A2159

ASSEMBLY, No. 2159

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED JUNE 20, 1996

By Assemblyman GREENWALD

An Act concerning uncontested candidacies for party nominations and party offices and revising parts of the statutory law.

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

1. R.S.19:3-3 is amended to read as follows:

19:3-3. Delegates and alternates to the national conventions of the political parties shall be elected at the primary election to be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in June in that year. The members of State, county and municipal committees of the political parties shall be chosen at the primary for the general election as hereinafter provided. A candidate for the office of delegate or alternate to the national convention of a political party or the office of member of a committee of a political party who has been certified under R.S.19:23-14 as having been elected to that office on the basis of petitions of nomination properly filed shall be deemed to have been elected to or chosen for the office at that primary election for the purposes of this section and, unless otherwise apparent from the context, of all other provisions of this Title.

(cf: P.L.1976, c.26, s.1)

2. R.S.19:12-7 is amended to read as follows:

19:12-7. a. The county board in each county shall cause to be published in a newspaper or newspapers which, singly or in combination, are of general circulation throughout the county, a notice containing the information specified in subsection b. hereof, except for such of the contents as may be omitted pursuant to subsection c. or d. hereof. Such notice shall be published once during the 30 days next preceding the day fixed for the closing of the registration books for the primary election, once during the calendar week next preceding the week in which the primary election is held, once during the 30 days next preceding the day fixed for the closing of the registration books for the general election, and once during the calendar week next preceding the week in which the general election is held.

b. Such notice shall set forth:

(1) For the primary election:

(a) That a primary election for making nominations for the general election, for the selection of members of the county committees of each political party, and in each presidential year for the selection of delegates and alternates to national conventions of political parties, will be held on the day and between the hours and at the places provided for by or pursuant to this Title.

(b) The place or places at which and hours during which a person may register; the procedure for the transfer of registration, and the date on which the books are closed for registration or transfer of registration.

(c) The several State, county, municipal and party offices or positions to be filled, or for which nominations are to be made, at such primary election.

(d) The existence of registration and voting aids, including: (i) the availability of registration and voting instructions at places of registration as provided under R.S.19:31-6; and (ii), if available, the accessibility of voter information to the deaf by means of a telecommunications device.

(e) The availability of assistance to a person unable to vote due to blindness, disability or inability to read or write.

(f) With respect to those election districts within the county, if any, wherein by reason of the operation of the provisions of subsection b. of R.S.19:23-23 no nomination of a political party for any public office is to be made and no position of a party office of that political party is to be filled at the primary election, a notice specifically enumerating those election districts and stating that, in the absence of any contest for such nominations and party positions, no primary election for that political party will be held in the election districts so enumerated.

(2) For the general election:

(a) That a general election will be held on the day and between the hours and at the places provided for by or pursuant to this Title.

(b) The place or places at which and hours during which a person may register; the procedure for transfer of registration, and the date on which the books are closed for registration or transfer of registration.

(c) The several State, county and municipal offices to be filled and, except as provided in section 19:14-33 of this Title as to publication of notice of any Statewide proposition directed by the Legislature to be submitted to the people, the State, county and municipal public questions to be voted upon at such general election.

(d) The existence of registration and voting aids, including: (i) the availability of registration and voting instructions at places of registration as provided under R.S.19:31-6; and (ii) the accessibility of voter information to the deaf by means of a telecommunications device.

(e) The availability of assistance to a person unable to vote due to blindness, disability or inability to read or write.

(3) For a school election:

(a) The day, time and place thereof,

(b) The offices, if any, to be filled at the election,

(d) Such other information as may be required by law.

c. If such publication is made in more than one newspaper, it shall not be necessary to duplicate in the notice published in each such newspaper all the information required under this section, so long as:

(1) The municipal officers or party positions to be filled, or nominations made, or municipal public questions to be voted upon by the voters of any municipality, shall be set forth in at least one newspaper having general circulation in such municipality;

(2) All offices to be filled, or nominations made therefor, or public questions to be voted upon, by the voters of the entire State or of the entire county shall be set forth in a newspaper or newspapers which, singly or in combination, have general circulation throughout the county;

(3) Information relating to nominations and elections in each Legislative District comprised in whole or part in the county, shall be published in at least a newspaper or newspapers which singly or in combination, have general circulation in every municipality of the county which is comprised in such legislative district.

d. Such part or parts of the original notices as published which pertain to day of registration or primary election which has occurred shall be eliminated from such notice in succeeding insertions.

e. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, in a school election the county board shall give notice of each election not less than 10 days prior to the date fixed for the election, by posting at least 7 copies of the notice, one on each schoolhouse in the district and the others at such public places therein as the board shall direct and causing a copy thereof to be published at least once, in at least one newspaper published in each municipality in the district and, if no newspaper is published in any such municipality or such a newspaper will not be published in time to publish the notice in accordance with this section, then, as to the municipality, in at least one newspaper published in the county or State and circulating in the municipality.

f. The cost of publishing the notices required by this section shall be paid by the respective counties ,or for school elections, by the respective school district .

