New Jersey § 19:50-2

Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 19:50-2, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 19:50-2.

a. For the first four successive general elections after the adoption of a new type of voting machine in a county , the county board of elections or the superintendent of elections , as the case may be, having custody of voting machines, shall designate suitable

and adequate times and places where voting machines containing sample ballots showing

titles of offices to be filled, and, so far as practicable, the names of candidates

to be voted for at the next election, shall be exhibited for the purpose of giving

instructions in the use of voting machines . No voting machine to be assigned for use in an election shall be used for such instruction

after having been prepared and sealed for the election. During public exhibition of any voting machine for the instruction of voters previous

to an election, the counting mechanism thereof shall be concealed from view and the

doors may be temporarily opened only when authorized by such county board of elections

or such superintendent of elections or such municipal clerk, as the case may be. b. The county board of elections shall design, prepare and make available to voters

instructions on the proper operation of the voting machine used in the county. The instructions may be conveyed on cards, computer software, pamphlets, posters,

video or such other media as the county board deems appropriate, subject to the guidelines

set forth by the Attorney General. The instructions shall also be made available on the official Internet site of the

Division of Elections in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the county board

of elections shall provide a link to such instructions on its official Internet site. The Attorney General shall establish guidelines for the design of instructions for

the proper operation of voting machines used in this State. The provisions of this subsection shall be in addition to any other provision for

voter instruction required by law.

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