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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 19:13-22

  • 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
  • filed: means deposited in the regularly maintained office of the public official wherever said regularly maintained office is designated by statute, ordinance or resolution. See New Jersey Statutes 19:1-1
  • General election: means the annual election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November and, where applicable, includes annual school elections and annual fire district elections held on that date. 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
19:13-22. a. The Secretary of State, not later than 99 days, and with respect to candidates for President and Vice President of the United States not later than 88 days, before any election whereat any candidates nominated in any direct petition or primary certificate of nomination or State convention certificate filed with the Secretary of State are to be voted for, shall make and certify, under the Secretary’s hand and seal of office, and forward to the clerks of the several counties of the State, and post on the Secretary’s website, a statement of all such candidates for whom the voters within such county may be by law entitled to vote at such election. This statement shall contain the names and residences of all candidates, the offices for which they are respectively nominated, and the names of the parties by which or the political appellation under which they are respectively nominated. Candidates nominated directly by petition, without distinctive political appellation, shall be certified as independent candidates. Similar statements shall be made, certified and forwarded, when vacancies are filled subsequently, according to law.

b. The Secretary of State shall certify and forward the statement required by subsection a. of this section no later than the fourth Friday in June following a primary election for the candidates for the office of Governor for whom the voters may be by law entitled to vote at the next subsequent general election. The statement shall include the information required by subsection a. of this section. Candidates nominated directly by petition for the office of Governor, without distinctive political appellation, shall be certified as independent candidates at the same time as candidates nominated for the office of Governor at a primary election are certified by the Secretary of State. Similar statements shall be made, certified and forwarded, when vacancies are filled subsequently, according to law.

Amended 1942, c.50, s.6; 1948, c.2, s.20; 1977, c.431, s.2; 2009, c.66, s.33; 2022, c.15, s.2.

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