(cf: P.L.1995, c.278, s.16)

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

19:13-1. Candidates for all public offices to be voted for at the general election in this state or in any political division thereof, except electors of president and vice president of the United States nominated by the political parties at state conventions, shall be nominated directly by petition as hereinafter provided, or at the primary for the general election held pursuant to this title. A candidate for the nomination of a political party for election to a public office who has been certified under R.S.19:23-14 as having received that nomination on the basis of petitions of nomination properly filed shall be deemed to have been nominated by the party for the office at that primary election for the purposes of this section and, unless otherwise apparent from the context, of all other provisions of this Title.

(cf: R.S.19:13-1)

4. Section 3 of P.L.1990, c.57 (C:19:13-14.1) is amended to read as follows:

3. A person whose name appears on the ballot at a primary election as a candidate for nomination by a political party for any municipal office or who shall have been deemed under subsection a. of R.S.19:23-14 to have been nominated by a political party for such office shall not be eligible to serve as the candidate of any other political party for that office in that municipality at the general election following that primary.

(cf: P.L.1990, c.57, s.3)

5. R.S.19:13-20 is amended to read as follows:

19:13-20. In the event of a vacancy, howsoever caused, among candidates nominated at primaries or candidates certified under R.S.19:23-14 as having received the nomination of a political party for public office on the basis of petitions of nomination properly filed, which vacancy shall occur not later than the 51st day before the general election, or in the event of inability to select a candidate because of a tie vote at such primary, a candidate shall be selected in the following manner:

a. (1) In the case of an office to be filled by the voters of the entire State, the candidate shall be selected by the State committee of the political party wherein such vacancy has occurred.

(2) In the case of an office to be filled by the voters of a single and entire county, the candidate shall be selected by the county committee in such county of the political party wherein such vacancy has occurred.

(3) In the case of an office to be filled by the voters of a portion of the State comprising all or part of two or more counties, the candidate shall be selected by those members of the county committees of the party wherein the vacancy has occurred who represent those portions of the respective counties which are comprised in the district from which the candidate is to be elected.

(4) In the case of an office to be filled by the voters of a portion of a single county, the candidate shall be selected by those members of the county committee of the party wherein the vacancy has occurred who represent those portions of the county which are comprised in the district from which the candidate is to be elected.

At any meeting held for the selection of a candidate under this subsection, a majority of the persons eligible to vote thereat shall be required to be present for the conduct of any business, and no person shall be entitled to vote at that meeting who is appointed to the State committee or county committee after the seventh day preceding the date of the meeting.

In the case of a meeting held to select a candidate for other than a Statewide office, the chairman of the meeting shall be chosen by majority vote of the persons present and entitled to vote thereat. The chairman so chosen may propose rules to govern the determination of credentials and the procedures under which the meeting shall be conducted, and those rules shall be adopted upon a majority vote of the persons entitled to vote upon the selection. If a majority vote is not obtained for those rules, the delegates shall determine credentials and conduct the business of the meeting under such other rules as may be adopted by a majority vote. All contested votes taken at the selection meeting shall be by secret ballot.

b. (1) Whenever in accordance with subsection a. of this section members of two or more county committees are empowered to select a candidate to fill a vacancy, it shall be the responsibility of the chairmen of said county committees, acting jointly not later in any case than the seventh day following the occurrence of the vacancy, to give notice to each of the members of their respective committees who are so empowered of the date, time and place of the meeting at which the selection will be made, that meeting to be held at least one day following the date on which the notice is given.

(2) Whenever in accordance with the provisions of subsection a. of this section members of a county committee are empowered to select a candidate to fill a vacancy, it shall be the responsibility of the chairman of such county committee, not later in any case than the seventh day following the occurrence of the vacancy, to give notice to each of the members of the committee who are so empowered of the date, time and place of the meeting at which the selection will be made, that meeting to be held at least one day following the date on which the notice is given.

