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• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:1-1. As used in this Title:
  "Election" means the procedure whereby the electors of this State or any political subdivision thereof elect persons to fill public office or pass ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:1-2. Title applicable to commission governed municipalities
  This title shall apply to elections held in municipalities under the provisions of subtitle 4 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:70-1 ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:1-3. Title applicable to charter elections
  This title shall apply to elections authorized by charter to be held in certain municipalities only in so far as the provisions hereof are not ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:1-4. Title applicable to referendum procedure
  Except as in this title otherwise provided, the provisions for the election of public and party offices shall also apply to the determination of public ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:2-1 Presidential primary for delegates, alternates, scheduling of primary elections.
  19:2-1. Presidential primary elections for delegates and alternates to national conventions of political parties shall be held in each presidential year on the ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:2-3. General and special elections
  The general election shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in each year. Special elections shall be held on ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-1. Public offices, party offices and public questions classified
  Public offices and party offices and public questions shall be divided and classified as follows: a. Those offices voted for and public questions voted upon ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-2. Filling of public offices, vacancies; public questions; exceptions
  19:3-2. All elective public offices in this State or any of its political subdivisions, except such as are provided by law to be ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-3 Election of delegates, alternates at presidential primary election.
  19:3-3. Delegates and alternates to the national conventions of the political parties held in each presidential year shall be elected at the presidential ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-4. Basis of election to office
  At every election the person or persons, to the number to be elected therein, who shall by law be qualified for the office or offices ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-5. Holding incompatible offices; qualifications of presidential and vice presidential electors; qualifications of congressmen
  No person shall hold at the same time more than one of the following offices: elector of President and Vice-President of the United States, ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-5.1. Prohibition on accepting nomination by petition for more than one office
  No person may accept a nomination by petition in the manner provided by R.S. 19:13-8 or consent to the acceptance of a ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-6. Form of public question; when question deemed approved; "legal voters" defined
  Any public question voted upon at an election shall be presented in simple language that can be easily understood by the voter. The printed phrasing ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-7. Office forfeited by nonfiling of statement or filing of false statement
  If any candidate for nomination for or election to any public office or party position, or his campaign manager, shall fail to file any statement ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-9. Circumstances under which office not void
  When upon the trial of any action or proceedings instituted under this Title for the purpose of securing a determination that any nomination for or ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-10. Name not printed on ballot; next highest name printed
  If it shall be determined in a manner hereinafter provided, that the nomination for an office of a successful candidate at any primary election is ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-11. No certificate of election to candidate elected
  If such determination shall not have been made ten days prior to the election at which the candidates at such primary election are to be ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-12. Delivered certificate of election void
  If such determination shall have been made after the delivery of the certificate of election to such candidate, the certificate shall be null and void, ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-13. Candidate inducted into office; proceedings for vacation of office
  If such determination shall not have been made until after such candidate has been inducted into office, then upon a certified copy of the record ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-14. No certificate of election delivered
  If it shall be determined, in the manner hereinafter provided, that the election to an office of a candidate at any election is null and ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-15. Delivered certificate of election void
  If such determination shall have been made after the delivery of the certificate of election to such candidate, the certificate shall be null and void, ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-16. Candidate inducted into office; proceedings for vacation of office
  If such determination shall not have been made until after such candidate shall have been inducted into office, then upon a certified copy of the ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-17. No certificate of election delivered
  If it shall be determined in the manner hereinafter provided, that the election of a person to a party office is null and void, no ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-18. Delivered certificate of election void
  If such determination shall have been made after the delivery of the certificate of election to such candidate, the certificate shall be null and void, ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-19. Surrender by delegates to national convention of certificate voided
  In the case of a delegate-at-large or district delegate to any national convention, whose election shall have been declared null and void under ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-20. Candidate whose nomination or election annulled ineligible to fill vacancies
