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1 IN RE THE 2020 MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE OFFICE OF BOROUGH COUNCIL FOR SOUTH TOMS RIVER COUNTY OF OCEAN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. OCEAN COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS -- rank: 1000

... runoff election. The Board argues that the trial court misconstrued N.J.S.A. 19:16-4, which provides that ballots that are intentionally marked to identify ... ballots had been signed, rendering them null and void under N.J.S.A. 19:16-4. The Board frames the issue as a pure question of statutory interpretation: 'Does N.J.S.A. 19:16-4, which mandates the nullification of any ballots marked with the ... Board's framing of the issue and its interpretation of N.J.S.A. 19:16-4. We construe the statute to direct that ballots with markings ... The legal question involves the interpretation of the statutory provision N.J.S.A. 19:16-4. We review that question de novo. Saccone v. Bd. of ... section addressing why it had nullified the two votes under N.J.S.A. 19:16-4. That A-2758-20 7 discussion was sufficient to ...

docket:	a2758-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-12-07
status:	Unpublished
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2 BOARD OF EDUCATION OF EAST NEWARK IN THE COUNTY OF HUDSON v. KEVIN D. HARRIS -- rank: 850

... the county Clerk by the School Board Secretary, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:16-4 [sic], shall be August 31, 2020. N.J.S.A ...

docket:	a1982-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-04-22
status:	Published
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Document Size:	38820

3 IN THE MATTER OF THE SOUTH HUNTERDON REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PUBLIC QUESTION -- rank: 749

... question. [Ibid.] In addition to this authority, we also note N.J.S.A. 19:16-4 provides: No ballot which shall have, either on its face ... marks pursuant N.J.S.A. 19:15-27 and N.J.S.A. 19:16-4. Plaintiffs' contention the marks are ambiguous or evince an intent ...

docket:	a3178-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-02-23
status:	Unpublished
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Document Size:	34364