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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:13-8 - Candidate nominated by petition, conditions for acceptance of nomination.

19:13-8 Candidate nominated by petition, conditions for acceptance of nomination.
19:13-8. A candidate nominated for an office in a petition shall manifest his acceptance of such nomination by a written acceptance thereof, signed by his hand, upon or annexed to such petition, to which shall be annexed the oath of allegiance prescribed in section 41:1-1 of the Revised Statutes duly taken and subscribed by him before an officer authorized to take oaths in this State, or if the same person be named for the same office in more than one petition, annexed to one of such petitions. 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 made. No candidate so named shall sign such acceptance if he has signed an acceptance for the primary nomination or any other petition of nomination under this chapter for such office. 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 candidate filing an acceptance of 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.2; 1998, c.147, s.1; 2004, c.26, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:13-8.1 - Petitions filed after deadline; ineligible candidates.

19:13-8.1 Petitions filed after deadline; ineligible candidates.
7. No petition for direct nomination, including a petition filed pursuant to R.S. 19:13-19, which, for any reason, is filed after the deadline established in R.S. 19:13-9 shall nominate to any elective public office a candidate who unsuccessfully sought the nomination of a political party to that office in the primary election held in the same calendar year and no unsuccessful primary candidate shall sign an acceptance of such a petition for direct nomination.
L. 1998, c. 147, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:13-9 - Filing of petitions, time.

19:13-9 Filing of petitions, time.
19:13-9. All such petitions and acceptances thereof shall be filed with the officer or officers to whom they are addressed before 4:00 p.m. of the day of the holding of the primary election for the general election in this Title provided. All petitions when filed shall be open under proper regulations for public inspection.
Notwithstanding the above provision, all petitions and acceptances thereof nominating electors of candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, which candidates have not been nominated at a convention of a political party as defined by this Title, shall be filed with the Secretary of State before 4:00 p.m. of the 99th day preceding the general election in this Title provided. All petitions when filed shall be opened under proper regulations for public inspection.
The officer or officers shall transmit to the Election Law Enforcement Commission the names of all candidates, other than candidates for federal office, nominated by petition and any other information required by the 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 1948, c.2, s.17; 1956, c.53, s.1; 1983, c.579, s.2; 1984, c.12, s.2; 1985, c.92, s.7; 1989, c.70, s.1; 1998, c.147, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:13-10 - Objection to petition

19:13-10. Objection to petition
19:13-10. 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.
Amended by L. 1985, c. 92, s. 8, eff. March 26, 1985; 2022, c.7, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:13-11 - Determination of validity of objections.

19:13-11 Determination of validity of objections.
19:13-11. 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. He shall file his determination in writing in his office on or before the ninth day after the last day for the filing of petitions, which determination shall be open for public inspection.
In the case of petitions nominating electors of candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, which candidates have not been nominated at a convention of a political party as defined by this Title, the Secretary of State shall file his or her determination in writing in his or her office on or before the 93rd day before the general election, which determination shall be open for public inspection.
amended 1942, c.50, s.1; 1948, c.2, s.18; 1985, c.92, s.9; 1989, c.70, s.2; 1998, c.147, s.3; 2011, c.37, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:13-12 - Judicial hearing.

19:13-12 Judicial hearing.
19:13-12. Any judge of the Superior Court, in the case of candidates to be voted for by the electors of the entire State or of more than one county thereof, and in all other cases a judge of the Superior Court assigned to the county in which any petition of nomination shall be filed, on the application or complaint, duly verified, of any candidate, which application or complaint shall be made on or before the twelfth day after the last day for the filing of petitions, setting forth any invasion or threatened invasion of his rights under the petition of nomination filed with the Secretary of State or with any county clerk, shall hear such application or complaint in a summary way and make such order thereon as will protect and enforce the rights of such candidates, which order or determination shall be filed within three days after the filing of the application or complaint.
Notwithstanding the above provision, in the case of a nomination petition or petitions for electors of candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, which candidates have not been nominated at a convention of a political party as defined by this Title, any judge of the Superior Court, on the application or complaint, duly verified, of any candidate, which application or complaint shall be made at least 95 days before the general election, setting forth any invasion or threatened invasion of his or her rights under the petition of nomination filed with the Secretary of State, shall hear such application or complaint in a summary way and make such order thereon as will protect and enforce the rights of such candidates, which order or determination shall be filed within three days after the filing of the application or complaint.
Amended 1942, c.50, s.1a; 1953, c.19, s.14; 1985, c.92, s.10; 1989, c.70, s.3; 1998, c.147, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:13-13 - Amendment of petitions; time.

