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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:16-8 - Tally sheets; entries; disposition

19:16-8. Tally sheets; entries; disposition
The clerks of the board, under its inspection and direction, shall each, upon a tally sheet provided for that purpose, make a list of the names of all persons for whom one or more votes shall have been given, designating the office which such person shall be voted for or any public question voted upon, upon two sheets known as tally sheets provided for that purpose; and as each ballot shall be read they shall write the figure "1" opposite the name of each person whose name shall be contained thereon, as designated for any office or in the proper column designating the vote upon the public question. One of the tally sheets shall be placed in the ballot box and the other shall be filed with the county clerk at the same time the statements of results are delivered.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:16-9 - Casting of totals; notation on tally sheets

19:16-9. Casting of totals; notation on tally sheets
When all the votes which shall have been received shall have been read, examined, numbered and strung, as above directed, the board shall carefully and accurately add up the votes given for each person for any office to be filled at such election or any public question and note the same upon the tally sheets, which tally sheets shall be signed by all the members of the district board.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:16-10 - Public announcement of results

19:16-10. Public announcement of results
After completing the same the chairman of the board shall audibly and publicly announce the result thereof, particularly specifying the whole number of the votes in the poll book, the name of each person for whom any vote shall have been given for any office to be filled by such election, and the number of votes for each person for the office designated for him by such votes, together with those cast upon any public question.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:17-1 - Statement of results

19:17-1. Statement of results
After the district board shall have counted the ballots cast at such election it shall make quadruplicate statements of the result thereof in substantially the following form; provided, that if no officers or public questions were voted upon at the election by the voters of the entire State or of more than one county thereof or of a congressional district, such statements need only be made in triplicate:
Form of Statement
A statement of the result of an election held in the ........ ward of the ......... election district of the ........ of ........ in the county of ........ , on the ........ day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ....... , for a member of the Senate, members of the General Assembly, a sheriff and three coroners, for said county or as the case may be.
The whole number of names on the signature copy register or register of voters is ....... .
The whole number of names on the poll book is ..................... .
The whole number of ballots rejected is .......................... .
For member of Senate,
received votes.
received votes.
For members of the General Assembly,
received votes.
received votes.
For sheriff,
received votes.
received votes.
For coroners,
received votes.
received votes.
For each public question,
received Yes votes.
received No votes.
Make under each head a list of the names of all the persons for whom any vote or votes were cast for the office or offices or cast upon any public question designated therein; state opposite to the same, in words written at full length, the number of votes cast for each person for such office or offices or votes cast upon any public question and fill in all other blanks in the form above given to conform to the facts of the case.
Amended by L.1945, c. 76, p. 405, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:17-2 - Certification of statement of result of count of votes; form

19:17-2. Certification of statement of result of count of votes; form
The district board shall then certify such statement in substantially the following form:
"We do certify that the foregoing is a true, full and correct statement of the result of the election above mentioned.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands, this day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
.................................................) District Board
..................................................) of Registry
..................................................) and Election."
..................................................)
No member of any district board shall sign any returns of election until after the completion of the counting of votes and his personal examination of the tally sheets to determine the correctness of the results.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:17-3 - Filing of statements.

19:17-3 Filing of statements.
19:17-3. After the district board shall have made up and certified such statements, it shall at the same time and with the ballot boxes, as hereinafter provided, deliver or safely transmit one of the statements to the clerk of the municipality wherein such election is held, who shall forthwith file the same. In counties having a superintendent of elections one of such statements shall forthwith be filed with the superintendent of elections of the county. The superintendent may arrange to accept such certificates in such municipality within the county at the office of the clerk of such municipality or some other convenient place. Any municipal clerk who shall refuse to permit such superintendent or his deputies or assistants access to his office for the purpose of collecting such certificates or any municipal clerk or other person who shall interfere or obstruct the superintendent, his deputies or assistants in the collection of such certificates, or any member of a district board who shall willfully fail or refuse to deliver such statement to the superintendent, his deputies or assistants as the case may be, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. In all counties the board shall, immediately after election, deliver or safely transmit another of the statements to the clerk of the county, who shall forthwith file the same.
For a school election a statement shall also be delivered to the board of education of the district holding the election and to the county superintendent of schools in the county in which the district is situated.
If officers were voted for or public questions were voted upon at the election by the voters of the entire State or of more than one county thereof, or of a congressional district, then the board shall, immediately after the election, inclose, seal up and transmit the fourth statement to the Attorney General by mail in stamped envelopes to be furnished by the Attorney General, addressing the same in the following manner: "To the Attorney General of New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey." Upon receiving such statements the Attorney General shall forthwith file the same in his office.
Amended 1945, c.76, s.2; 1947, c.168, s.6; 1953, c.19, s.19; 1995, c.278, s.19; 2005, c.154, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:17-5 - Failure to deliver proper statements, etc., penalty

