New Jersey § 19:49-3

§ 19:49-3.

At least one week prior to the start of the early voting period for any primary, local, or general election two sets of official ballots shall be provided

for each voting machine, for each polling place, for each election district, for use

in and upon the voting machine. One set thereof shall be inserted or placed in or upon the voting machine and the

other shall be retained in the custody and possession of the county board of elections

or the superintendent of elections or the municipal clerk, as the case may be, having

custody of voting machines, unless it shall become necessary during the course of

the election to make use of the same upon or in the voting machine. At the close of the election all official ballots, except those actually in or upon

the voting machine at the close of the election, whether the same shall have been

used in the machine or not, shall be returned to the official providing the same in

the manner by this Title provided.