19:13-13 Amendment of petitions; time.
19:13-13. A candidate whose petition of nomination, or any affidavit or affidavits thereto, is defective may cause such petition, or the affidavit or affidavits thereto, to be amended in matters of substance or of form as may be necessary, but not to add signatures, or such amendment or amendments may be made by filing a new or substitute petition, or affidavit or affidavits, and the same when so amended shall be of the same effect as if originally filed in such amended form; but every amendment shall be made on or before the third day after the last day for the filing of petitions. This provision shall be liberally construed to protect the interest of candidates.
Notwithstanding the above provision, in the case of nomination petitions for electors for candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, which candidates have not been nominated at a convention of a political party as defined by this Title, every statutorily authorized amendment shall be made on or before the 93rd day before the general election.
amended 1948, c.2, s.19; 1985, c.92, s.11; 1989, c.70, s.4; 1998, c.147, s.5; 2011, c.37, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:13-14 - Procedure; highest aggregate of votes to determine party candidates

19:13-14. Procedure; highest aggregate of votes to determine party candidates
The nomination of candidates for the general election by means of the primary election shall be carried out in the manner hereinafter provided, and in such election the person having in the aggregate the highest number of votes shall be the candidate of his respective party for the office to be filled. In case more than one person is to be elected to the same or similar office, the persons having the highest number of votes to the extent of the number of offices to be filled shall be the candidates of their respective parties for such offices.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:13-14.1 - Primary candidate for municipal office may not serve as other political party candidate in general election.

19:13-14.1 Primary candidate for municipal office may not serve as other political party candidate in general election.
3. A person whose name appears on the ballot at a primary election for the general election as a candidate for nomination by a political party for any municipal office shall not be eligible to serve as the candidate of any other political party for that office in that municipality at the general election following that primary.
L.1990,c.57,s.3; amended 2005, c.136, s.20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:13-15 - Presidential and vice presidential electors; certificate of nomination, acceptance.

19:13-15 Presidential and vice presidential electors; certificate of nomination, acceptance.
19:13-15. In presidential years the State committee of a political party shall meet at the call of its chairman, within 1 week following the closing of the party's national convention, for the purpose of nominating candidates for electors of President and Vice-President of the United States and shall certify such nomination in a written or printed or partly written and partly printed certificate of nomination.
The certificate of nomination shall contain the name of each person nominated, his residence and post-office address, the office for which he is named, and shall also contain in not more than 3 words the designation of the party the nominating body represents. The names of the candidates for President and Vice-President for whom such electors are to vote may be included in the certificate. The State committee may also appoint a committee to whom shall be delegated the power to fill vacancies occurring prior to the election of the electors, howsoever caused, and the names and addresses of such committee shall be included in the certificate.
The certificate shall be signed by the State chairman who shall make oath before an officer authorized to administer the same that he is the State chairman of the political party and that the certificate and statements therein contained are true to the best of his knowledge and belief. A certificate that such oath has been taken shall be made and signed by the officer administering the same and indorsed upon or attached to the certificate of nomination. Inclosed upon or attached to the certificate shall be statements in writing that the persons named therein accept such nominations and the oath of allegiance prescribed in section 41:1-1 of the Revised Statutes duly taken and subscribed by each or all of them before an officer or officers authorized to take oaths in this State.
The certificate of nomination and the acceptance thereof shall be filed with the Secretary of State not later than 1 week after the nomination of such electors of President and Vice-President of the United States.
The procedure for all objections to the certificates of nomination, the determination of the validity of such objections, the correction of defective certificates, and the presentation of such certificates and any documents attached thereto, shall be the same as herein provided for direct petitions of nominations.
Amended 1944, c.157; 1949, c.24, ss.3,12; 1968, c.87, s.1; 2007, c.334, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:13-16 - Declined nomination.

