New Jersey § 19:53b-1
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 19:53b-1, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19:53b-1.
a. The county clerk or the municipal clerk, in the case of a municipal election, shall
prepare an emergency ballot box packet which shall include the appropriate number
of emergency ballots, the appropriate number of pre-punched single-hole white envelopes,
and two tally sheets, each with a carbon duplicate copy attached. The custodian of the voting machines shall prepare and place in each emergency ballot
box an emergency ballot box packet and an envelope containing a numbered white seal
and a numbered red seal. The envelope shall contain, on its face, the instructions for the use of the seals,
the number and the election district location of the voting machine to which the ballot
box is attached, and the identification numbers of the white and red seals that were
placed in the envelope. The emergency ballot box shall be sealed with a numbered green security seal before
being shipped to each election district as provided in R.S.19:48-6 . b. For the primary for the general election, the emergency ballots shall be printed
on paper of a color that matches the color of the voting authority, which shall indicate
the party primary of the voter. The emergency ballots shall be uniform in size, quality and type and of a thickness
that the printing thereon cannot be distinguished from the back of the paper, and
without any mark, device or figure on the front or back other than as provided in
this amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.1992, c. 3 ( C.19:53B-1 et al.). The clerk of the county or municipality having custody of the emergency ballots shall
prepare each emergency ballot package with a minimum of 30 emergency ballots for each
political party. If the clerk determines, based upon the number of registered voters with party affiliations,
that an election district shall require more than 30 emergency ballots per party primary,
additional emergency ballots shall be delivered to that election district. c. For the general election the emergency ballots shall be printed on paper of the
color of the voting authority. The emergency ballots shall be uniform in size, quality and type and of a thickness
that the printing thereon cannot be distinguished from the back of the paper, and
without any mark, device or figure on the front or back other than as provided in
this amendatory and supplementary act. The clerk of the county or municipality shall prepare each emergency ballot package
with a minimum of 30 emergency ballots. If the clerk determines that an election district shall require more than 30 emergency
ballots based on the number of registered voters, additional emergency ballots shall
be delivered to that election district.
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