40:20-15 - Ballot; form and content; counting
40:20-15. Ballot; form and content; counting
The county clerk shall cause the public question to be printed on the official and sample ballots for the general election, in substantially the following form:
"To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof, markĀ a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and ifĀ opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of theĀ word NO.
"Shall the county of ........ reorganize its
[ ] YES board ofĀ chosen freeholders under the provisions
of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 ofĀ the title
[ ] NO Municipalities and Counties of the Revised Statutes?"
If no mark is placed in either square the ballot shall not be counted for orĀ against the proposition, but a note thereof shall be made upon the return, andĀ the ballot shall be preserved in the same manner as other ballots.
The county clerk shall cause the public question to be printed on the official and sample ballots for the general election, in substantially the following form:
"To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof, markĀ a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and ifĀ opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of theĀ word NO.
"Shall the county of ........ reorganize its
[ ] YES board ofĀ chosen freeholders under the provisions
of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 ofĀ the title
[ ] NO Municipalities and Counties of the Revised Statutes?"
If no mark is placed in either square the ballot shall not be counted for orĀ against the proposition, but a note thereof shall be made upon the return, andĀ the ballot shall be preserved in the same manner as other ballots.
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