19:13-16 Declined nomination.
19:13-16. When a person nominated as herein provided by direct petition or State convention for election to public office at the general election shall, at least 81 days before the day of the general election, in a writing signed by him and duly acknowledged, notify the officer with whom the original petition or certificate of nomination was filed that he declines the nomination, the nomination shall be void.
amended 1942, c.50, s.2; 1985, c.92, s.12; 2013, c.172, s.4; 2023, c.124, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:13-17 - Notice of declination to signers of petition or committees to fill vacancies

19:13-17. Notice of declination to signers of petition or committees to fill vacancies
The officer to whom the notification of declination is given shall forthwith, by mail or otherwise, inform at least 5 of the persons who signed the original petition that such nomination has been declined; except that in the case of the nomination of electors of President and Vice-President of the United States by the State committee of a political party he shall inform the committee appointed by the State committee to fill vacancies, or if there be no such committee, the chairman of the State committee.
Amended by L.1968, c. 87, s. 2; eff. June 21, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:13-18 - In general

19:13-18. In general
When a person so declines his nomination, or if a petition or certificate of nomination, or if any nomination, be insufficient or inoperative, or if a nominee shall die, or for any reason vacate his nomination, the vacancy so occasioned may be filled in the manner outlined in the succeeding sections.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:13-19 - Nomination of successor.

19:13-19 Nomination of successor.
19:13-19. If the candidate vacating the nomination was nominated directly by petition his successor shall be nominated in the same manner by direct petition, which new petition of nomination must be filed with the Secretary of State or county clerk, as the case may require, not later than 75 days before the day of election whereat such candidate is to be voted for.
amended 1942, c.50, s.3; 1985, c.92, s.13; 2011, c.37, s.3; 2023, c.124, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:13-20.1 - Candidate vacancy not filled

19:13-20.1. Candidate vacancy not filled
If there is no candidate on the primary election ballot of a political party for nomination for election to a public office in the general election and no write-in candidate for nomination for that office receives the minimum number of write-in votes necessary for nomination at a primary election pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1981, c.264 (C.19:14-2.1) and R.S.19:23-8, a vacancy shall not be deemed to exist and the provisions of R.S.19:13-20 shall not be applicable.
L.1990,c.56,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:13-21 - Candidate for Presidential elector.

19:13-21 Candidate for Presidential elector.
19:13-21. If the nomination vacated is that of a candidate for elector of the President and Vice-President of the United States, the vacancy shall be filled by the committee to whom power shall have been delegated to fill vacancies if such there be, otherwise by the State committee of the political party which nominated the elector whose nomination is vacated. The chairman and secretary of the vacancy committee or State committee shall file with the Secretary of State on or before the 54th day prior to the general election a certificate of nomination for filling the vacancy. This certificate shall be made and filed in the same manner and form as heretofore provided for filling vacancies among candidates nominated at the primary 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.
amended 1942, c.50, s.5; 1949, c.24, ss.5,12; 1968, c.87, s.3; 1985, c.92, s.15; 2011, c.37, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:13-22 - Secretary of State; statement to county clerks of nominations, vacancies.

