5. Maintenance of party organization
Any State committee, county committee or municipal committee of any political party may receive and disburse moneys for the general purposes of maintaining such organization during the whole or any part of the year. The expenses for maintenance of organization shall be confined to the hiring or acquisition of suitable quarters for meetings of such committee, for stationery, for hiring of necessary clerks, for the expenses of notices of the meetings of such committee, for giving publicity to the policies and candidates of their respective party organizations, and other expenses incidental to the maintenance of such organization.
Amended by L.1973, c. 83, s. 27, eff. April 24, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-1 - Membership

19:6-1. Membership
The district boards in each election district shall consist of four members, except that where electronic voting systems are in use any election district in which there are more than 900 registered voters the district board shall consist of six members. The members shall be appointed by the county board of the county in which such election district is located, in the manner hereinafter provided.
In election districts in which the primary language of 10% or more of the registered voters is Spanish, the county board shall appoint two additional members who shall be of Hispanic origin and fluent in Spanish.
Amended by L.1974, c. 30, s. 1; L.1975, c. 316, s. 3, eff. Feb. 19, 1976.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-3 - Appointment of district board members by county board, Assignment Judge of Superior Court.

19:6-3 Appointment of district board members by county board, Assignment Judge of Superior Court.
19:6-3. a. (1) The county board shall, on or before April 1, appoint the members of the district boards in the manner prescribed by paragraph (2) of this subsection. The members of any district board shall be equally apportioned between the two political parties which at the last preceding general election held for the election of all of the members of the General Assembly cast the largest and next largest number of votes respectively in this State for members of the General Assembly, except that if the county board is unable to fill all of the positions of the members of a particular district board from among qualified members of those two political parties, the county board shall appoint to any such unfilled position an otherwise qualified person who is unaffiliated with any political party, but no such appointment of an unaffiliated person shall be made prior to March 25, and in no event shall more than two such unaffiliated persons serve at the same time on any district board.
(2) In making appointments of members of the several district boards of the county, the county board shall consult with the chairperson of the county committee of each of the two political parties referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection. On or before March 15 of each year, the county board shall transmit to each of those chairpersons a list of those positions on the membership of the several district boards that are subject to apportionment under that paragraph (1) to the political party of which that chairperson is a member, and to which the county board has been unable to make an appointment from among qualified members of that political party. The county board shall include with each such list a request that the chairperson to whom that list is transmitted return to the board a list of the names of candidates for those unfilled positions. On or before March 25, the county board shall, on the basis of the lists so returned to it, fill as many of the remaining unfilled positions in the membership of the several district boards as possible, and shall assign or reassign appointees as necessary to ensure that the membership of each district board within the county shall include at least one member of each of the two political parties. The county board shall then appoint to any unfilled position on a district board an otherwise qualified person who is unaffiliated with any political party.
b. In case the county board shall neglect, refuse or be unable to appoint and certify the members of the district boards as herein provided, the Assignment Judge of the Superior Court shall, before April 10 of every other year, make such appointments and certifications.
amended 1948, c.2, s.5; 1953, c.19, s.8; 1965, c.4, s.4; 1966, c.19, s.3; 1991, c.91, s.239; 1996, c.120, ss.3,11; 2005, c.136, s.6; 2007, c.61, s.3; 2011, c.134, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-4 - Removal of members

19:6-4. Removal of members
19:6-4. A judge of the Superior Court or the county board shall have power to dismiss any member of a district board from such board for an illegal act, or for any cause which shall be determined in a summary way by such judge or county board. The county board shall dismiss the members of a district board from such board if upon any recount of the votes cast in such district it shall appear that errors occurred in the count or the certificate thereof, which, under the provisions of this Title, are sufficient to cause the costs of such recount to be paid by the State, county or municipality; and no person so removed from any board shall thereafter be eligible to serve as a member of the same or any other district election board. Application for the removal of all of the members, or of any member of any district election board, may, within ten days after the final order has been entered on any recount which may have been allowed affecting such district, be made by any candidate at the last election to a judge of the Superior Court or the county board. On the application, summary hearings shall be held to determine whether the board or the member was incompetent or careless in the receipt of illegal votes or the rejection of legal votes or otherwise in the conduct of the election generally. If, upon such hearing, it appears to the judge or the county board, as the case may be, that such incompetency or carelessness existed, the board or the member thereof found so to be incompetent or careless shall be removed and upon such removal disqualified from further service as a member of any district board.
Amended 1953,c.19,s.9; 1991,c.91,s.240.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-5 - Removal of district board member; filing of vacancies