19:17-5. Failure to deliver proper statements, etc., penalty
19:17-5. If any district board neglects to give the following information on the statements of results: the total number of names on the signature copy register or register of voters, the total number of ballots rejected, the number of votes given for each person, and the number of votes given for or against each public question, or fails to deliver or safely transmit any statement of the result of any election, tally sheet, signature copy registers, register of voters, ballot box or boxes, ballot box keys, flag or any other document or book pertaining to any election, within the time required by this Title, or destroys or damages, or causes or allows any loose leaf binder, registry book or other book or document to be destroyed or damaged or fails to perform any duties provided by this Title or imposed by the county board or by the commissioner, the payment of part or all of the compensation of the members of the board shall be withheld by the county treasurer or collector, as the case may be, by order of the county board or the commissioner, as the case may be, or may be forfeited by like order; and the Secretary of State or the clerk of the county or the municipal clerk, as the case may be, shall certify to the county board the name of any district board so failing to deliver or transmit such statements, books, documents or articles as hereinbefore mentioned.
In case of failure of a district board to produce the required statements, books or other documents within twenty-four hours after being notified, the county board may make application to the Superior Court for an order to show cause why the members of such district board shall not be held in contempt of court for such neglect or failure, and punished accordingly.
Amended 1953, c.19, s.21; 1991,c.91,s.243.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:18-1 - Election records placed in ballot box.

19:18-1 Election records placed in ballot box.
19:18-1. As soon as the election shall be finished and the votes canvassed and the statements made and certified by the district board as herein required, all ballots which have been cast, whether the same have been canvassed and counted or rejected for any cause, and one tally sheet, spoiled and unused ballots, shall be carefully collected and deposited in the ballot box.
In all municipalities the signature copy registers shall not be placed in the ballot box but shall be delivered immediately by the district board to the commissioner of registration.
In order to carry out his duties, any superintendent of elections in counties having a superintendent of elections shall have access and be permitted to inspect and examine any and all signature copy registers for said county for any election which may have been or shall be held in said county and any official or person having possession or custody of same who shall refuse to deliver said signature copy registers to the office of said superintendent of elections forthwith upon demand having been made upon him by said superintendent of elections as aforesaid shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Unless the said official having custody or possession of said signature copy registers shall forthwith produce the same at the office of the superintendent of elections when demanded by him so to do, the said superintendent of elections may apply to a judge of the Superior Court assigned to the county and such judge shall forthwith make an order directing the official having possession or custody of the said signature copy registers to produce them at once in the court in which said judge may be sitting, and upon their being produced said judge shall deliver the same to the superintendent of elections.
Amended 1940, c.196; 1947, c.168, s.7; 1953, c.19, s.22; 1991, c.91, s.244; 2005, c.154, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:18-2 - Ballot boxes delivered to municipal clerks

19:18-2. Ballot boxes delivered to municipal clerks
The ballot box, after being locked and bound with tape and sealed, shall in all municipalities be immediately taken in charge by 2 members of the district board. It shall then be delivered to the office of the clerk of the municipality in which the election may be held, by said members or by said members with the assistance of an officer or officers to be designated by the governing body thereof, by the most direct route and without delay, and such members or officers shall not stop at any place between the polls and the municipal clerk's office.
When the municipal governing body designates an officer or officers to assist said members in transmitting the ballot boxes it shall provide for suitable transportation.
Amended by L.1967, c. 170, s. 1, eff. July 25, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:18-3 - Municipal clerk's office open until all ballot boxes delivered; record of times of delivery