(3) A county committee chairman or chairmen who call a meeting pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection shall not be entitled to vote upon the selection of a candidate at such meeting unless he or they are so entitled pursuant to subsection a.

(4) Whenever in accordance with the provisions of subsection a. of this section the State committee of a political party is empowered to select a candidate to fill a vacancy, it shall be the responsibility of the chairman of that State committee to give notice to each of the members of the committee of the date, time and place of the meeting at which the selection will be made, that meeting to be held at least one day following the date on which the notice is given.

c. Whenever a selection is to be made pursuant to this section to fill a vacancy resulting from inability to select a candidate because of a tie vote at a primary election, the selection shall be made from among those who have thus received the same number of votes at the primary.

d. A selection made pursuant to this section shall be made not later than the 48th day preceding the date of the general election, and a statement of such selection shall be filed with the Secretary of State or the appropriate county clerk, as the case may be, not later than said 48th day, and in the following manner:

(1) A selection made by a State committee of political party shall be certified to the Secretary of State by the State chairman of the political party.

(2) A selection made by a county committee of a political party, or a portion of the members thereof, shall be certified to the county clerk of the county by the county chairman of such political party; except that when such selection is of a candidate for the Senate or General Assembly or the United States House of Representatives the county chairman shall certify the selection to the State chairman of such political party, who shall certify the same to the Secretary of State.

(3) A selection made by members of two or more county committees of a political party acting jointly shall be certified by the chairmen of said committees, acting jointly, to the State chairman of such political party, who shall certify the same to the Secretary of State.

e. A statement filed pursuant to subsection d. of this section shall state the residence and post office address of the person so selected, and shall certify that the person so selected is qualified under the laws of this State to be a candidate for such office, and is a member of the political party filling the vacancy. Accompanying the statement the person endorsed therein shall file a certificate stating that he is qualified under the laws of this State to be a candidate for the office mentioned in the statement, that he consents to stand as a candidate at the ensuing general election and that he is a member of the political party named in said statement, and further that he is not a member of, or identified with, any other political party or any political organization espousing the cause of candidates of any other political party, to which shall be annexed the oath of allegiance prescribed in R.S.41:1-1 duly taken and subscribed by him before an officer authorized to take oaths in this State. The person so selected shall be the candidate of the party for such office at the ensuing general election.

(cf: P.L.1988, c.126, s.1)

6. Section 1 of P.L.1990, c.56 (C.19:13-20.1) is amended to read as follows:

1. If, other than by reason of the operation of subsection b. of R.S.19:23-23, there is no candidate on the primary election ballot of a political party for nomination for election to a public office in the general election and no write-in candidate for nomination for that office receives the minimum number of write-in votes necessary for nomination at a primary election pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1981, c.264 (C.19:14-2.1) and R.S.19:23-8, a vacancy shall not be deemed to exist and the provisions of R.S.19:13-20 shall not be applicable.

(cf: P.L.1990, c.56, s.1)

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

19:23-14. a. 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 day next preceding the day of the holding of the primary election for the general election.

With respect to any public office, or the office of delegate or alternate to the national convention of a political party or any office of member of a committee of a political party, if the number of persons indorsed as candidates at the primary election for the nomination of a political party for election to the public office or to fill the political party office in petitions properly filed in the office of the Secretary of State, the county clerk, or the municipal clerk, as the case may be, is less than or equal to the number of persons that the political party may nominate for election to the public office or the number of positions of the political party office to be filled, as the case may be, then the person or persons so indorsed shall be deemed to have been nominated by their political party for the public office or elected to fill the political party office, as appropriate, and the Secretary of State, county clerk, or municipal clerk shall certify such nomination or election of the person or persons in the same manner as provided for certification of the nomination or election of persons so nominated or elected at the primary election. Issuance by the Secretary of State, county clerk, or municipal clerk to each person certified as nominated for election to public office or elected to fill a position as member of a committee of a political party of a certificate of the person’s nomination for the public office or election to the party position shall be made not later than the 43rd day preceding the primary election for the general election. The certificate so issued shall be in lieu of any certificate of nomination or election otherwise required to be issued under this Title to persons nominated for public office or elected to party office at the primary election.