19:13-22 Secretary of State; statement to county clerks of nominations, vacancies.
19:13-22. a. The Secretary of State, not later than 99 days, and with respect to candidates for President and Vice President of the United States not later than 88 days, before any election whereat any candidates nominated in any direct petition or primary certificate of nomination or State convention certificate filed with the Secretary of State are to be voted for, shall make and certify, under the Secretary's hand and seal of office, and forward to the clerks of the several counties of the State, and post on the Secretary's website, a statement of all such candidates for whom the voters within such county may be by law entitled to vote at such election. This statement shall contain the names and residences of all candidates, the offices for which they are respectively nominated, and the names of the parties by which or the political appellation under which they are respectively nominated. Candidates nominated directly by petition, without distinctive political appellation, shall be certified as independent candidates. Similar statements shall be made, certified and forwarded, when vacancies are filled subsequently, according to law.
b. The Secretary of State shall certify and forward the statement required by subsection a. of this section no later than the fourth Friday in June following a primary election for the candidates for the office of Governor for whom the voters may be by law entitled to vote at the next subsequent general election. The statement shall include the information required by subsection a. of this section. Candidates nominated directly by petition for the office of Governor, without distinctive political appellation, shall be certified as independent candidates at the same time as candidates nominated for the office of Governor at a primary election are certified by the Secretary of State. Similar statements shall be made, certified and forwarded, when vacancies are filled subsequently, according to law.
Amended 1942, c.50, s.6; 1948, c.2, s.20; 1977, c.431, s.2; 2009, c.66, s.33; 2022, c.15, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:13-23 - Secretary of state to county clerks of vacancy nominations; contents

19:13-23. Secretary of state to county clerks of vacancy nominations; contents
In the event of vacancies among the candidates whose petitions or certificate of nomination are on file with him, the Secretary of State in certifying the nominations of candidates to fill such vacancies to the various county clerks shall insert the name of the person who has been nominated as herein provided to fill the vacancy. In the event that he has already sent forward his certificate of nomination, as herein provided, he shall forthwith certify to the clerks of the proper counties the name and description of the person so nominated to fill a vacancy, the office he is nominated for, the party or political principle he represents, and the name of the person for whom such nominee is submitted.
Amended by L.1942, c. 50, p. 281, s. 6a.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-1 - Copy for printer.

19:14-1 Copy for printer.
19:14-1. Every county clerk shall have ready for the printer on or before the 60th day prior to the primary election and on or before the 64th day prior to the general election a copy of the contents of official ballots as hereinafter required to be printed for use at such election. The county clerk shall also on or before that time place another copy of such contents on file in the county clerk's office and keep the same open to public inspection until the sample ballots hereinafter provided to be printed shall have been distributed.
amended 1985, c.92, s.16; 2011, c.37, s.6; 2022, c.70, s.1; 2023, c.16, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-2 - Contents; names of candidates; public questions

19:14-2. Contents; names of candidates; public questions
There shall be a single or blanket form of ballot, upon which shall be printed the names of all the candidates of every party or group of petitioners having candidates to be voted for at such election. The name of a candidate nominated at the primary who shall fail to accept his nomination, or file the oath of allegiance executed, in the manner herein provided shall not be printed on the ballot. The name of a candidate whose nomination has been vacated as hereinbefore provided shall not be printed on the ballot. The name of a candidate shall appear but once upon the ballot for the same office.
Except as to the requirements of section 19:14-15 of this Title as to State-wide propositions, any public question which is to be submitted to the people of the State, county or municipality at the general election, shall be printed in a separate space at the foot of the ballot with appropriate instructions to the voter.
Amended by L.1949, c. 24, p. 75, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-2.1 - Inclusion on general election ballot of candidate with votes in primary by irregular ballot or write-in vote; requirements

19:14-2.1. Inclusion on general election ballot of candidate with votes in primary by irregular ballot or write-in vote; requirements
The name of a person for whom votes are cast by irregular ballot or by write-in vote in a primary election to nominate candidates for elective office shall not be included on the ballot at the general election unless he received a number of irregular ballots or write-in votes for that office at the primary election at least equal to the number of signatures required on a petition to place upon the primary election ballot the name of a candidate for that office, pursuant to R.S. 19:23-8.
L.1981, c. 264, s. 1, eff. Aug. 14, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-3 - Detachable coupon; printing thereon