19:18-3. Municipal clerk's office open until all ballot boxes delivered; record of times of delivery
The clerk of the municipality shall attend at his office on election day, or appoint one of the clerks in his office to act for him, and keep his office open from the time the polls shall be closed until all the ballot boxes used at the various polls in the municipality at such election shall have been delivered at his office.
The clerk of the municipality or his subordinate whom he may have appointed to act in his stead shall enter in a book to be kept for that purpose the exact time when each ballot box may be delivered at such office, the district whence it was brought, names of the members of the district board delivering it, and the name of the police officer or other witness who may accompany them, and any other particulars he may deem important; such book shall be filed in the office of the municipal clerk and be preserved by him for two years.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:18-4 - Preservation of ballot boxes and contents

19:18-4. Preservation of ballot boxes and contents
19:18-4. Every municipal clerk to whom the ballot boxes shall be delivered shall thereupon keep the same, with their contents, but shall not have the keys thereof in his possession until required for the next ensuing election, and shall not open or permit to be taken or opened any ballot box for the space of three months after the same has been so deposited, except when he shall be called upon by some court or other tribunal authorized to try the merits of such election or to take testimony regarding the same; and after such trial or investigation the clerk shall have such box or boxes returned to be held for any purpose within the time that same are required to remain in his custody.
After the space of three months the municipal clerk may remove the contents thereof and preserve the same for two years, and permit the ballot boxes to be used at any election, unless an order shall have been made directing a recount of the ballots contained therein, or a petition filed contesting any nomination or election necessitating the use of the ballots contained in such boxes, within the time limited by law.
When any election is required to be held for any purpose within such three months, the judge of the Superior Court assigned to the county, upon application of the governing body of any municipality, may direct that the contents of such ballot boxes be removed and preserved for two years and that these ballot boxes be used at such election.
Amended 1953, c.19, s.23; 1991,c.91,s.245.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:18-5 - Register of voters in municipalities not having permanent registration filed with county clerk

19:18-5. Register of voters in municipalities not having permanent registration filed with county clerk
Not later than noon of the day following the canvass of the votes cast at the general election the register of voters, kept and checked by the district boards in municipalities not having permanent registration, shall be filed by the boards with the county clerk.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:18-7 - Preservation of records; sale as waste paper

19:18-7. Preservation of records; sale as waste paper
All registry books and statements of results of elections required to be filed with the Secretary of State, the superintendent of elections, the county clerks of the various counties and the municipal clerks of the various municipalities shall be preserved by such officials for a period of five years after the holding of any election at which they were used, and all ballots, used or unused, for any election shall be preserved by such officials for a period of two years after the holding of any election, and thereafter shall be sold by such officials as waste paper, the proceeds to be paid into the State, county and municipal treasuries, respectively. The several county and municipal clerks may also sell all registry books which have been on file in their office for a period of five years, the proceeds to be paid into the county and municipal treasury, respectively.
Amended by L.1945, c. 76, p. 408, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:18-8 - Inspection of ballot boxes, books and documents by Superior Court

19:18-8. Inspection of ballot boxes, books and documents by Superior Court
A judge of the Superior Court may at any time for satisfactory reasons shown, and when he deems it necessary, issue an order for the opening of any ballot box or boxes and the removal of the contents thereof and for the removal from the file of any municipal or county office of any documents and books for any necessary purpose, which order shall also set forth the return of such contents to the ballot box or boxes and their return together with the documents and books to the files of the office from which the same were removed.
Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 338, s. 24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:19-1 - Meeting of board of county canvassers.