For the purposes of this subsection, nominations for election to a public office to which candidates at the general election are to be elected from different jurisdictions or for terms of different duration shall be considered to be nominations for election to different public offices.

b. 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, including therewith a copy of the certification issued by the municipal clerk as prescribed by subsection a. of this section identifying any of those persons deemed under that subsection on the basis of petitions properly filed with the municipal clerk to have been nominated as the candidate of a political party for election to a public office or elected to fill a position of a political party office. 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)

8. R.S.19:23-21 is amended to read as follows:

19:23-21. The Secretary of State shall certify the names of the persons indorsed in the petitions filed in his office, including therewith a copy of the certification issued by the Secretary as prescribed by subsection a. of R.S.19:23-14 identifying any of those persons deemed under that subsection to have been nominated as the candidate of a political party for public office or chosen to fill political party positions on the basis of those petitions, to the clerks of counties concerned thereby not later than the 48th day prior to the holding of the primary election, specifying in such certificate the political parties to which the persons so nominated in the petitions belong. In the case of candidates for offices other than federal office, the Secretary of State shall also 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.19)

9. R.S.19:23-22 is amended to read as follows:

19:23-22. The county clerk shall certify all of the persons so certified to him by the Secretary of State and in addition the names of all persons indorsed in petitions filed in his office to the clerk of each municipality concerned thereby in his respective county not later than the close of business of the 47th day prior to the time fixed by law for the holding of the primary election, specifying in such certificate the political party to which the person or persons so nominated belong, and including therewith a copy of the certification issued by the county clerk as prescribed by subsection a. of R.S.19:23-14, and a copy of any certification issued by the Secretary of State thereunder and received by the county clerk under R.S.19:23-21, identifying any of the persons indorsed in petitions filed in the office of the county clerk or the Secretary of State who are deemed under that subsection a. of R.S.19:23-14 to have been nominated as the candidate of a political party for election to a public office or chosen to fill a political party position. The county clerk shall also transmit this information with respect to persons, other than candidates for federal office, indorsed in petitions filed in his office 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 filed in his office.

(cf: P.L.1985, c.92, s.20)

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

19:23-23. a. There shall be separate ballots for each political party. Such ballots shall be alike in form for all political parties.

b. If, under subsection a. of R.S.19:23-14, the Secretary of State, the county clerk, or the municipal clerk has certified, on the basis of petitions indorsing candidates properly filed in the office of the Secretary, the county clerk, or the municipal clerk, respectively, that the nomination or any or all of the nominations of a political party of a candidate or candidates for election to a particular public office at the general election has or have been made, or that a political party office or any or all of the positions of such a political party office has or have been filled, then no vote shall be taken at the primary election upon that nomination or those nominations of that party of candidates for election to that public office or upon the filling of that political party office or those positions of that party office, as the case may be, and the vote upon any such nomination for that public office or upon the filling of that political party office shall be limited to the making of such nominations or the filling of such positions of the political party office as shall remain unmade or unfilled. In the case of any public office for which each nomination of the political party for that office has been made on the basis of such petitions, or any office of the political party with respect to which each position has been filled on that basis, then the primary election ballot for that political party shall omit any reference to the title of or provision for voting upon the public or party office, and shall also omit any other information otherwise prescribed by law that relates to the nomination of candidates for the public office or the filling of the political party office, as the case may be, at the primary election.

(cf: R.S.19:23-23)

11. R.S.19:23-24 is amended to read as follows:

19:23-24. The position which the candidates and bracketed groups of names of candidates for the primary for the general election shall have upon the primary election ballots, in the case of candidates for nomination for members of the United States Senate, Governor, members of the House of Representatives, members of the State Senate, members of the General Assembly, choice for President, delegates and alternates-at-large to the national conventions of political parties, district delegates and alternates to conventions of political parties, candidates for party positions, and county offices or party positions which are to be voted for by the voters of the entire county or a portion thereof greater than a single municipality, including a congressional district which is wholly within a single municipality, shall be determined by the county clerks in their respective counties; and, excepting in counties where R.S.19:49-2 applies, the position on the primary ballots in the case of candidates for nomination for office or party position wherein the candidates for office or party position to be filled are to be voted for by the voters of a municipality only, or a subdivision thereof (excepting in the case of members of the House of Representatives) shall be determined by the municipal clerk in such municipalities, in the following manner: The county clerk, or his deputy, or the municipal clerk or his deputy, as the case may be, shall at his office on the 47th day prior to the primary election at three o'clock in the afternoon draw from the box, as hereinafter described, each card separately without knowledge on his part as to which card he is drawing. Any legal voter of the county or municipality, as the case may be, shall have the privilege of witnessing such drawing. The person making the drawing shall make public announcement at the drawing of each name, the order in which same is drawn, and the office for which the drawing is made. When there is to be but one person nominated for the office, the names of the several candidates who have filed petitions for such office shall be written upon cards (one name on a card) of the same size, substance and thickness. The cards shall be deposited in a box with an aperture in the cover of sufficient size to admit a man's hand. The box shall be well shaken and turned over to thoroughly mix the cards, and the cards shall then be withdrawn one at a time. The first name drawn shall have first place, the second name drawn, second place, and so on; the order of the withdrawal of the cards from the box determining the order of arrangement in which the names shall appear upon the primary election ballot. Where there is more than one person to be nominated to an office where petitions have designated that certain candidates shall be bracketed, the position of such bracketed names on the ballot (each bracket to be treated as a single name), together with individuals who have filed petitions for nomination for such office, shall be determined as above described. Where there is more than one person to be nominated for an office and there are more candidates who have filed petitions than there are persons to be nominated, the order of the printing of such names upon the primary election ballots shall be determined as above described.

