New Jersey § 19:23-45

§ 19:23-45.

a. The county commissioner of registration in each of the several counties shall cause

a notice to be published in each municipality of their respective counties in a newspaper

or newspapers circulating therein. The notice to be so published shall be published once during each of the two calendar

weeks next preceding the week in which the 55th day next preceding the primary election

of a political party occurs. b. (1) The notice required to be published by the preceding paragraph shall inform

the reader thereof that: (a) no voter, except a newly registered voter at the first primary at which the voter

is eligible to vote, or a voter who has not previously voted in a primary election

may vote in a primary election of a political party unless the voter was deemed to

be a member of that party on the 55th day next preceding such primary election; (b) a voter who is listed to receive mail-in ballots for all future elections, pursuant

to the provisions of section 3 of P.L.2009, c. 79 ( C.19:63-3 ) or section 14 of P.L.2018, c. 72 ( C.19:63-3.1 ), and who is not affiliated with any political party shall not receive a mail-in

ballot for a primary election. Such unaffiliated mail-in voters shall receive a political party affiliation declaration

form and information concerning how to affiliate with a political party , how to vote by mail in the primary election, and how to vote in person at a polling place on the day of a primary election . Any unaffiliated voter, who is not affiliated with any political party, may vote using

a mail-in ballot in a primary election if the voter submits a political party affiliation

declaration form to the municipal clerk or the county commissioner of registration

and has requested or requests a mail-in ballot prior to the deadline in which a voter

may apply to the county clerk for a mail-in ballot by mail pursuant to subsection

b. of section 3 of P.L.2009, c. 79 ( C.19:63-3 ), or in person pursuant to subsection d. of section 3 of P.L.2009, c. 79 ( C.19:63-3 ) ; and (c) a voter who votes in the primary election of a political party, or who signs and

files with the municipal clerk or the county commissioner of registration a declaration

that the voter desires to vote in the primary election of a political party, or who

indicates on a voter registration form the voter's choice of political party affiliation

and submits the form to the commissioner of registration of the county wherein the

voter resides, to the employees or agents of a public agency, as defined in subsection

a. of section 15 of P.L.1974, c. 30 ( C.19:31-6.3 ), or a voter registration agency, as defined in subsection a. of section 26 of P.L.1994, c. 182 ( C.19:31-6.11 ) or to the Secretary of State, either on a paper form or an electronic form using

the online voter registration system established under section 1 of P.L.2019, c. 382 ( C.19:31-6.4c ), shall be deemed to be a member of that party until the voter signs and files with

the municipal clerk or the commissioner of registration a declaration that the voter

desires to vote in the primary election of another political party, at which time

the voter shall be deemed to be a member of such other political party, or that the

voter chooses not to be affiliated with any political party. (2) The notice shall also state the time and location where a person may obtain political

party affiliation declaration forms or voter registration forms.