19:19-1 Meeting of board of county canvassers.
19:19-1. The board of county canvassers of each county shall meet on the 15th day, after any such election, at 12 o'clock noon, at the courthouse of the county, for the purpose of checking the canvass which shall have been made by the county clerk from the statements of the district boards filed in his office as hereinbefore provided. For such purpose the county clerk shall have prepared a compilation in tabulated form of such statements and the combined results shown thereby for the use of the board of canvassers.
amended 1959, c.117; 2018, c.72, s.10; 2020, c.71, s.3; 2023, c.124, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:19-3 - Oath of substitute clerk

19:19-3. Oath of substitute clerk
Before proceeding to canvass and estimate the votes the chairman of the board shall administer to the person appointed as clerk in the absence of the county clerk an oath or affirmation in the following form: "You do swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that you will faithfully execute the duties of the clerk of this board according to law."
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:19-4 - Adjournment of meeting

19:19-4. Adjournment of meeting
If on the day appointed for the meeting of such board, a major part thereof shall not attend at the courthouse of the county at the hour of twelve o'clock noon, or if at that time the statements of the result of such election from every election district in the county shall not be produced, the members of the board present shall adjourn to some convenient hour on the next day.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:19-5 - Statements obtained

19:19-5. Statements obtained
If such adjournment is occasioned by the fact that at the time fixed for the meeting of the board the statements from every election district have not been filed with the clerk of the county, such clerk shall forthwith, by a special messenger, or otherwise, at the expense of the county, obtain the statement or statements that shall be lacking, in time to be produced to the board at its next meeting, and for this purpose the statements directed to be filed with the clerk of any municipality wherein such election was held, or those directed to be filed with the county clerk, or a copy certified by the secretary of state of the statements transmitted to him, shall be sufficient. The clerk of the board shall lay before it, at its subsequent meeting, all the statements and certified copies that he shall have obtained as above directed.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:19-6 - Second adjournment of meeting

19:19-6. Second adjournment of meeting
At the hour to which such adjournment shall have been ordered, the member or members present may proceed as hereinafter directed, or may again adjourn for a period not exceeding three days, at which time the member or members present shall so proceed. The board is hereby authorized to reconvene at any time for the purpose of correcting any errors.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:19-7 - Custody of statements during adjournment

19:19-7. Custody of statements during adjournment
When such board shall find it necessary to adjourn, as herein provided, all statements of the result of an election which shall have been delivered to it or to any member thereof, shall in the presence of the board, and before it shall adjourn, be securely inclosed and sealed and delivered to the county clerk for safe-keeping until the next meeting of the board.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:19-8 - Canvass and statement of result of election

19:19-8. Canvass and statement of result of election
The members of the board shall proceed to examine the statements and copies of statements produced before them and shall canvass and determine the votes cast at such election; and shall forthwith make four statements of the result of such election; but if no officers were voted for or public questions were voted upon at the election by the voters of the entire State or of more than one county thereof or of a congressional district, one statement shall be sufficient.
Amended by L.1938, c. 399, p. 988, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:19-9 - Contents of statement of canvass; certification

19:19-9. Contents of statement of canvass; certification
Each of such statements shall contain the name of each election district, the number of names on the signature copy register or the register of voters, the number of names of the voters on the poll books of each election district, and of the ballots rejected, and the whole number of such names registered and rejected ballots in all of such election districts; the number of votes cast in each election district for each person for whom any vote or votes shall have been cast for any office to be filled or any public question to be voted upon at the election, mentioning the office for which each person shall have been designated and the name of such person (which numbers of names and numbers of votes cast, and of ballots rejected, may be in figures), and the whole number of votes which shall have been given for each person for any such office, mentioning the office for which each person shall have been designated, and the name of the person (which numbers of votes and the names of persons and election districts shall be in words, written at full length).
There shall also be specified in the statements each public question voted upon at the election and the votes cast thereupon.
Each of the statements shall be certified to be true and correct by a certificate which shall be appended to the same, signed by the members of the board making the canvass.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:19-10 - Form of statement of canvass

19:19-10. Form of statement of canvass
The statements shall be in substantially the following form: "A statement of the result of election held in the county of , on the day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and , to elect a member of the senate, members of the general assembly, a sheriff and coroners of said county (naming the officers as the case may be), together with the public questions voted upon, made by the board of county canvassers of said county."
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:19-11 - Form of certificate to statement of canvass

