Rutgers Law

New Jersey Statutes, Title: 19, ELECTIONS

    Chapter 9: "Election supplies" defined

      Section: 19:9-2: Preparation of information and election supplies.

          
19:9-2. The Director of the Division of Elections shall prepare and distribute on or before April 1 in each year prior to the primary election for the general election and the general election such information as may be needed relative to election procedures for the ensuing year.

The county board of elections shall prepare and distribute on or before April 1 in each year, registration and voting instructions printed in at least 14-point type for conspicuous display at each polling place at any election.

All other books, ballots, envelopes and other blank forms which the county clerk is required to furnish under any other section of this Title, stationery and supplies for the primary election for the general election, the primary election for delegates and alternates to national conventions and the general election, shall be furnished, prepared and distributed by the clerks of the various counties; except that all books, blank forms, stationery and supplies, articles and equipment which may be deemed necessary to be furnished, used or issued by the county board or superintendent shall be furnished, used or issued, prepared and distributed by such county board or superintendent, as the case may be.

The county board shall furnish and deliver to the county clerk, the municipal clerks and the district boards in municipalities having more than one election district: a map or description of the district lines of their respective election districts, together with the street and house numbers where possible in such election districts and a list or map of all of the polling places within the county to assist any voter in identifying the correct location of the polling place at which the voter should vote if that voter erroneously reports to the municipal clerk or the wrong polling place.

Nothing in subtitle 2 of the Title, Municipalities and Counties (R.S.40:16-1 et seq.), shall in any way be construed to affect, restrict, or abridge the powers conferred on the county clerks, county boards or superintendents by this Title.

amended 1946, c.11, ss.7,17 (1946, c.11, ss.7,17; repealed 1948, c.2, s.32); 1947, c.168, s.2; 1948, c.2, s.11; 1953, c.19, s.12; 1965, c.4, s.9; 1966, c.19, s.4; 1967, c.7, s.3; 1967, c.26, s.3; 1968, c.292, s.3; 1991, c.429, s.8; 1999, c.232, s.1; 2005, c.136, s.14; 2007, c.61, s.9; 2011, c.134, s.14.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:48.

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