Names of persons certified under subsection a. of R.S.19:23-14 as having been nominated as the candidates of a political party for election to a public office or as having been elected to any office of a political party shall be omitted from the drawing hereinabove prescribed for positions on the primary election ballot.

The county clerk in certifying to the municipal clerk the offices to be filled and the names of candidates to be printed upon the primary election ballots, shall certify them in the order as drawn in accordance with the above described procedure, and the municipal clerk shall print the names upon the ballots as so certified and in addition shall print the names of such candidates as have filed petitions with him in the order as determined as a result of the drawing as above described. Candidates for the office of the county executive in counties that have adopted the county executive plan of the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-1 et seq.), shall precede the candidates for other county offices for which there are candidates on the primary election ballot.

(cf: P.L.1995, c.191, s.3)

12. R.S.19:23-25 is amended to read as follows:

19:23-25. The ballots shall be made up and printed in substantially the following form:

Each ballot shall have at the top a coupon at least two inches deep extending across the ballot above a perforated line. The coupon shall be numbered for each of the political parties, respectively, from one consecutively to the number of ballots delivered and received by the election officers of the respective polling places. Upon the coupon and above the perforated line shall be the words "To be torn off by the judge of election. Fold to this line." Below the perforated line shall be printed the words "Official Democratic Party Primary Ballot," or "Official Republican Party Primary Ballot," or, as the case may be, naming the proper political party, as provided in this Title; below which and extending across the ballot in one or more lines, as may be necessary, shall be printed the words ................ name of municipality ................... ward ................ election district ..................... date of election ................... John Doe, municipal clerk; the blank spaces shall be filled in with the name of the proper municipality, the ward and the district number and the date of election. The name of the municipal clerk shall be a facsimile of his signature. This heading shall be set apart from the body of the ballot by a heavy diagram rule. Below this rule shall be printed the following directions instructing the voter how to indicate his choice for each office and position, and for how many persons to vote for each office and position: To vote for any person whose name is printed upon this ballot mark a cross x , plus + or check • with ink or pencil in the square at the left of the name of such person. To vote for any person whose name is not printed upon this ballot write or paste the name in the blank space under the proper title of office and mark a cross x , plus + or check • with ink or pencil in the square at the left of the name of such person. Below these instructions shall be printed a heavy diagram rule below which shall be printed the titles of offices and positions for which candidates are to be voted for at the primary election, together with such directions to the voter as may be necessary, as "Vote for one," "Vote for two," or a greater number, as the case may be. Underneath the proper title of office and position shall be printed the names of all those persons, other than persons certified under subsection a. of R.S.19:23-14 as having been nominated as the candidates of a political party for election to a public office or elected to fill a political party office, certified as candidates for the offices to the municipal clerk by the county clerk as hereinbefore provided, and the names of persons, other than persons certified under that subsection a. as having been so nominated or elected, indorsed as such candidates in petitions on file in the office of the municipal clerk as they appear signed to the certificate of acceptance. The name of any person indorsed in a petition as provided who shall fail to certify his consent and agreement to be a candidate for nomination to the office specified therein shall not be printed upon the ballots to be used at the primary election. In the case of a vacancy among nominees the name of the person selected in the manner provided in this Title to fill same shall be printed upon the ballots in the place of the person vacating such nomination. The candidates shall be arranged in groups and the groups bracketed in all cases where the petitions indorsing such candidates request such grouping. The designation named by candidates in their petitions for nomination, as provided by this Title shall be printed to the right of the names of such candidates or groups of candidates in as large type as the space will allow. Immediately to the left and on the same line with the name of each candidate for office and position shall be printed a square approximately one-quarter of an inch in size, or by printing vertical single line rules connecting the single line rules between the names of the candidates and thus form a square in which the voter shall indicate his choice. A single light-faced rule shall be used to separate the different names in each group of candidates. A heavy diagram rule shall be used between each group of candidates for different offices. Where candidates are arranged in groups and the groups bracketed, the groups shall be separated from other groups and candidates by two single line rules approximately one-eighth of an inch apart.