19:19-11. Form of certificate to statement of canvass
The certificate shall be in substantially the following form: "I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true, full and correct statement of the result of the election above-mentioned, as the same is exhibited by the statements produced and laid before the board of county canvassers according to law, and that the same exhibits the number of the names in the signature copy registers and the registers of voters, the number of names of the voters in the poll books of the election districts, respectively, and of the ballots rejected, the whole number of the names in the signature copy registers and the registers of voters, the whole number of names of the voters in the poll books of the several election districts, the name of each person for whom any vote or votes were cast, the number of votes cast for each person in each election district, and the whole number of votes cast for each person for each office designated, and also specifies each public question voted upon and the number of votes cast thereupon in each election district respectively, and the whole number of votes cast thereupon in the several election districts as they appear by the statements so produced and laid before the said board. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this day of , in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and Chairman of the board of county canvassers. Attest: , Clerk."
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:19-12 - Statements to county clerk and chairmen of Republican and Democratic State Committees

19:19-12. Statements to county clerk and chairmen of Republican and Democratic State Committees
The board shall deliver one of the statements to the clerk of the county, who shall forthwith file the same, and one statement to the respective chairmen of the Republican and Democratic State Committees.
Amended by L.1938, c. 399, p. 989, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:19-13 - Other statement delivered to secretary of state

19:19-13. Other statement delivered to secretary of state
The clerk of the board shall inclose and seal up the other statement and deliver or safely transmit the same so inclosed and sealed up, to the secretary of state at Trenton, so that he shall receive the same within three days next after the meeting of the board, and he shall forthwith file the same.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:19-14 - Statements of results by district boards preserved

19:19-14. Statements of results by district boards preserved
All the statements made by the district boards and copies of such statements which shall be produced and laid before the board shall, by it be delivered to the clerk of the county, and shall be filed and preserved by him in his office for a period of five years.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:19-15 - Secretary of state to procure missing statements

19:19-15. Secretary of state to procure missing statements
If the secretary of state shall not, on or before the seventh day after the time appointed for the meeting of the board of canvassers in the several counties, have received the statements of the result of such election in every county hereinbefore directed to be delivered or transmitted to him by the clerk of the board, such secretary shall forthwith, by a special messenger or otherwise, obtain the statement or statements as are lacking; and for this purpose a copy of the statement directed to be filed with the clerk of the county, certified by such clerk, shall be sufficient.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:19-16 - Defective statements completed by secretary of state

19:19-16. Defective statements completed by secretary of state
When and as soon as such secretary shall receive or obtain any statement of the result of such election, in any county, in the manner hereinbefore provided for, he shall ascertain whether or not the statement includes the statement of the results of the election in every election district of the county; and if it appears to him that the statement of the result of election in any election district is not exhibited by or included in the statement of the result of the election in the county, he shall forthwith ascertain whether or not a copy of the lacking statement has been received in his office; and if it appears to him that such copy has not been so received, he shall forthwith, by special messenger or otherwise, obtain a copy of the statement directed to be filed with the clerk of the county, or with the clerk of any municipality within the county, certified by such clerk, which shall be sufficient.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:19-17 - Statements delivered to messenger of secretary of state

19:19-17. Statements delivered to messenger of secretary of state
The district board, the clerk or the chairman of the board of canvassers of any county, or any other person who shall be in possession of any statement, or copy of any statement, which shall have been made and subscribed under the provisions of this title, shall forthwith, on application by any messenger who shall have been dispatched for the same by the secretary of state, deliver to the messenger such statement or copy. The messenger shall be commissioned as such in writing, under the hand and official seal of the secretary of state, and shall exhibit his commission to the person to whom he shall apply for such statement or copy; and when he shall have obtained the statement or copy he shall forthwith deliver the same to the secretary of state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:20-1 - Scope of authority