19:14-3. Detachable coupon; printing thereon
Each ballot shall have at the top a detachable coupon the width of the ballot above a perforated line not less than two inches from and parallel to the upper edge of the paper. These coupons shall be numbered consecutively from one to the number of ballots delivered to and received by the member or members of the district board for their respective election district.
Upon the coupon and above the perforated line shall be the words: "Ballot No. (number in figures)" as near the center of the coupon as may be practical, and below said number, and above perforated line shall be printed the following words: "To be torn off by the member of the board of registry and election in charge of the ballot box on election day." "Fold to this line."
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-5 - Printing body of ballot

19:14-5. Printing body of ballot
From each end of such six-point diagram rule there shall be printed a four-point diagram rule extending at right angles and from such six-point rule to within not less than a half inch of the lower edge of the paper. Between these four-point rules and parallel to them and beginning at the six-point rule there shall be printed eight-point diagram rules to divide the ballot into vertical columns.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-6 - Column designations; accompanying instructions.

19:14-6 Column designations; accompanying instructions.
19:14-6. In each column, immediately below the six-point rule, shall be printed the proper word or words to designate the column, to be known as the "column designation."
In the columns at the extreme left shall be printed the name of each of the political parties which made nominations at the next preceding primary election every year, directly under which shall appear the words "to vote for any candidate whose name appears in the column below, mark a cross x, plus + or check in the square at the left of the name of such candidate. Do not vote for more candidates than are to be elected to any office." Such columns shall be three inches in width.
The column next to the right of such columns shall be designated "personal choice, "under which shall appear the words" in the blank column below, under the proper title of office, the voter may write or paste the name of any person for whom he desires to vote, whose name is not printed on this ballot, and shall mark a cross x, plus + or check in the square at the left of such name. Do not vote for more candidates than are to be elected to any office." There shall also be the same instructions regarding electors of president and vice-president which now appear at the head of all other columns. This column shall be four inches in width.
The remaining column or columns, as the case may be, shall each be designated "Nomination by Petition," under which shall be printed the words "to vote for any candidate whose name appears in the column below mark a cross x, plus + or check in the square at the left of the name of such candidate. Do not vote for more candidates than are to be elected to any office." These columns shall be four inches in width.
Below the column designations and accompanying instructions and not more than one and one-half inches below the six-point diagram rule and parallel thereto, shall be printed a six-point diagram rule extending across the entire ballot from one four point rule to the other.
amended 1947, c.104, s.2; 2005, c.136, s.22; 2011, c.134, s.20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-7 - Printed rulings on ballot

19:14-7. Printed rulings on ballot
Below such six-point rule and parallel thereto, extending across the entire ballot from one four-point rule to the other, shall be printed two-point hair line rules approximately five-sixteenths inch and not over twenty-four points apart of a number sufficient to meet the requirements of the party columns.
In place of the last two-point hair line rule there shall be printed a six-point diagram rule, extending across the entire ballot from one four-point rule to the other, at which the eight-point diagram rules dividing the ballot into vertical columns shall terminate.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-8 - Arrangement of ballots.

19:14-8 Arrangement of ballots.
19:14-8. In the columns of each of the political parties which made nominations at the next preceding primary election to the general election and in the personal choice column, within the space between the two-point hair line rules, there shall be printed the title of each office to be filled at such election, except as hereinafter provided.
Such titles of office shall be arranged in the following order: electors of President and Vice-President of the United States; member of the United States Senate; Governor; member of the House of Representatives; member of the State Senate; members of the General Assembly; county executive, in counties that have adopted the county executive plan of the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-1 et seq.); sheriff; county clerk; surrogate; register of deeds and mortgages; county supervisor; members of the board of chosen freeholders; coroners; mayor and members of municipal governing bodies, and any other titles of office. Candidates for members of a school board and for members of a board of fire commissioners shall be listed in a section of the ballot that is separate from the section featuring other candidates whenever possible in a layout at the discretion of the county clerk. Above each of such titles of office, except the one at the top, shall be printed a two-point diagram rule in place of the two-point hair line rule. Below the titles of such offices shall be printed the names of the candidates for the offices.
The arrangement of the names of candidates for any office for which more than one are to be elected shall be determined in the manner hereinafter provided, as in the case of candidates nominated by petition.
When no nomination for an office has been made the words "No Nomination Made" in type large enough to fill the entire space or spaces below the title of office shall be printed upon the ballot.
Immediately to the left of the name of each candidate, at the extreme left of each column, including the personal choice column, shall be printed a square, one-quarter of an inch in size, formed by two-point diagram rules. In the personal choice column no names of candidates shall be printed.
To the right of the title of each office in the party columns and the personal choice column shall be printed the words "Vote for," inserting in words the number of persons to be elected to such office.
amended 1951, c.315, s.1; 1995, c.191, s.1; 2005, c.136, s.23; 2011, c.134, s.21; 2011, c.202, s.27; 2017, c.206, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-8.1 - Ballots for presidential electors

