Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 19:3-19

  • Election: means the procedure whereby the electors of this State or any political subdivision thereof elect persons to fill public office or pass on public questions. See New Jersey Statutes 19:1-1
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
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 this Title, after a certificate of election has been issued to him, the Attorney-General shall transmit to such convention a certified copy of the judgment and determination of the court or judge declaring the election void, to the end that the certificate of election issued to the person having the next highest number of votes for such party position may be honored by the convention.

Any delegate-at-large or district delegate to any national convention to whom a certificate of election shall have been delivered, which certificate shall have been declared null and void after such delivery, shall, upon the service upon him of a certified copy of the determination of the court or judge declaring the certificate null and void, forthwith surrender such certificate to the Clerk of the Superior Court.

Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 325, s. 4.

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