19:20-1. Scope of authority
The board of county canvassers, in case of officers voted for or public questions voted upon exclusively by the voters of a single county or any political subdivision thereof, except for any congressional district or part of a congressional district, shall proceed to determine what officers have been elected, and the result of the vote cast upon any public question setting forth that it was approved or rejected.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:20-2 - Statement of determination

19:20-2. Statement of determination
The board in the case of an election for a member of the senate, members of the general assembly, or other officer elected or public question approved or rejected by all of the voters of the county, except for members of the house of representatives, shall make two statements of its determination in substantially the following form:
"A statement of the determination of the board of county canvassers relative to an election held in the county of on the day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and , for the election of a member of the senate, members of the general assembly of this state, and a sheriff and coroners for said county and public questions (naming the officers and public questions, as the case may be).
The said board does determine that at the said election, was duly elected a member of the senate of this state; were duly elected members of the general assembly; was duly elected sheriff and were duly elected coroners for said county, and public questions were approved or rejected (as the case may be)."
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:20-3 - Certification of statement; form

19:20-3. Certification of statement; form
The board shall thereupon certify such statement to be true and correct, by a certificate appended to the same, and signed by the chairman of the board in the presence of the clerk of the board:
"I do certify that the foregoing is a true, full and correct statement of the determination of the board of canvassers therein mentioned.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
Chairman of the board of county canvassers.
Attest: , Clerk."
The clerk of the board shall attest the signing of the same by the chairman by signing his name thereto.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:20-4 - Statements and certifications filed with county clerk

19:20-4. Statements and certifications filed with county clerk
One of the statements of such determination, and the certificate thereto, shall be annexed to one of the statements of the results of the canvass of the election, and delivered therewith to the clerk of the county and filed in his office.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:20-5 - Certificates to successful candidates; signing and attestation

19:20-5. Certificates to successful candidates; signing and attestation
The chairman of the board, in the case of an election for senator or members of the assembly, or for any officer voted for by the voters of the entire county or of any subdivision thereof, except for members of the house of representatives, shall issue a certificate to the successful candidate based upon the statement of the determination of the board, and shall sign his name thereto, which shall be attested by the clerk of the board by signing his name and affixing the seal of the county. The clerk shall without delay deliver one of such certificates to each person who shall be so elected.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:20-6 - Statement of result of canvass for secretary of state

19:20-6. Statement of result of canvass for secretary of state
In the case of a state senator, member of the general assembly or any county officer, or any public questions to be voted upon by the voters of the entire state or any political subdivision thereof greater than a county, the board shall inclose, seal up and transmit one of the statements of the results of the canvass of the election, together with one of the statements of the determination and the certificate thereto annexed, to the secretary of state at Trenton within five days next after the meeting of the board, who shall file the same in his office.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:20-7 - Certificate prima facie evidence of legislator's right to seat

19:20-7. Certificate prima facie evidence of legislator's right to seat
In the organization of the senate and general assembly the certificates so issued by the board based upon such statements of its determination shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the right of the persons therein mentioned to seats in the houses, respectively, to which they shall have been so determined to be elected.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:20-8 - Statements and certificates filed with municipal clerks

19:20-8. Statements and certificates filed with municipal clerks
The board in the case of officers elected or public questions approved or rejected by the voters of a municipality or part thereof shall in the same manner and form make, certify and sign as many statements as to its determination and certificates thereto annexed, together with the statements of the results of the canvass of the election, as there are municipalities concerned, and file the same with the clerks of such municipalities.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:20-9 - Certificates issued to successful municipal candidates; signing and attestation

19:20-9. Certificates issued to successful municipal candidates; signing and attestation
The chairman of the board, in the case of an election of officers of a municipality or part thereof, or public questions voted upon in such municipalities, shall issue a certificate to the successful candidate and also a certificate of the approval or rejection of any public question, based upon the statement of the determination of the board, and shall sign his name thereto, which shall be attested by the clerk of the board by signing his name and affixing the seal of the county. The clerk shall without delay deliver such certificates to the various municipal clerks, who shall without delay deliver one of the same to each person who shall be elected.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:21-1 - Meeting times.

