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19:23-45.1  Notice of requirements for voting in primary elections, publication.

2. a. The county commissioner of registration in each of the several counties shall cause a notice to be published in each municipality of their respective counties in a newspaper or newspapers circulating therein.  The notice to be so published shall be published once during each of the two calendar weeks next preceding the week in which the 50th day next preceding any primary election of a political party occurs.

b.The notice required to be published by the preceding paragraph shall inform the reader thereof that no voter, except a newly registered voter at the first primary at which he is eligible to vote, or a voter who has not previously voted in a primary election may vote in a primary election of a political party unless he was deemed to be a member of that party on the 50th day next preceding such primary election.  It shall further inform the reader thereof that a voter who votes in any primary election of a political party, or who signs and files with the municipal clerk or the county commissioner of registration a declaration that he desires to vote in a primary election of a political party, or who indicates on a voter registration form the voter's choice of political party affiliation and submits the form to the commissioner of registration of the county wherein the voter resides, to the employees or agents of a public agency, as defined in subsection a. of section 15 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.3), or a voter registration agency, as defined in subsection a. of section 26 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.19:31-6.11) or to the Attorney General, shall be deemed to be a member of that party until the voter signs and files with the municipal clerk or the commissioner of registration a declaration that he desires to vote in a primary election of another political party, at which time he shall be deemed to be a member of such other political party, or that the voter chooses not to be affiliated with any political party.  The notice shall also state the time and location where a person may obtain political party affiliation declaration forms or voter registration forms.

L.1976,c.16,s.2;  amended 1977, c.97, s.2; 2005, c.136, s.30; 2005, c.153, s.2.

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Statutes > New-jersey > Title-19 > Section-19-23 > 19-23-45-1

19:23-45.1  Notice of requirements for voting in primary elections, publication.

2. a. The county commissioner of registration in each of the several counties shall cause a notice to be published in each municipality of their respective counties in a newspaper or newspapers circulating therein.  The notice to be so published shall be published once during each of the two calendar weeks next preceding the week in which the 50th day next preceding any primary election of a political party occurs.

b.The notice required to be published by the preceding paragraph shall inform the reader thereof that no voter, except a newly registered voter at the first primary at which he is eligible to vote, or a voter who has not previously voted in a primary election may vote in a primary election of a political party unless he was deemed to be a member of that party on the 50th day next preceding such primary election.  It shall further inform the reader thereof that a voter who votes in any primary election of a political party, or who signs and files with the municipal clerk or the county commissioner of registration a declaration that he desires to vote in a primary election of a political party, or who indicates on a voter registration form the voter's choice of political party affiliation and submits the form to the commissioner of registration of the county wherein the voter resides, to the employees or agents of a public agency, as defined in subsection a. of section 15 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.3), or a voter registration agency, as defined in subsection a. of section 26 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.19:31-6.11) or to the Attorney General, shall be deemed to be a member of that party until the voter signs and files with the municipal clerk or the commissioner of registration a declaration that he desires to vote in a primary election of another political party, at which time he shall be deemed to be a member of such other political party, or that the voter chooses not to be affiliated with any political party.  The notice shall also state the time and location where a person may obtain political party affiliation declaration forms or voter registration forms.

L.1976,c.16,s.2;  amended 1977, c.97, s.2; 2005, c.136, s.30; 2005, c.153, s.2.

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Statutes > New-jersey > Title-19 > Section-19-23 > 19-23-45-1

19:23-45.1  Notice of requirements for voting in primary elections, publication.

2. a. The county commissioner of registration in each of the several counties shall cause a notice to be published in each municipality of their respective counties in a newspaper or newspapers circulating therein.  The notice to be so published shall be published once during each of the two calendar weeks next preceding the week in which the 50th day next preceding any primary election of a political party occurs.

b.The notice required to be published by the preceding paragraph shall inform the reader thereof that no voter, except a newly registered voter at the first primary at which he is eligible to vote, or a voter who has not previously voted in a primary election may vote in a primary election of a political party unless he was deemed to be a member of that party on the 50th day next preceding such primary election.  It shall further inform the reader thereof that a voter who votes in any primary election of a political party, or who signs and files with the municipal clerk or the county commissioner of registration a declaration that he desires to vote in a primary election of a political party, or who indicates on a voter registration form the voter's choice of political party affiliation and submits the form to the commissioner of registration of the county wherein the voter resides, to the employees or agents of a public agency, as defined in subsection a. of section 15 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.3), or a voter registration agency, as defined in subsection a. of section 26 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.19:31-6.11) or to the Attorney General, shall be deemed to be a member of that party until the voter signs and files with the municipal clerk or the commissioner of registration a declaration that he desires to vote in a primary election of another political party, at which time he shall be deemed to be a member of such other political party, or that the voter chooses not to be affiliated with any political party.  The notice shall also state the time and location where a person may obtain political party affiliation declaration forms or voter registration forms.

L.1976,c.16,s.2;  amended 1977, c.97, s.2; 2005, c.136, s.30; 2005, c.153, s.2.