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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 40, MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

    Chapter 20: Board of chosen freeholders

      Section: 40:20-15: Ballot; form and content; counting

           The county clerk shall cause the public question to be printed on the official and sample ballots for the general election, in substantially the following form:

"To vote upon the public question 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.

"Shall the county of ........ reorganize its

[ ] YES board of chosen freeholders under the provisions

of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of the title

[ ] NO Municipalities and Counties of the Revised Statutes?"



If no mark is placed in either square the ballot shall not be counted for or against the proposition, but a note thereof shall be made upon the return, and the ballot shall be preserved in the same manner as other ballots.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:51.






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