19:6-5. Removal of district board member; filing of vacancies
19:6-5. Any member of a district board in an election district may be summarily removed from office, with or without cause, and vacancies filled, at any time by the members of the county board of the county in which such election district is located in the manner hereinafter provided. In the case of a member of the district board who was appointed as a member of a political party, removal shall be made by the members of the county board of that political party, and in the case of a member of the district board unaffiliated with a political party at the time of appointment, removal shall be made by the county board. Upon a removal the members of the county board so acting shall make a certificate of removal and file same with the county board.
The members of the county board removing such election officer shall forthwith proceed to fill the vacancy caused by the removal, and shall issue to the person selected to fill the vacancy a certificate which shall entitle that person to perform all the duties of a member of the district board for such election district.
Amended 1996, c.120, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-7 - Assignment of members to election districts

19:6-7. Assignment of members to election districts
Any person selected as a member of a district board may be assigned by the county board to any election district, or transferred from one district to another after having been so assigned, in the municipality for which such person was elected, and the county board shall, on or before April 15 in each year, certify to the clerk of the county and to the municipal clerk the names of the persons appointed to the district boards of registry and election in the election districts in the county, specifying the municipalities and the districts therein for which such members shall have been appointed.
Amended by L.1948, c. 2, p. 33, s. 6; L.1965, c. 4, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-8 - Term of office; notification of appointment

19:6-8. Term of office; notification of appointment
The terms of office of the members of the district boards shall be for 1 year, or until their successors are appointed, and shall begin on April 25 of each year. The county board shall notify the members of each district board of their appointment by forwarding a certificate to each member on or before April 20 in each year, specifying the district to which each member has been assigned.
Amended by L.1948, c. 2, p. 33, s. 7; L.1965, c. 4, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-10 - Meeting, organization of district board.

19:6-10 Meeting, organization of district board.
19:6-10. Each district board shall, on or before the second Tuesday next preceding the primary election, meet and organize by the election of one of its members as judge, who shall be chairman of the board, and another of its members as inspector. The judge and inspector shall not be members or voters of the same political party. In case of failure to elect a judge as herein provided, after balloting or voting three times, the senior member of the board in respect to length of continuous service as a member of such district board shall become judge, and in case of failure to elect an inspector after balloting or voting three times, the next senior member of the board in respect to length of continuous service as a member of such district board shall become inspector; provided, that both the chairman and the inspector shall not be members or voters of the same political party. The other members of the board shall be clerks of election, and shall perform all the duties required by law of the clerks of district boards.
amended 1939, c.81; 1946, c.11, s.4, 1996, c.120, s.5; 2005, c.136, s.7; 2011, c.134, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-11 - Oath of office of members; power to administer oaths

19:6-11. Oath of office of members; power to administer oaths
Each member of the district board shall before entering upon the performance of his duties take and subscribe an oath or affirmation in writing before a duly qualified officer, faithfully and impartially to discharge all his duties as such officer to the best of his skill and ability. Such oaths and affirmations shall be forthwith forwarded to the county clerk and by him filed in his office, and after so qualifying, any member of such board may at any meeting thereof administer any oath or affirmation required or permitted to be taken by this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-12 - Member becoming candidate

19:6-12. Member becoming candidate
19:6-12. The office of a member of a district board in an election district shall be deemed vacant upon such member becoming a candidate for an office to be voted upon at any primary, general election, school election, or special election for which he was appointed to serve, such candidacy to be determined by the filing of a petition of nomination, duly accepted by such member, in the manner provided by law. The municipal or county clerk with whom such petition and acceptance may be filed shall forthwith notify the county board of the county in which such election district is located, giving the name and residence of the member of the district board who has thus become a candidate, and the vacancy shall be filled as provided by law.
Amended 1995,c.278,s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-13 - Vacancies; filling

