New Jersey § 19:48-2
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 19:48-2, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19:48-2.
Any person or corporation owning or being interested in any voting machine may apply
to the Secretary of State to examine such machine. Before the examination the applicant shall pay to the Secretary of State an examination
fee of four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00). The Secretary of State within a period of thirty days shall examine the machine
and shall make and file in the office of the Secretary of State his report of the
examination, which report shall state whether in his opinion the kind of machine so
examined can be safely used by the voters at elections under the conditions prescribed
in this subtitle. If the report states the machine can be so used, it shall be deemed approved, and
machines of its kind may be adopted for use at elections as herein provided. Before making such report the Secretary of State shall require the voting machine
to be examined by three examiners to be appointed for such purpose by him, one of
whom shall be an expert in patent law and the other two mechanical experts, and shall
require of them a written report on such machine, which the Secretary of State shall
attach to his own report on the machine. Each examiner shall receive one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for his compensation
and expenses in making an examination and report as to each voting machine examined
by him from and out of the examination fee of four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00). Neither the Secretary of State nor any examiner shall have any pecuniary interest
in any voting machine. When the machine has been so approved, any improvement or change that does not impair
its accuracy, efficiency, or capacity, shall not render necessary a re-examination
or reapproval thereof. Any form of voting machine not so approved cannot be used at any election. The certificate of approval, or a certified copy thereof, shall be conclusive evidence
that the kind of machine so examined complies with the provisions of this subtitle,
except that the action of the Secretary of State in approving such machine may be
reviewed by the Superior Court in a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ.
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