19:14-8.1. Ballots for presidential electors
When Presidential Electors are to be elected, their names shall not be printed upon the ballot, either paper or voting machine, but in lieu thereof, the names of the candidates of their respective parties or political bodies for President and Vice-President of the United States shall be printed together in pairs under the title "Presidential Electors for." All ballots marked for the candidates for President and Vice-President of a party or political body, shall be counted as votes for each candidate for Presidential Elector of such party or political body.
L.1944, c. 16, p. 41, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-9 - Duplicate nominations for same office; selection of column and designation

19:14-9. Duplicate nominations for same office; selection of column and designation
A candidate who receives more than one nomination for the same office, either from more than one political party or from more than one group of petitioners, or from one or more political parties and one or more groups of petitioners, shall have his name printed on the official general election ballot in only one column to be selected by him from among the columns to which his nominations entitle him, and shall have such designations after his name as he shall select, consisting of the names of the political parties nominating him, with the words "Indorsed By" , if he so desires, and the several designations to which he is entitled by the other nominations, if any, and printed in such order as he shall select.
The candidate shall file with the secretary of state or county clerk, as the case may be, his selection of his column, and the designations to follow his name and their order. Unless such selection is so filed within seven days after the primary election, the secretary of state or county clerk, as the case may be, shall determine in what column and with what designations his name shall be printed. The designations shall be printed in small type, and if necessary, in several lines or in a line below his name and may be abbreviated.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-10 - Nominations by petition.

19:14-10 Nominations by petition.
19:14-10. In the column or columns designated as nominations by petition, within the space between the two-point hair line rules, there shall be printed the title of each office for which nominations by petition have been made.
Such titles of office shall be arranged in the following order: electors of President and Vice-President of the United States; member of the United States Senate; Governor and Lieutenant Governor; member of the House of Representatives; member of the State Senate; members of the General Assembly; county executive, in counties that have adopted the county executive plan of the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-1 et seq.); sheriff; county clerk; surrogate; register of deeds and mortgages; county supervisor; members of the board of chosen freeholders; coroners; mayor and members of municipal governing bodies; members of the school board, when appropriate; members of the board of fire commissioners, when appropriate; and any other titles of office.
Above each of the titles of office, except the one on the top, shall be printed a two-point diagram rule in place of the two-point hair line rule. Below the titles of each of the offices shall be printed the names of each of the candidates for each of such offices followed by the designation or designations mentioned in the petitions filed.
Immediately to the left of the name of each candidate, at the extreme left of the column, shall be printed a square, one-quarter of an inch in size formed by two-point diagram rules.
The names of candidates for any office for which more than one are to be elected shall be arranged in groups as presented in the several certificates of nominations or petitions, which groups shall be separated from other groups and candidates by two two-point hair line rules.
To the right of the title of each office shall be printed the words "Vote for" inserting in words the number of candidates to be elected to such office.
amended 1951, c.315, s.2; 1995, c.191, s.2; 2009, c.66, s.3; 2011, c.202, s.28; 2017, c.206, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-13 - Arrangement of public questions

