New Jersey Statutes 19:59-10. Completion, transmittal of ballot
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 19:59-10
- 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
- Public question: includes any question, proposition or referendum required by the legislative or governing body of this State or any of its political subdivisions to be submitted by referendum procedure to the voters of the State or political subdivision for decision at elections. See New Jersey Statutes 19:1-1
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Upon completion of the ballot by indicating the voter’s choice of candidates for the offices named or the voter’s choice regarding a public question, or both, the ballot shall be placed in the inner envelope and sealed. Upon completion and signing in the voter’s handwriting the certificate attached to the inner envelope, the inner envelope shall be placed in the outer envelope, which when sealed shall be mailed postage prepaid to the county board of elections whose address is printed thereon.
b. For ballots sent to overseas voters or overseas federal election voters or overseas State and federal election voters by electronic means, the procedure for completing the ballot shall be as follows:
After the ballot is received and completed by the voter by indicating that person‘s choice of candidates for the offices named or that person’s choice regarding a public question, or both, the ballot shall be placed in a secure envelope. Upon completion and signing in the voter’s handwriting of the certificate sent to the voter pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1976, c.23 (C. 19:59-8), it shall be placed in the same envelope as the voted ballot. The envelope shall then be sealed securely and sent immediately by air mail to the appropriate county board of elections in this State.
c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section, a copy of an overseas voter’s or overseas federal election voter’s or overseas State and federal election voter’s ballot may be transmitted by electronic means to the appropriate county board of elections in this State. Such a ballot shall be subject to the provisions of sections 3 and 4 of P.L.1995, c.195 (C. 19:59-14 and C. 19:59-15).
L.1976, c.23, s.10; amended 2008, c.61, s.7; 2017, c.39, s.6; 2022, c.72, s.10.