19:21-1 Meeting times.
19:21-1. a. The Board of State Canvassers shall meet at Trenton as soon as practicable but no later than the 30th day after the day of election, for the purpose of canvassing and estimating the votes cast for each person for whom any vote or votes shall have been cast for one or more members of the United States senate or of the house of representatives, or for electors of president and vice president, or for governor and lieutenant governor, or for members of the Legislature, and upon each public question voted upon by the voters of the entire state or political division thereof greater than a county and of determining and declaring the person or persons who shall, by the greatest number of votes, have been duly elected to such office or offices, and the result of the vote cast upon any public question setting forth that it was approved or rejected.
b. For the purpose of canvassing and estimating the votes cast for each person for whom any vote or votes shall have been cast in any special election, the board shall meet in Trenton as soon as practicable but no later than the 30th day after the day of the special election.
amended 1987, c.338, s.2; 2009, c.66, s.4; 2018, c.72, s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:21-2 - Substitute members

19:21-2. Substitute members
19:21-2. If a number of the members of the Legislature who shall have been summoned as members of the board sufficient to constitute it shall not attend the meeting thereof, the chairman shall summon as members of the board as many fit persons who shall possess the qualifications required for members of the General Assembly as shall be necessary to complete the number required to constitute the board.
Amended 1987,c.338,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:21-3 - Oath of members

19:21-3. Oath of members
The chairman of the board shall administer, and each member thereof shall take, an oath or affirmation in the following form: "You do swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that you will faithfully and impartially execute the duties of a member of this board according to law" ; and thereupon one of the members of the board, to be appointed by it for that purpose, shall administer to the chairman thereof an oath or affirmation in the same form as that which shall have been taken by the other members.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:21-4 - Substitute clerk of the board

19:21-4. Substitute clerk of the board
19:21-4. If the clerk of the board be absent from such meeting at the time appointed therefor, the chairman of the board shall forthwith, after the oaths or affirmations shall have been administered and taken, proceed to appoint a fit person to be the clerk of the board; and before proceeding to canvass and estimate the votes, the chairman of the board shall administer to the clerk thereof, and such clerk shall take, an oath or affirmation in the following form: "You do swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that you will faithfully execute the duties of clerk of this board."
Amended 1987,c.338,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:21-5 - Production of relevant statements, copies

19:21-5. Production of relevant statements, copies
19:21-5. The Secretary of State or the secretary's designee shall thereupon produce and lay before the board all statements and copies relating to such election which the secretary shall have received or obtained, as hereinbefore provided. If he shall neglect to produce and lay before the board or shall withhold any such statement or copy received or obtained by him, the chairman of the board shall forthwith summon the secretary or the secretary's designee, as appropriate, to appear and produce and lay before the board the statement or copy, and thereupon the secretary or the secretary's designee shall forthwith produce and lay the same before the board.
Amended 1987,c.338,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:21-6 - Statement and certification of canvass

19:21-6. Statement and certification of canvass
The board shall forthwith canvass such statements and proceed to make a statement of the result of the election in the state; the statement shall contain the whole number of names of the voters in all the signature copy registers and registers of voters, the whole number of the names of the voters in all the poll books and the whole number of ballots rejected in the state, the names of all the persons for whom any vote or votes shall have been given for any office or offices to be filled at such election, and the whole number of the votes which shall have been given to each person for any such office or offices, mentioning the office or offices for which each person shall have been designated, together with the results of the votes cast upon any public questions voted upon by the voters of the entire state or of any political subdivision thereof greater than a county, and shall contain the name of each county, the number of names in the poll books in the counties respectively, the number of votes given for each person in each county for any such office or offices. In such statement the name of each person for whom any vote or votes shall have been given, the whole number of votes given for each person, and the name of each county, shall be in words written at full length.
The whole number of names of the voters in all the signature copy registers and registers of voters, and the whole number of the names of the voters in all the poll books and the whole number of ballots rejected in the state, together with the result of the votes cast upon any public questions voted upon by the voters of the entire state or any political subdivision thereof greater than a county, the number of names of the voters in all the signature copy registers and registers of voters and the number of names in the poll books and the number of ballots rejected in the counties respectively, together with the result of the votes cast upon any public questions voted upon by the voters of the entire state or any political subdivision thereof greater than a county, and the number of votes given for each person in each county may be in figures.
Such statement shall be certified to be true and correct by a certificate appended to the same; and the chairman of the board shall sign his name thereto in the presence of the clerk of the board, which such clerk shall attest by signing his name thereto.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:22-1 - Statement of determination

