N.J. Admin. Code § 15:10-2.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 15:10-2.3 - Responsibilities of municipal clerks

(a) Municipal clerks should obtain and have available for distribution voter declaration forms.

(b) Upon receipt of a signed declaration or written statement declaring political party membership, or unaffiliated status, the municipal clerk should mark on the form or statement the date on which it was filed with him or her.

(c) The municipal clerk should accurately maintain a registry of declarations received showing the name and address of the voter, the political party declared, or unaffiliated status, and the date received.

(d) Once it has been dated and recorded, the municipal clerk should submit the form or statement to the county voter registration official.

(e) Appropriate measures should be taken to insure that the forms are properly delivered in the condition in which they were received. Immediately after the expiration of the deadline for the receipt of forms (that is, 55 days before the primary election), the municipal clerk should deliver those forms in his or her possession to the county voter registration official.

(f) In the event that declaration forms or statements are lost or damaged in transit, the municipal clerk may rely upon the records maintained by him or her to advise the county voter registration official of the declarations received, but this measure should only be used after all reasonable means of locating or repairing the original forms or statements have been exhausted.

N.J. Admin. Code § 15:10-2.3

Amended by 48 N.J.R. 808(a), effective 5/16/2016