New Jersey § 19:31a-8

§ 19:31a-8.

Every person qualified to vote in any election shall at any time after the opening

of the polls be at liberty to enter the polling place or room and claim his right

to vote at such election in his proper district, and he shall claim such right in

person before the district board in the district. The board shall permit no person to vote whose name does not appear in the signature

copy register of its election district. Each voter in claiming the right to vote shall first give his full name and address

to the member of the district board having charge of the duplicate permanent registration

binder and voting record and the signature comparison record. Such clerk shall thereupon locate the permanent registration form and voting record

and signature comparison record of the voter and shall require the voter to thereupon

sign his name in the proper space on his signature comparison record if the voter

has previously signed his name on the line marked sample signature. If the voter has not so signed the member of the district board shall require the

voter to sign the line marked sample signature and compare the sample signature with

the signature made by such person at the time he registered and if satisfied that

they were made by one and the same person he shall then permit the voter to sign his

name in the proper space on the signature comparison record. The voter shall sign his name without assistance using black ink in the proper column

on the signature comparison record. Such signature being completed on the signature comparison record the member of

the board having charge of the duplicate permanent registration binder shall audibly

and publicly announce the name of the claimant and if the member of the board has

ascertained from the duplicate permanent registration binder that the claimant is

registered as a qualified voter and upon comparison the member of the board is satisfied

that the signature of the claimant and the sample signature on the signature copy

register has been made by one and the same person, the member of the board who compared

the signature of the voter shall place his initials in the proper column on the signature

comparison record signifying that he has made such comparison and is satisfied that

the signature of the claimant and sample signature has been made by one and the same

person; whereupon the voter shall be eligible to receive a ballot unless it be shown

to the satisfaction of a majority of the members of the district board that he is

not entitled to vote in the district or has otherwise become disqualified. In addition to signing the signature comparison record and after the comparison of

the signature with the signature in the register, a person offering to vote at a primary

election for the general election shall announce his name and the party primary in

which he wishes to vote. After a person has voted, the member of the district board having charge of the signature

copy register shall place the number of the person's ballot in the proper column on

the record of voting form of such person, which number shall constitute a record that

the person has voted. In the case of a primary election for the general election such member of the district

board shall also place in the proper column on the record of voting form the first

three letters of the name of the political party whose primary ballot such person

has voted. No person shall be required to sign the signature comparison record as a means of

identification if he shall have been unable to write his name when he registered,

or if, having been able to write his name when registered, he subsequently shall have

lost his sight or lost the hand with which he was accustomed to write or shall by

reason of disease or accident be unable to write his name when he applies to vote,

but each such person who alleges his inability to sign his name on the signature comparison

record shall establish his identity as follows: one of the members of the district

board shall read the same list of questions to the voter as were required upon registration,

such questions shall be provided at each election by the commissioner of registration

and are to be known as “identification statements for election day.” The member of the board shall write the answers of the voter upon the identification

statement. These statements shall be inserted in the front of the duplicate registry binders,

at each election, and shall be numbered serially from one to twenty. Each statement shall contain the same questions as the voter was required to answer

upon registration. The questions answered upon registration shall not be turned to or inspected until

the answers to the questions shall have been written on election day by the member

of the board. At the end of each list of questions shall be printed the following statement: “I

certify that I have read to the above named voter each of the foregoing questions

and that I have duly recorded his answers as above to each of said questions”; and

the member of the board who has made the above record shall sign his name to such

certificate and date the same, and note the time of day of making such record. If the answers to the questions asked of the voter on election day agree with the

answers given by him to the same questions at the time he registered, he shall then

be eligible to receive a ballot. Any person who shall permit or attempt to furnish the answers on behalf of the voter

shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree . The commissioner of registration shall furnish sufficient identification statements

for each election district in each county. The statements shall be printed on sheets approximately ten by sixteen inches and

shall contain a margin of approximately two inches for binding and shall be inserted

in the front of the duplicate registry binders each election and shall be in substantially

the following form: At any election any person who declares under oath and establishes to the satisfaction

of a majority of all the members of the district board, that by reason of an inability

to read or write, blindness or other physical disability he is unable to mark his

ballot without assistance, shall have the assistance of two members of the board who

shall not be members of the same political party, to be assigned by the board, in

preparing his ballot. Such members shall retire with such voter to the booth and assist him in the preparation

of his ballot and folding the same. The member acting as clerk of the district board shall make an entry on a disability

certificate for assistance, which entry shall be in the form of an oath and be inserted

in the front of the duplicate registry binders each election. In every instance when such oath was administered to a voter as herein provided, it

shall state briefly what facts were sworn to and the names of the members of the board

who aided such voter. Any members of the district board shall be eligible to witness the preparation of

the ballot of any such voter, but no other person shall be allowed to assist him in

marking his ballot or to witness the marking of the same. No member of the board shall reveal the name of any person for whom such voter has

voted or anything that took place while he was being assisted. Such voter, if blind, disabled, or unable to read or write, may, in lieu of the assistance

of the board as above provided, have assistance of some person of his own selection

in preparing his ballot. Such person shall retire with such voter to the booth and assist him in the preparation

of his ballot and folding the same. The name and address of such person shall be recorded as above. In such case, no other person than the one so selected by the voter shall be allowed

to assist such voter in marking his ballot or witness the marking of the same. No person so selected shall reveal the name of any person for whom such voter has

voted or anything that took place while he was being assisted. The disability certificates shall be numbered serially one to twenty. The commissioner of registration shall furnish sufficient disability certificates

for assistance for each election district in his county. The disability certificates for assistance shall be printed on sheets approximately

ten by sixteen inches and shall contain a margin of approximately two inches for binding

and shall be in substantially the following form: The commissioner of registration in each county shall furnish sufficient certificates

of signature comparison records for each election district in his county to be filled

in and signed at the close of the polls by the members of the district board. A blank space shall also be provided for on the certificate for the signatures of

the members of the election board. Under said certificate there shall also be printed the word “Remarks” together with

a number of blank lines. The commissioner shall insert one of such certificates in the front of the signature

copy register in each election district in the county. At primary elections the certificate shall be in substantially the following form: After each election the commissioner of registration shall remove from the binders

the identification statements, the disability certificates for assistance, and certifications

of signature comparison records and shall preserve them in his office in a suitable

place for a period of two years.