19:22-1. Statement of determination
When such statement and certificate shall have been made and subscribed, the board shall proceed to determine the person or persons who shall, by the greatest number of votes, have been duly elected to the office or offices for which he or they shall have been designated, together with the result of the vote cast upon any public question setting forth that it was approved or rejected; and thereupon the board shall make a statement of its determination.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:22-2 - Basis of statement

19:22-2. Basis of statement
The board shall base the statement of the result of the canvass of such election in the state and its determination as to the person or persons who shall have been elected, or any public question approved or rejected therein upon the statements of the result of the election, or the copies of the statements which shall have been made by the board of county canvassers in the several counties, and laid before the board.
If it appears by any such statement from any county, that the statement of the result of such election in any election district of the county is not exhibited by or included in such statement, the board shall give full force and effect to the statement of the result of the election in such district, or the copy of the statement, which shall be laid before it by the secretary of state as hereinbefore directed.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:22-5 - Statements filed with secretary of state

19:22-5. Statements filed with secretary of state
The statement of determination shall be annexed to the statement of the result of the canvass of such election; and both of the statements and certificates attached thereto shall forthwith be delivered to the secretary of state, who shall file the same in his office. All the statements and copies of statements which shall have been produced and laid before the board shall be delivered to the secretary of state, and by him filed in his office.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:22-6 - Certificates to successful candidates by secretary of state

19:22-6. Certificates to successful candidates by secretary of state
The secretary of state shall issue a certificate to each successful candidate, based upon a statement of the determination of the board of state canvassers, and shall sign his name thereto and affix the seal of the state, and shall without delay deliver the same to each of the persons who shall be so elected.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:22-7 - Certificates of election of United States senators and congressmen

19:22-7. Certificates of election of United States senators and congressmen
In case of an election for one or more members of the United States senate or of the house of representatives, the secretary of state shall prepare a general certificate of the election of such member or members of the United States senate and one of the member or members of the house of representatives, and lay the same before the governor, who shall sign his name thereto in the presence of such secretary, which the secretary shall attest by signing his name thereto, and shall thereupon affix the seal of the state thereto and transmit the same forthwith to the clerk of the United States senate and of the house of representatives, as the case may be, if they shall then be in session, and if not, then at their first meeting.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:22-8 - Certificates of election of presidential, vice presidential electors, certifications as elector slate.

19:22-8 Certificates of election of presidential, vice presidential electors, certifications as elector slate.
19:22-8. In case of an election for electors of president and vice president of the United States:
a. The secretary shall prepare a general certificate of the election of such electors, and lay the same before the Governor, who shall sign his name thereto, in the presence of such secretary, which the secretary shall attest by signing his name thereto, and shall thereupon affix the seal of the State thereto, and deliver the same to the president of the college of electors of this State, on the day and at the time and place appointed for the meeting of such college;
b. The secretary shall also prepare a general certificate or certificates, as the case may be, of the electors who were not elected, and lay the same before the Governor, who shall sign his name thereto, in the presence of such secretary, which the secretary shall attest by signing his name thereto, and shall thereupon affix the seal of the State thereto, and deliver the same to the president of the college of electors of this State, on the day and at the time and place appointed for the meeting of such college;
c. Only one general certificate shall be certified as the elector slate for the purpose of electing the president and vice president of the United States. In any year in which, on July 20, the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote" is in effect in states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes, and the State of New Jersey remains a member of that agreement, the elector slate for the purpose of electing the president and vice president shall be certified in accordance with section 1 of this act, P.L.2007, c.334 (C.19:36-4).
Amended 2007, c.334, s.3.