New Jersey § 19:13-15
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 19:13-15, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19:13-15.
In presidential years the State committee of a political party shall meet at the call
of its chairman, within 1 week following the closing of the party's national convention,
for the purpose of nominating candidates for electors of President and Vice-President
of the United States and shall certify such nomination in a written or printed or
partly written and partly printed certificate of nomination. The certificate of nomination shall contain the name of each person nominated, his
residence and post-office address, the office for which he is named, and shall also
contain in not more than 3 words the designation of the party the nominating body
represents. The names of the candidates for President and Vice-President for whom such electors
are to vote may be included in the certificate. The State committee may also appoint a committee to whom shall be delegated the
power to fill vacancies occurring prior to the election of the electors , howsoever caused, and the names and addresses of such committee shall be included
in the certificate. The certificate shall be signed by the State chairman who shall make oath before an
officer authorized to administer the same that he is the State chairman of the political
party and that the certificate and statements therein contained are true to the best
of his knowledge and belief. A certificate that such oath has been taken shall be made and signed by the officer
administering the same and indorsed upon or attached to the certificate of nomination. Inclosed upon or attached to the certificate shall be statements in writing that
the persons named therein accept such nominations and the oath of allegiance prescribed
in section 41:1-1 of the Revised Statutes duly taken and subscribed by each or all
of them before an officer or officers authorized to take oaths in this State. The certificate of nomination and the acceptance thereof shall be filed with the Secretary
of State not later than 1 week after the nomination of such electors of President
and Vice-President of the United States. The procedure for all objections to the certificates of nomination, the determination
of the validity of such objections, the correction of defective certificates, and
the presentation of such certificates and any documents attached thereto, shall be
the same as herein provided for direct petitions of nominations.
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