New Jersey Revised Statutes § 40:20-9 - Nonpartisan Ballot Box; Transfers.

40:20-9 Nonpartisan ballot box; transfers.

40:20-9. The election provided for in section 40:20-8 of this title shall be deemed, so far as the question of the acceptance or rejection of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this title is concerned, to be a special election, and shall be conducted by the county and district boards of registry and election in the same manner as other elections.

Notice of the election shall be given at the time and in the manner required for the primary election held on the same day, and the same boxes shall be used for the purposes of this election as are to be used for the purposes of the primary election, except that there shall be provided in each polling place, in addition to the boxes provided by law, a box to be known as the "nonpartisan box".

Any person entitled to vote at the primary election for the general election, and any person who would be entitled to vote at the primary if he were a member of one of the two political parties for which primary boxes are provided, may vote hereunder on that day.

Transfers shall be issued as provided by the laws relating to elections.

amended 2011, c.134, s.58.

40:20-10. Superior Court judge to resolve doubt on right to vote
40:20-10. If any voter is not entitled or doubts his right to vote under sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this Title he may apply to a judge of the Superior Court for a certificate entitling him to vote.

The judge shall hear the matter in a summary manner and if he finds that the applicant is a legal voter of the county, he shall issue a certificate under his hand, addressed to the board of registry and election of the election district in which the voter resides, directing it to permit the applicant to vote hereunder.

The certificate shall be returned by the board with its other returns.



Amended 1953,c.37,s.23; 1991,c.91,s.377.



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