19:6-13. Vacancies; filling
A vacancy arising in a district board otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. The board shall certify the name and address of the person so appointed and the name of the district in which the vacancy exists to the clerk of the county and to the municipal clerk, and the person so appointed shall be notified in the manner above provided.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-14 - Boards for changed or new election districts; appointment

19:6-14. Boards for changed or new election districts; appointment
When the boundaries of an election district in a municipality shall have been changed or a new district created between the time of holding the general election and the time of holding the next primary or special election, or where the boundaries of an election district shall not be the same as at the general election, the county board on being notified thereof shall appoint a district board for such election district, in the manner hereinbefore provided for the appointment of district boards.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-15 - Constabulary powers of members; police assistance

19:6-15. Constabulary powers of members; police assistance
19:6-15. a. The district boards of every election district shall preserve the peace and maintain good order in their respective polling places during the progress of all elections and the counting of the votes cast thereat. To that end, each member of every such board, during the progress of an election and the counting and canvassing of the votes, shall be and hereby is invested and charged with all the powers and duties of constables of this State in criminal matters.
b. Such election board, or any members thereof, shall not request the authorities of any municipality, county, or the State, or the body or officer having charge and direction of the police force in such municipality, county, or the State, to detail one or more police officers to assist in preserving the peace and good order in and about such polling place, and no such request shall be complied with by the body or officer to whom the same is made.
c. The election board or the superintendent of elections in the county in which an election is held may contact a law enforcement agency if information is obtained prior to or during the election that in the judgment of the election board or superintendent of elections should be communicated to a law enforcement agency.
d. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any activity otherwise permitted under R.S.19:6-16.
Amended 2021, c.459, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-15.1 - Uniforms and exposed weapons forbidden; penalty

19:6-15.1. Uniforms and exposed weapons forbidden; penalty
2. a. No person who is employed as a police officer, either full-time or part-time, by the State or an instrumentality thereof, or by a political subdivision of the State or an instrumentality thereof, including a person appointed as a police officer by an institution of higher education pursuant to P.L.1970, c.211 (C.18A:6-4.2 et seq.), shall serve as a member of a district board of elections, unless the person is off-duty, or serve as a duly authorized challenger for a political party or a candidate or on a public question in the municipality in which that person is employed, or if employed by an institution of higher education, any municipality in which the institution is physically located, or if employed by a county or the State, in the county in which that person is employed or stationed, respectively, or wear a police officer's uniform or carry an exposed weapon at any time, including at a polling place on an election day. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit a police officer who is a candidate for an office and whose name appears upon the ballot to be voted for an election from acting as a challenger during that election as may be permitted by another provision of law for a candidate to act as a challenger.
b. No person employed as a police officer as described in subsection a. of this section, whether on or off-duty or whether in or out of uniform, shall remain or stand within 100 feet of a polling place during the conduct of an election unless present at the location in response to a request for assistance in accordance with R.S.19:6-16 or as otherwise provided herein or pursuant to this act, P.L.2021 c.459.
c. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to prohibit a police officer or law enforcement officer from:
traveling to and from, or remaining within, their personal residence if that residence is within 100 feet of a polling place;
voting at that polling place in a personal capacity; or
escorting to or from, or both, a polling place a person who may require assistance of the officer.
L.1991,c.306,s.2; amended 2021, c.459, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-17 - County board of elections, membership, appointments, compensation.

