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19:3-1.  Public offices, party offices and public questions classified
    Public offices and party offices and public questions shall be divided and classified as follows:

    a.  Those offices voted for and public questions voted upon by the electors  of the state or of more than one county thereof, or members of the house of  representatives;

    b.  Those offices voted for and public questions voted upon by the electors  of a county or of more than one municipality thereof;

    c.  Those offices voted for and public questions voted upon by the electors  of a municipality or of any portion thereof.
 
19:3-2.Filling of public offices, vacancies; public questions; exceptions
19:3-2.  All elective public offices in this State or any of its political subdivisions, except such as are provided by law to be filled at special, municipal or school elections, shall be filled at the general elections as hereinafter provided.  All vacancies in public offices to be filled by election, except such as are provided by law to be filled at special or municipal elections, shall be filled at the general elections.  All public questions to be voted upon by the people of the entire State and all other public questions, except such as are provided by law to be decided at any other elections, shall be voted upon and decided at the general elections.

Amended 1948,c.438,s.2; 1995,c.278,s.14.