New Jersey § 19:12-9
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§ 19:12-9.
a. The county board in each county shall cause to be published in a daily newspaper
of general circulation throughout the county, a notice containing the information
specified in subsection b. hereof. This notice shall be published once on the seventh day preceding the day fixed for
a municipal, primary, general or special election and once on the day preceding the
day fixed for a primary, general or special election. b. At the top of the notice the words “Public Notice to All Registered Voters of (insert
appropriate name) County” shall be printed in at least 30-point bold-faced capital
type. Next underneath, the words “You are hereby advised of the following procedure to
be used for the (insert appropriate date and type of election) election:” shall be
printed in at least 12-point bold-faced type. The body of the notice shall be printed in at least 10-point bold-faced type and shall
set forth: (1) that any person attempting to vote may be challenged by a duly authorized challenger
for a political party or a candidate or on a public question, or by a member of the
district board of elections, because the voter's name appears on a challenge list
prepared by the superintendent of elections of the county or because the challenger
or board member has good cause to believe that the voter is not entitled to vote; (2) that members of the district board and all duly authorized challengers are prohibited
from challenging, delaying or preventing the right to vote of any person because of
that person's race, color, national origin, expected manner of casting a vote or residence
in a particular ward, housing complex or section of a municipality or county; (3) the means by which any person who is challenged because that person's name appears
on a challenge list prepared by the superintendent of elections of the county may
seek to establish the person's right to vote, as provided in R.S. 19:32-18 ; (4) the means by which any person whose name does not appear on a challenge list prepared
by the superintendent of elections of the county but who is challenged by a duly authorized
challenger or by a member of the district board of elections may seek to establish
the person's right to vote, as provided in section 2 of P.L.1991, c. 249 ( C.19:15-18.1 ); (5) that any challenger who succeeds in denying a voter the right to vote must sign
an affidavit stating the reason why the voter is not entitled to vote and must furnish
a copy of the affidavit to the challenged voter, as provided in section 3 of P.L.1991, c. 249 ( C. 19:15-18.2 ); (6) the legal remedy which any person whose name does not appear on a challenge list
prepared by the superintendent but who is challenged by a duly authorized challenger
or by a member of the district board of elections and denied the right to vote may
use to seek permission to vote, as provided in section 6 of P.L.1991, c. 249 ( C. 19:15-18.3 ); (7) that forms to register complaints about the conduct of an election shall be available
at each polling place in the county; and (8) the names of the chairman, secretary, clerk and members of the county board of
elections and a telephone number at which they may be reached for more information. c. In counties in which the primary language of 10% or more of the registered voters
is Spanish, two notices containing the information in subsection b. of this section
shall appear side-by-side, one in English and one in Spanish. The notices shall be identical in size, content and type face. d. The cost of publishing the notices required by this section shall be paid by the
respective counties.
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