New Jersey § 19:27a-4

§ 19:27a-4.

a. An elected official shall be recalled from office upon the affirmative vote of

a majority of those voting on the question of recall at a recall election which shall

have been held after the officeholder shall have served one year of the term of office

from which the person is sought to be recalled. A person serving to fill a vacancy in the term of an elective office shall be subject

to recall at such an election after one year of such service. No election to recall an elected official shall be held after the date occurring

six months prior to the general election or regular election for that office, as appropriate,

in the final year of the official's term. No statement of reasons or grounds for the holding of a recall election or for the

recall at such an election of an elected official shall be required in connection

with the preparation or circulation of a recall petition, with the transmittal of

any notice required under the provisions of this act, 1 with the submission to the voters of the question of the recall of an elected official,

or with any other action or procedure relating to such a recall, and to the extent

that any such statement of reasons or grounds is offered by the sponsors of a recall

petition or by any other person, the sufficiency of that statement shall be a political

rather than a judicial question. b. The procedures established in this act to initiate the calling of a recall election

may be commenced not earlier than the 50th day preceding the completion of the first

year of the term of office by the official sought to be recalled. In the case of an official serving to fill a vacancy in the term of an elective

office, the procedures established in this act to initiate the calling of a recall

election may be commenced not earlier than the 50th day preceding the completion of

the first year of such service. However, the recall election itself shall not be held until after the official has

completed one year of such term or service, as appropriate. 1

N.J.S.A. § 19:27A-1 et seq.