19:14-13. Arrangement of public questions
All public questions to be voted upon by the voters of the entire State shall be placed first and shall be printed in the order as certified by the Secretary of State. All public questions to be voted for by the voters of a municipality shall be placed second and shall be printed in the order as determined by the drawing of lots by the county clerk. All public questions to be voted for by the voters of a county shall be placed last and shall be printed in the order as determined by the drawing of lots by the county clerk. The county clerk shall draw lots in substantially the same manner as the drawing is made for the arrangement of candidates' names upon the ballot.
Amended by L.1979, c. 191, s. 1, eff. Sept. 13, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-14 - Public questions at foot of ballot; instructions to voters

19:14-14. Public questions at foot of ballot; instructions to voters
Immediately below the six-point diagram rule to be printed in place of the last two-point hair line rule across the entire ballot, from one four-point rule to the other, shall be printed as near to the center of the ballot as possible the following words: "Public Questions to be voted upon" . Below these words and above the first public question, beginning one and one-half inches to the right of the four-point rule at the left of the ballot and extending to not more than one and one-half inches from the four-point rule at the right of the ballot, shall be printed in one line, if possible, the following instructions: "To vote upon the Public Questions printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross x or plus + in the square at the left of the word "Yes', and if opposed thereto, mark a cross x or plus + in the square at the left of the word "No'," underscored with a two-point diagram rule. Below and flush with the left end of said two-point diagram rule shall be printed two separate squares, one under the other, three-eighths of an inch in size formed by two-point diagram rules. Immediately to the right of the upper square shall be printed the word "Yes" , and immediately to the right of the lower square shall be printed the word "No" . To the right of the words "Yes" and "No" shall be printed a bracket embracing these words and to the right of the bracket shall be printed across the ballot, to not nearer than one and one-half inches from the four-point diagram rule at the right of the ballot, each public question to be voted upon. Below each such public question shall be printed two-point diagram rule beginning one and one-half inches to the right of the four-point rule at the left of the ballot and extending to not nearer than one and one-half inches from the four-point rule at the right of the ballot. In place of the last two-point diagram rule there shall be printed a four-point diagram rule extending across the entire ballot not less than a half inch from the lower edge of the paper and terminating at the lower ends of the four-point diagram rules at either side of the ballot.
Amended by L.1947, c. 104, p. 522, s. 3; L.1979, c. 191, s. 2, eff. Sept. 13, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-16 - Style of type, rulings and spacing.

19:14-16 Style of type, rulings and spacing.
19:14-16. The words to be printed on the perforated coupon shall be printed in twelve-point bold-faced capital letters and the figures in eighteen and twenty-two-point bold-faced type. At the head of the ballot the words "Official General Election Ballot" shall be printed in at least thirty-point bold-faced capital letters. The name of municipality, ward, school district, fire district, election district, and date, as appropriate, shall be printed in twelve-point bold-faced capital letters. For a fire district election, the number of the fire district shall also be printed in twelve-point bold-faced capital letters. The words "Instructions to the voter" shall be printed in twelve-point bold-faced capitals and small letters, while the instructions embraced within the brackets shall be printed in eight-point bold-faced capital and small letters. The column designations shall be printed in eighteen-point bold-faced capital letters and the accompanying instructions shall be printed in eight-point capitals and small letters. The titles of office and accompanying instructions shall be printed in ten-point bold-faced capital and small letters. When there is no nomination made at the primary for an office, the title shall be printed in the space where such title should appear, and the words "No Nomination Made" in type large enough to fill the entire space or spaces shall be printed therein. The names of all candidates shall be printed in ten-point capital letters. The designations following the candidates' names in the nomination by petition column or columns shall be printed in ten-point capitals and small letters, except that where they overrun the space within the column the designations may be abbreviated, and all spaces between the two-point hair line rules not occupied by the titles of office and names of candidates shall be printed in with scroll or filling to guide the voter against wrongly marking the ballot. On the foot of the ballot the words "Public Questions to be Voted Upon" shall be printed in eighteen-point bold-faced capital letters. The accompanying instructions shall be printed in eight-point capital and small letters. The public questions to be voted upon shall be printed in ten-point capital and small letters, and the words "Yes" and "No" shall be printed in twelve-point bold-faced capital letters.
amended 2011, c.202, s.29; 2017, c.206, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-18 - Number of ballots on hand

