ASSEMBLY, No. 673

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

By Assemblyman BAGGER

An Act concerning petitions of nomination and amending R.S.19:13-9 and R.S.19:23-14.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. R.S.19:13-9 is amended to read as follows:

    19:13-9. All such petitions and acceptances thereof shall be filed with the officer or officers to whom they are addressed before 4:00 p.m. of the [54th] 57th day next preceding the day of the holding of the primary election for the general election in this Title provided. All petitions when filed shall be open under proper regulations for public inspection.

    Notwithstanding the above provision, all petitions and acceptances thereof nominating electors of candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, which candidates have not been nominated at a convention of a political party as defined by this Title, shall be filed with the Secretary of State before 4:00 p.m. of the 99th day preceding the general election in this Title provided. All petitions when filed shall be opened under proper regulations for public inspection.

    The officer or officers shall transmit to the Election Law Enforcement Commission the names of all candidates, other than candidates for federal office, nominated by petition and any other information required by the commission in the form and manner prescribed by the commission and shall notify the commission immediately upon the withdrawal of a petition of nomination.

(cf: P.L.1989, c.70, s.1)

    2. R.S.19:23-14 is amended to read as follows:

    19:23-14. Petitions addressed to the Secretary of State, the county clerks, or the municipal clerks shall be filed with such officers, respectively, before 4:00 p.m. of the [54th] 57th day next preceding the day of the holding of the primary election for the general election.

    Not later than the close of business of the 48th day preceding the primary election for the general election, the municipal clerk shall certify to the county clerk the full and correct names and addresses of all candidates for nomination for public and party office and the name of the political party of which such persons are candidates together with their slogan and designation. The county clerk shall transmit this information to the Election Law Enforcement Commission in the form and manner prescribed by the commission and shall notify the commission immediately upon the withdrawal of a petition of nomination.

(cf: P.L.1985, c.92, s.18)

    3. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    The purpose of this bill is to change the date, from the 54th day to the 57th day prior to the primary election, by which all petitions of nomination must be filed with the Secretary of State, the county clerks or municipal clerks.

Changes date by which all petitions of nomination must be filed prior to a primary election from 54th to 57th day.