New Jersey Statutes 19:17-1. Statement of results
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 19:17-1
- District board: means the district board of registry and election in an election district. 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
- Election district: means the territory within which or for which there is a polling place or room for all voters in the territory to cast their ballots at any election. 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
Form of Statement
A statement of the result of an election held in the …….. ward of the ……… election district of the …….. of …….. in the county of …….. , on the …….. day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ……. , for a member of the Senate, members of the General Assembly, a sheriff and three coroners, for said county or as the case may be.
The whole number of names on the signature copy register or register of voters is ……. .
The whole number of names on the poll book is ………………… .
The whole number of ballots rejected is …………………….. .
For member of Senate,
received votes.
received votes.
For members of the General Assembly,
received votes.
received votes.
For sheriff,
received votes.
received votes.
For coroners,
received votes.
received votes.
For each public question,
received Yes votes.
received No votes.
Make under each head a list of the names of all the persons for whom any vote or votes were cast for the office or offices or cast upon any public question designated therein; state opposite to the same, in words written at full length, the number of votes cast for each person for such office or offices or votes cast upon any public question and fill in all other blanks in the form above given to conform to the facts of the case.
Amended by L.1945, c. 76, p. 405, s. 1.