19:14-18. Number of ballots on hand
Not later than noon of the fifth day preceding the general election the county clerk shall have printed and on hand in his office one and one-fifth times as many official ballots for each election district in each municipality in the county as there are voters registered in such election district.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-20 - Correction of errors

19:14-20. Correction of errors
When it shall appear that an error or omission has occurred in the copy prepared by the county clerk for the printer or in the printing of the ballots by any county clerk, any voter resident in the county may present to a judge of the Superior Court assigned to the county a verified petition setting forth such error or omission; and such judge being satisfied thereof, shall thereupon summarily, by his order, require the county clerk to correct such error or show cause before the judge at the shortest possible day, why same should not be corrected. The county clerk shall correct the same by causing new ballots to be immediately printed in place of those found to be inaccurate or incomplete; and those found to be inaccurate or incomplete shall be immediately destroyed.
Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 330, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-21.1 - Information sent to newly-registered voters for general election.

19:14-21.1 Information sent to newly-registered voters for general election.
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a voter who registers after the 29th day prior to a general 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.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-22 - Form and contents; color of paper.

19:14-22 Form and contents; color of paper.
19:14-22. The official general election sample ballots shall be as nearly as possible facsimiles of the official general election ballot to be voted at such election and shall have printed thereon, after the words which indicate the number of the election district for which such sample ballots are printed, the name of the school district, when appropriate, the number or name and municipality or municipalities of the fire district, when appropriate, the street address or location of the polling place in the election district, and the hours between which the polls shall be open. Such sample ballots shall be printed on paper different in color from the official general election ballot, and have the following words printed in large type at the top: "This ballot cannot be voted. It is a sample copy of the official general election ballot used on election day." The sample ballot shall also state clearly the days, hours and places at which early voting shall be available in the county.
amended 1959, c.139; 2011, c.202, s.30; 2017, c.206, s.7; 2021, c.40, s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-23 - Envelopes for mailing official general election sample ballots

19:14-23. Envelopes for mailing official general election sample ballots
The stamped envelopes shall be of sufficient size and have sufficient postage to enable the official general election sample ballots and anything else required to be enclosed therewith to be mailed therein.
On the face of each of the envelopes shall be printed the words "Official General Election Sample Ballot" in large type and in small 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 and to the "Commissioner of Registration" in all 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. 742, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-24 - Delivery by municipal clerks to district boards.

19:14-24 Delivery by municipal clerks to district boards.
19:14-24. The municipal clerk to whom the sample ballots and stamped envelopes have been so delivered by the county clerk shall deliver the same at his office, or in any other way he sees fit, on or before noon of the Tuesday preceding the start of the early voting period for the general election, to a member or members of each district board, and shall take a receipt for the same from the member or members of the district boards of such municipality, which receipt shall indicate the number of sample ballots and stamped envelopes delivered by the municipal clerk and the date and hour of their delivery.
amended 2021, c.40, s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-25.1 - Sample ballot not required to be sent under certain circumstances.

19:14-25.1 Sample ballot not required to be sent under certain circumstances.
9. A county clerk shall not be required to send a sample ballot for any election to a voter who has been sent a mail-in ballot for that election, pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2009, c.79 (C.19:63-3), and whose voted ballot has been received by the county board of elections prior to the transmission of sample ballots to voters required by R.S.19:14-25. A county may send an acknowledgment to a voter when his or her mail-in ballot has been received by the board.
L.2018, c.72, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:14-26 - Preservation of envelopes and ballots returned by postmaster

19:14-26. Preservation of envelopes and ballots returned by postmaster
The county board, commissioner, or superintendent, as the case may be, shall preserve all envelopes and sample ballots which shall have been mailed by the district boards but returned to it or him by the postmasters of the various municipalities of the county, for the space of six months and the same shall be open to public inspection for the space of three months after the primary or the general or other election, as the case may be.