New Jersey § 19:45-6

§ 19:45-6.

The compensation of each member of the district boards for all services performed

by them under the provisions of this Title shall be as follows: In all counties, for all services rendered including the counting of the votes, and

in counties wherein voting machines are used, the tabulation of the votes registered

on the voting machines, and the delivery of the returns, registry binders, ballot

boxes and keys for the voting machines to the proper election officials, $300 each time the primary election, the general election or any special election is held

under this Title; provided, however, that: a. (1) The member of the board charged with the duty of obtaining and signing for

the signature copy registers shall receive an additional $12.50 per election, such

remuneration being limited to only one board member per election, or $6.25 to each

of two board members if they share such responsibility for the signature copy registers,

and (2) the member of the board charged with the duty of returning the signature copy

registers shall receive an additional $12.50 per election, such remuneration being

limited to only one board member per election, or $6.25 to each of two board members

if they share such responsibility for the signature copy registers; b. In the case of any member of the board who is required under R.S.19:50-1 to attend in a given year a training program for district board members, but who

fails to attend such a training program in that year, that compensation shall be commensurate with the State minimum wage for each of those elections; c. In counties wherein voting machines are used no compensation shall be paid for

any services rendered at any special election held at the same time as any primary

or general election. Such compensation shall be in lieu of all other fees and payments; and d. Compensation for district board members serving at a school election held at a

time other than the time of the general election shall be paid by the board of education

of the school district conducting the election at an hourly rate commensurate with the State minimum wage , except that the board of education may compensate such district board members at

a pro-rated hourly rate consistent with the daily rate up to a maximum of $21.43 . The provisions of subsections a., b., and c. of this section shall also apply to

district board members serving at a school election held at a time other than at the

time of the general election, except that in the case of subsection b., the compensation

shall be at an hourly rate commensurate with the State minimum wage . In addition to the $300 compensation provided pursuant to this section to each member

of a district board for each time the primary election, the general election, or any

special election is held under this Title, a county may provide, at its discretion,

additional compensation to the members of all district boards in such county in an

amount determined by the county, and the additional compensation shall be an expense

of the county. Compensation due each member shall be paid within 30 days but not within 20 days after

each election; provided, however, that no compensation shall be paid to any member

of any such district board who may have been removed from office or application for

the removal of whom is pending under the provisions of R.S.19:6-4 . In addition to the provisions of this section, in the case of any member of the board

who is required under R.S.19:50-1 to attend in a given year a training program for district board members, a county

may provide, at its discretion, compensation to such a member who attends the training

program in an amount determined by the county, and the compensation shall be an expense

of the county.