  A candidate nominated for or elected to an office, whose nomination or election has been annulled and set aside for any reason mentioned in this ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-21. Candidate removed from office ineligible to fill vacancies; exception
  A candidate or other person removed from or deprived of his office for any offense mentioned in this title shall not, during the period remaining ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-22. Appointments null and void
  An appointment to an office made in violation of or contrary to the provisions of section 19:3-20 or section 19:3-21 of ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-23. Vacation of office when nomination or election void
  When the nomination or election of a person to public office within this State or any of its political subdivisions shall have been declared null ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-24. Right to seek recovery of office unabridged
  Nothing in this Title contained shall abridge any right which a claimant to any office might otherwise have to institute a proceeding in lieu of ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-25. What constitutes vacancy
  When a person shall remove or be removed from office because his nomination or election thereto has been declared null and void, such office shall ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-26. Vacancies in United States senate; election to fill; temporary appointment by governor
  If a vacancy shall happen in the representation of this state in the United States senate, it shall be filled at the general election next ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-27. Vacancies in United States house of representatives; election to fill
  When a vacancy shall happen in the representation of this state in the United States house of representatives, it shall be the duty of the ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:3-29. Other vacancies; election to fill
  A vacancy happening in a public office other than that of United States Senator, Member of Congress, State Senator, or member of the House of ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:4-1. Constitutional qualifications; persons not having right of suffrage; right to register
  Except as provided in sections 19:4-2 and 19:4-3 of this Title, every person possessing the qualifications required by Article II, paragraph ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:4-4. Arrest under civil process on election day
  No person who shall have a right to vote at any election shall be arrested by virtue of any civil process on the day on ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:4-4.1. Voters having more than one place of residence; authority to file statement
  Any person entitled to vote in this State and who has more than 1 place of residence, may file a statement pursuant to this act. ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:4-4.2. Form and contents of statement
  The statement shall be in writing, in such form as the Secretary of State may prescribe from time to time, and shall be sworn to ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:4-4.3. Statement to be furnished by and filed with election official having jurisdiction of indicated domicile
  The statement shall be furnished by and filed with the election official whose jurisdiction embraces the indicated domicile of the affiant and with whom voters ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:4-4.4. Filing like statement on subsequent change of domicile
  Any person who files a statement under section 3 of this act shall be required, as a condition to any subsequent change of domicile within ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:4-4.5. Statement as prima facie evidence of domicile; right to register in voting district
  A statement satisfying the requirements of sections 2 or 4 of this act shall be prima facie evidence that the place of residence in this ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:4-4.6. Act as remedial; construction
  This act shall be deemed remedial and shall be construed in such manner as to assist the affiant to establish his lawful right to vote ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:4-4.7 False oath, affirmation, fourth degree crime.
  7. Any person who shall make false oath or affirmation to any statement under this act, or who shall make any false statement therein, shall ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:4-10. Geographical composition
  As nearly as practicable, each election district shall be composed of contiguous and compact areas having clearly definable boundaries and shall be contained wholly within ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:4-11 District with one voting machine or four electronic system voting devices; accommodation for person with disabilities; number of voters.
  2. a. Subject to the provisions of law as to redistricting, each election district in which only one voting machine or four electronic system voting ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:4-12 Districts with more voters; allotment of voting machines devices; appointment of additional members of district board.
  3. Except as provided pursuant to subsection b. of section 2 of P.L.1976, c.83 (C.19:4-11), each district in which ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:4-13. Readjustment of boundaries for correct number of voters
  When in any two consecutive general elections in an election district more than 750 or less than 250 votes shall have been cast, the county ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:4-14. Revision or readjustment of boundaries at option of county board
  Where it appears that serious inconveniences have been caused the voters by the size or shape of an election district, or that certain districts contain ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:4-15 Division of election district, timing.
  6. a. No county board shall make division of an election district in any year in the period commencing 75 days before the presidential primary ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:4-16. Maps and descriptions; filing; public inspection; rules and regulations
  The county board shall cause to have prepared and shall maintain an up-to-date suitable map of the county and of each constituent municipality ...
• New Jersey Elections Laws Section 19:4-17. Secretary of state as liaison with Bureau of Census
  The Secretary of State shall serve as the State liaison with the Bureau of the Census, United States Department of Commerce, on matters relating to ...

Last modified: October 21, 2006