19:6-17 County board of elections, membership, appointments, compensation.
19:6-17. a. The county board shall consist of four persons, who shall be legal voters of the counties for which they are respectively appointed. Two members of such county board shall be members of the political party which at the last preceding general election, held for the election of all of the members of the General Assembly, cast the largest number of votes in this State for members of the General Assembly, and the remaining two members of such board shall be members of the political party which at such election cast the next largest number of votes in the State for members of the General Assembly. By a majority vote of the full membership of the board of county commissioners, the board of county commissioners may opt to increase to six persons the membership of the county board of elections. The two new members shall be legal voters of the counties for which they are respectively appointed. If a board of county commissioners votes to increase the membership of a county board of elections to six persons, the board of elections shall consist of an equal representation between the political parties which at the last preceding general election, held for the election of all of the members of the General Assembly, cast the largest and next largest number of votes in this State for members of the General Assembly. No person who holds elective public office shall be eligible to serve as a member of the county board during the term of such elective office. The office of member of the county board shall be deemed vacant upon such member becoming a candidate for an office to be voted upon at any primary, general election or special election, except for nomination for or election to membership in any county committee or State committee or for nomination for or election as a delegate at large or alternate delegate at large, or district delegate or alternate district delegate to any national political convention, such candidacy to be determined by the filing of a petition of nomination duly accepted by such member in the manner provided by law.
b. In all counties, the county board of elections may appoint some suitable person as clerk of the board, and may also appoint any additional office employees, including a director of such employees, it deems necessary, subject to approval by the board of county commissioners of the respective county and to the budgetary process required pursuant to section 11 of P.L.2015, c.249 (C.19:6-21.1). The compensation of the clerk, the director, and office employees of the county board of elections shall be in an amount recommended by the county board of elections and subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners.
amended 1948, c.438, s.5; 1957, c.83, s.1; 1960, c.43; 1960, c.164; 1961, c.59, s.1; 1965, c.166; 2019, c.191, s.1; 2021, c.205, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-17.1 - Nominations, appointments; timeframe.

19:6-17.1 Nominations, appointments; timeframe.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of R.S.19:6-18 requiring appointments to be made on or before March 1, the initial nomination and appointment to increase the membership of the county boards of elections by two additional members, as provided by the action to increase membership under P.L.2019, c.191 (C.19:6-17.1 et al.) amending R.S.19-6-17, shall be made not less than 10 business days following the adoption of increase in membership of the county board of elections by the county board of chosen freeholders. Thereafter, all members shall be nominated and appointed in accordance with the timeframe specified under section a. of R.S.19:6-18.
L.2019, c.191, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-18 - Nomination for member of county board; certification, appointment, term.

19:6-18 Nomination for member of county board; certification, appointment, term.
19:6-18. During the 30-day period immediately preceding February 15 in each year, the chairman and vice-chairlady of each county committee and the State committeeman and State committeewoman of each of such two political parties, respectively shall meet and jointly, in writing, nominate an equal number of persons, as specified under R.S.19:6-17, residing in the county of such county committee chairman, duly qualified, for member of the county board in and for such county.
If more than two members are elected to the State committee of any party from a county, the State committeeman and State committeewoman who shall participate in the process of nomination shall be those holding full votes who received the greatest number of votes in their respective elections for members of the State committee.
If nomination be so made, the said county committee chairman shall certify the nomination so made to the State chairman and to the Governor, and the Governor shall commission such appointees, who shall be members of opposite parties, on or before March 1. If nomination be not so made on account of a tie vote in the said meeting of the county committee chairman, county committee vice-chairlady, State committeeman and State committeewoman, in respect to such nomination, the said county committee chairman shall certify the fact of such a tie vote to the State chairman, who shall have the deciding vote and who shall certify, in writing, to the Governor, the nomination made by his deciding vote. Appointees to county boards of election pursuant to this section shall continue in office for two years from March 1 next after their appointment.
The first appointment having been made pursuant to law for terms of one and two years, respectively, the members subsequently appointed each year shall fill the offices of the appointees whose terms expire in that year.
amended 1955, c.243, s.1; 1968, c.84; 1978, c.15, s.2; 2005, c.136, s.8; 2007, c.61, s.4; 2011, c.134, s.8; 2019, c.191, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-19 - Filling vacancies

19:6-19. Filling vacancies
If a vacancy arises in any county board from any cause other than expiration of the term, the secretary of the county board, within 5 days thereafter, shall in writing notify the Governor, the appropriate county committee chairman, county committee vice-chairlady, State chairman, State committeeman and State committeewoman of such vacancy, and within the same time notify the Governor in writing the date on which such notice was received by the county committee chairman. If the secretary fails to so notify, any member of the county board may make such notifications. Within 10 days after receipt of notice by such county committee chairman, the county committee chairman, county committee vice-chairlady, State chairman, State committeeman and State committeewoman shall jointly nominate a successor, and any such nomination shall be made and certified in the same manner as provided in section 19:6-18 of the Revised Statutes, and the person so nominated shall thereupon be commissioned by the Governor. All appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term only.
Amended by L.1955, c. 243, p. 920, s. 2; L.1956, c. 167, p. 660, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-20 - Appointments by Governor in absence of nomination

