New Jersey Statutes 19:63-13. Certificate of mail-in voter
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 19:63-13
- 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
- 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
- Municipality: includes any city, town, borough, village, or township. 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
- Political party: means a party which, at the election held for all of the members of the General Assembly next preceding the holding of any primary election held pursuant to this Title, polled for members of the General Assembly at least 10% of the total vote cast in this State. See New Jersey Statutes 19:1-1
- Primary election for the general election: means the procedure whereby the members of a political party in this State or any political subdivision thereof nominate candidates to be voted for at general elections, or elect persons to fill party offices. See New Jersey Statutes 19:1-1
CERTIFICATE OF MAIL-IN VOTER
I, ……………………., whose home address is …………………………………………………….,
(print your name clearly) (street address or R.D. number) (municipality)
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, subject to the penalties for fraudulent voting, that I am the person who applied for the enclosed ballot. I MARKED AND SEALED THIS BALLOT AND CERTIFICATE IN SECRET. However, a family member may assist me in doing so.
……………………………………………….
(signature of voter)
Any person providing assistance shall complete the following:
I do hereby certify that I am the person who provided assistance to this voter and declare that I will maintain the secrecy of this ballot.
……………………………………………….
(signature of person providing assistance)
……………………………………………….
(printed name of person providing assistance)
……………………………………………….
……………………………………………….
(address of person providing assistance)
b. On the margin of the flap on the inner envelope forwarded with any mail-in ballot intended to be voted in any primary election for the general election, as the case may be, there shall be printed a certificate in the following form:
CERTIFICATE OF MAIL-IN VOTER
I, ……………………., whose home address is…………………………………………………….
(print your name clearly) (street address or R.D. number) (municipality)
, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, subject to the penalties for fraudulent voting, that I am the person who applied for the enclosed ballot for the primary election of the …….. political party. I MARKED AND SEALED THIS BALLOT AND CERTIFICATE IN SECRET. However, a family member may assist me in doing so.
……………………………………………..
(signature of voter)
Any person providing assistance shall complete the following:
I do hereby certify that I am the person who provided assistance to this voter and declare that I will maintain the secrecy of this ballot.
……………………………………………..
(signature of person providing assistance)
……………………………………………..
(printed name of person providing assistance)
……………………………………………..
…………………………
(address of person providing assistance)
c. The clerk of each county shall be permitted to print on or affix to the margin of the flap on the inner envelope of the mail-in ballot transmitted thereby to a mail-in ballot voter an alternative certificate, substantially similar to the certificate provided for by subsection a. or b. of this section, that permits the voter to certify the correctness of the voter’s name, street, mailing address or R.D. number, and municipality as it appears on the label of the mail-in ballot received by the voter.
d. The certificates specified under subsections a., b., and c. of this section shall also provide spaces for the voter’s telephone number and email address, including language informing the voter that this contact information will be used to contact the voter concerning the acceptance or rejection of the ballot, and how the voter may cure a defect. A voter’s telephone number and email address shall not be subject to public disclosure and shall not be considered a public record.
e. Except for a primary election for the general election, each county clerk shall ensure that any political affiliation or designation on the inner envelope provided to each voter shall not be visible to the public on the outer envelope’s exterior.
L.2009, c.79, s.13; amended 2011, c.134, s.53; 2018, c.72, s.6; 2020, c.70, s.9; 2022, c.69, s.6.