New Jersey Statutes 19:53A-1. Definitions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 19:53A-1
- County board: means the county board of elections in a county. See New Jersey Statutes 19:1-1
- 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
a. “Automatic tabulating equipment” includes apparatus which automatically examines and counts votes recorded on ballot cards, and tabulates the results.
b. “Ballot card” means a tabulating card on which votes may be recorded.
c. “Ballot labels” means the pages, cards, or other material containing the names of offices and candidates and the statements of measures to be voted on, which are placed on the voting device.
d. “Counting center” means one or more locations selected by each of the county boards of election for the automatic counting of ballots.
e. “Electronic voting system” means a system in which votes are recorded on ballot cards, and such votes are subsequently counted and tabulated by automatic tabulating equipment at one or more counting centers.
f. “Voting device” means an apparatus which the voter uses to record his votes on a tabulating card.
g. “County boards of elections” shall mean the county board of elections appointed in the various counties or the person or board in charge of elections in the various counties as provided in Title 19 of the New Jersey Revised Statutes.
L.1973, c. 82, s. 1, eff. April 12, 1973.