New Jersey § 19:34-1

Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 19:34-1, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 19:34-1.

If any member of the district board shall willfully refuse to enter in the canvassing

books or upon the registers the name of any person legally entitled to vote, or shall

register the name of any person contrary to the provisions of this title, such member

shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree . Any person who shall cause or procure his name to be registered in more than one election

district, or shall cause or procure his name or that of any other person to be registered,

knowing that he or such other person is not entitled to vote in the election district

wherein such registry is made at the next election to be held therein, shall be punished

for each such offense and shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree . No district board shall execute or deliver to any voter any paper in the nature of

a transfer, purporting to authorize him to vote in any other election district unless

he is actually registered as now provided by law. Any officer or employee who shall willfully fail to perform or enforce any of the

provisions of this title or who shall unlawfully or fraudulently remove any registration

records, or who shall willfully destroy any record directed by this title to be kept,

or any person who shall willfully or fraudulently register more than once, or register

under any but his true name, or attempt to vote by impersonating another who is registered,

or who willfully registers in any election district where he is not a resident at

the time of registering, or who violates any of the provisions of this title, shall

be guilty of a crime of the third degree .

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