New Jersey § 19:31-6
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§ 19:31-6.
Any person qualified to vote in an election shall be entitled to vote in the election
if the person shall have registered to vote on or before the 21st day preceding the
election by: a. registering in person at any offices designated by the commissioner of registration
for providing and receiving registration forms; b. completing a voter registration form while applying for a motor vehicle driver's
license from an agent of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, as provided for
in section 24 of P.L.1994, c. 182 ( C.39:2-3.2 ); c. completing and returning to the Secretary of State or having returned thereto a
voter registration form received from a voter registration agency, as defined in subsection
a. of section 26 of P.L.1994, c. 182 ( C.19:31-6.11 ), while applying for services or assistance or seeking a recertification, renewal
or change of address at an office of that agency; d. completing and returning to the Secretary of State a voter registration form obtained
from a public agency, as defined in subsection a. of section 15 of P.L.1974, c. 30
( C.19:31-6.3 ); e. completing and returning to the Secretary of State or having returned thereto a
voter registration form received from a door-to-door canvass or mobile registration
drive, as provided for in section 19 of P.L.1974, c. 30 ( C.19:31-6.7 ); f. completing and returning to the Secretary of State a federal mail voter registration
form, as prescribed in subsection (b) of section 9 of the “National Voter Registration
Act of 1993,” (42 U.S.C. s.1973gg et seq.); 1 g. completing and returning to the Secretary of State or the appropriate county clerk
an application for a federal postcard application form to register to vote, as permitted
pursuant to the federal “ Uniform and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act” 52 U.S.C. s.120301 et seq. ) and section 4 of P.L.1976, c. 23 ( C.19:59-4 ); h. completing a provisional ballot affirmation statement and voting the provisional
ballot in the previous election, if the person who submitted the provisional ballot
in that election is determined not to be a registered voter; or i. completing and submitting an online voter registration form available on the Secretary
of State's Internet website, as provided under section 1 of P.L.2019, c. 382 ( C.19:31-6.4c ). When the commissioner has designated a place or places other than his office for receiving
registrations, the commissioner shall cause to be published a notice in a newspaper
circulated in the municipality wherein such place or places of registration shall
be located. Such notice shall be published pursuant to R.S.19:12-7 . Any office designated by the commissioner of registration for receiving registration
forms shall have displayed, in a conspicuous location, registration and voting instructions. These instructions shall be the same as those provided for polling places under R.S.19:9-2 and shall be provided by the commissioner. 1
See 52 U.S.C.A. § 20501 et seq.
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