New Jersey § 19:4-18
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§ 19:4-18.
a. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Voting Precinct Transparency Act.” b. The Secretary of State shall make available on the official website of the Division
of Elections in the Department of State the election district, county district, and
municipal ward boundaries required to be filed with the Secretary of State pursuant
to section 7 of P.L.1976, c. 83 ( C.19:4-16 ), section 121 of P.L.1972, c. 154 ( C.40:41A-121 ), and section 7 of P.L.1981, c. 496 ( C.40:44-15 ), respectively. The boundary files shall be in ESRI Shapefile format and available for download
by the public free of charge, upon implementation of a compatible Statewide Voter
Registration System. c. Within 90 days following the certification of the results of any special, primary,
school, municipal, or general election, and of any public question voted by the voters
at an election, pursuant to Title 19 of the Revised Statutes, the county clerk of
each county shall make available on their official website a table or database containing
the election results compiled at the election districts level. If feasible, the table or database shall include the results of mail-in ballots
delineated by election district. The election results table or database shall be in a single file, in a comma-delimited
values format, and shall contain a unique identifier field for each election district
that matches the unique identifier field for that district in the election districts
Shapefile. In the event that election results specific to mail-in ballots are unable to be
included in the table or database created pursuant to this subsection, the votes by
mail-in ballot for a particular candidate shall be included in a separate table or
database. A mail-in ballot received and counted shall not be attributed in the table or database
to an election district or other geographic unit in which the voter does not reside. The election results table or database shall be available for download by the public
free of charge. d. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the New Jersey Office of Information
Technology, Office of Geographic Information Systems, shall issue technical guidelines
governing the preparation, maintenance, and submission of boundary files and election
results files deemed necessary or desirable to accomplish the provisions of this section.
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