19:6-20. Appointments by Governor in absence of nomination
If any nomination is not made and certified in writing to the Governor within the time specified, the Governor shall make such appointments of his own selection from the citizens of the county in which such failure occurs.
Amended by L.1955, c. 243, p. 920, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-21 - Board office; equipment; supplies

19:6-21. Board office; equipment; supplies
The county boards shall be provided by the board of chosen freeholders of the respective counties with a suitable office or offices, furniture and such other equipment as the county boards deem necessary. The county board in counties of the first class shall have power to purchase office equipment, furniture, furnishings, books, stationery, materials, supplies and other articles or equipment necessary in the judgment of the board, to carry out the provisions of this Title, and the board of chosen freeholders of the respective counties shall pay for the same, including the expenses of the board and the clerk thereof, upon certification of the county board. Nothing in subtitle two of the Title Municipalities and Counties (paras. 40:16-1 et seq.) shall in anywise be construed to affect, restrict or abridge the powers herein conferred on the county boards.
Amended by L.1951, c. 10, p. 36, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-21.1 - Preparation of annual budget request by county board of elections.

19:6-21.1 Preparation of annual budget request by county board of elections.
11. A county board of elections shall prepare the annual budget request for the office of county board of elections pursuant to the requirements of section 3 of P.L.2015, c.249 (C.40A:4-45.45b).
L.2015, c.249, s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-23 - Oath of office of members; power to administer oaths

19:6-23. Oath of office of members; power to administer oaths
Each member of the county board shall, before entering upon the performance of his duties, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, in writing, before the clerk of the county for which he is appointed, faithfully and impartially to discharge all his duties as such officer, to the best of his skill and ability. Such oath or affirmation shall be forthwith recorded in the office of the county clerk, and after so qualifying any member of such board may at any meeting thereof administer any oath or affirmation required or permitted to be taken by this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-24 - Powers and duties of board delegated to clerk.

19:6-24 Powers and duties of board delegated to clerk.
19:6-24. Wherever under the provisions of this Title any powers or duties are given or conferred upon the county boards in any county, the county board having a clerk pursuant to subsection b. of R.S.19:6-17 may, if it so determines, authorize or direct the clerk thereof to perform such duties and exercise such powers under its supervision or in its absence. The clerk of the county board shall have full power and authority in the conduct of the business and clerical affairs of the office of the county board, shall conduct the same in an impartial manner, and shall exercise full authority and direction over the employees in the office.
amended 1961, c.59, s.2; 2021, c.205, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-25 - Sitting on general election days required.

19:6-25 Sitting on general election days required.
19:6-25. The county boards in each of the counties shall sit on the day of the general election at the office of the county boards between the hours of 5:00 A.M. and midnight.
Amended 2001, c.245, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:6-27 - Board of State Canvassers

19:6-27. Board of State Canvassers
19:6-27. The Board of State Canvassers shall consist of five persons, including the chairman, who shall be the Governor of this State. In the absence of the Governor, the Secretary of State shall serve as the chairman of the board and in the absence of the Secretary of State, the Assistant Secretary of State shall serve as the chairman of the board. The remaining members of the board shall consist of four members of the Legislature appointed by the Governor. No more than two of the legislators shall be from the same political party. When the Governor is serving as chairman of the board, the Secretary of State shall be the clerk of the board. When the Secretary of State is serving as chairman of the board, the Assistant Secretary of State shall be the clerk of the board. When the Assistant Secretary of State is serving as chairman of the board, that person shall designate another person to be clerk of the board and shall administer to that person the oath prescribed in R.S. 19:21-4. The board shall meet at such times and places as the chairman thereof shall determine pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 19:21-1.
Amended by L. 1987, c.338,s.1.