§ 19:3-1 Public offices, party offices and public questions classified
§ 19:3-2 Filling of public offices, vacancies; public questions; exceptions
§ 19:3-2.1 Election to office of Lieutenant Governor, certification
§ 19:3-3 Election of delegates, alternates at primary election
§ 19:3-4 Basis of election to office
§ 19:3-5 Incompatible offices, prohibition; qualifications for certain elected offices
§ 19:3-5.1 Accepting nomination for more than one office
§ 19:3-5.2 Holding simultaneously more than one elective public office prohibited; exceptions
§ 19:3-6 Form of public question; when question deemed approved; “legal voters” defined
§ 19:3-7 Office forfeited by nonfiling of statement or filing of false statement
§ 19:3-9 Circumstances under which office not void
§ 19:3-10 Name not printed on ballot; next highest name printed
§ 19:3-11 No certificate of election to candidate elected
§ 19:3-12 Delivered certificate of election void
§ 19:3-13 Candidate inducted into office; proceedings for vacation of office
§ 19:3-14 No certificate of election delivered
§ 19:3-15 Delivered certificate of election void
§ 19:3-16 Candidate inducted into office; proceedings for vacation of office
§ 19:3-17 No certificate of election delivered
§ 19:3-18 Delivered certificate of election void
§ 19:3-19 Surrender by delegates to national convention of certificate voided
§ 19:3-20 Candidate whose nomination or election annulled ineligible to fill vacancies
§ 19:3-21 Candidate removed from office ineligible to fill vacancies; exception
§ 19:3-22 Appointments null and void
§ 19:3-23 Vacation of office when nomination or election void
§ 19:3-24 Right to seek recovery of office unabridged
§ 19:3-25 What constitutes vacancy
§ 19:3-26 Vacancies in United States senate; election to fill; temporary appointment by governor
§ 19:3-27 Vacancies in United States house of representatives; election to fill
§ 19:3-29 Other vacancies; election to fill
§ 19:3-30 Databases established; information on certain appointed positions and elected offices
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 19 > Chapter 3 - Public Offices, Party Offices and Public Questions Classified

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • census: means the latest Federal census effective within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Municipality: includes any city, town, borough, village, or township. See New Jersey Statutes 19:1-1
  • Party office: means the office of delegate or alternate to the national convention of a political party or member of the State, county or municipal committees of a political party. 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
  • Public office: includes any office in the government of this State or any of its political subdivisions filled at elections by the electors of the State or political subdivision. See New Jersey Statutes 19:1-1
  • 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
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Special election: means an election which is not provided for by law to be held at stated intervals. 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.