[Each] Subject to the provisions of subsection b. of R.S.19:23-23, each primary ballot shall contain, at the end of the list of candidates for each different office, blank squares and spaces or lines equal to the number of persons to be elected to the office, for the purpose of allowing any voter to write or paste the name of any person for whom he desires to vote for any office or party position.

(cf: P.L.1994, c.77, s.10)

13. R.S.19:23-30 is amended to read as follows:

19:23-30. a. In counties not having a superintendent of elections where the county board of elections does not have the equipment or facilities to address and mail sample ballot envelopes, the municipal clerk shall cause to be printed as herewith prescribed a sufficient number of official primary sample ballots of each political party in each election district and shall furnish a sufficient number of stamped envelopes to enable every district board to mail one copy of such ballot of each political party to each voter who is registered in the district for the primary election. The municipal clerk shall deliver to the county clerk in all counties and the county board in counties having a superintendent of elections one official primary sample ballot of each political party for each district in his municipality. The costs of printing the official primary sample ballots and the stamped envelopes therefor shall be paid by the respective municipalities.

b. In counties having a superintendent of elections, and in other counties where the county board of elections may have the equipment or facilities to prepare a properly stamped envelope addressed to each registered voter in the county for mailing, the municipal clerk shall cause to the printed as herewith prescribed a sufficient number of official primary sample ballots of each political party for each election district and shall furnish a sufficient number of stamped envelopes to enable the commissioner of registration of the county to mail one copy of such ballot of each political party to each voter who is registered in the district for the primary election. The municipal clerk shall also deliver to the county board ten official primary sample ballots of each political party for each district in his municipality. The cost of printing of the official primary sample ballots and stamped envelopes therefor shall be paid for by the respective municipalities. County boards of elections which elect to operate under the provisions of this paragraph shall notify their respective municipal clerks in sufficient time to enable them to make the necessary arrangements the first year.

c. In any election district wherein every nomination of a political party for election to any public office at the general election that may be made at the primary election, and every position of each office of the same political party eligible to be filled at the primary election, has been made and filled, respectively, on the basis of petitions endorsing candidates for those nominations and party offices, the municipal clerk shall, in lieu of the sample ballots required under subsections a. and b. of this section for mailing to the members of that political party registered to vote in that election district, prepare and provide for the mailing of or deliver to the commissioner of registration for mailing, as appropriate, postal cards suitable for mailing to those voters and bearing the following statement: “To the voters of (insert name of municipality and number of ward and election district) affiliated with (insert name of applicable political party) : Candidates of your party for election to public office at the general election (if any) and for positions as officers of your political party are uncontested. Therefore, no primary election shall be held in your election district to select such candidates and to fill such party offices. You will be notified prior to the general election of the time and place at which the general election is to be held and of the names of candidates for election to public office that will appear on the ballot at that election.”

(cf: P.L.1947, c.168, s.8)

14. R.S.19:23-34 is amended to read as follows:

19:23-34. Each of such district boards, in counties not having a superintendent of elections where the county board of elections does not have the equipment or facilities to address and mail sample ballot envelopes, and the commissioner of registration in all other counties, shall prepare and deposit in the post office, on or before twelve o'clock noon on Wednesday preceding the primary day, the stamped envelopes containing a copy of the sample primary ballot of each political party addressed to each voter whose name appears in the primary election registry book.

In any election district for which postal cards have been prepared under subsection c. of R.S.19:23-30 notifying members of a political party registered to vote in the district that no primary election is to be held therein for their political party, those postal cards shall be mailed to those registered voters in the same manner as provided for, but in lieu of, such sample ballots.

(cf: P.L.1947, c.168, s.11)

15. R.S.19:23-35 is amended to read as follows:

19:23-35. In counties not having a superintendent of elections, where the county board of elections does not have the equipment or facilities to address and mail sample ballot envelopes, such district board shall also post three sample ballots in the polling place in its district.

The county board of elections in all counties of the first class, and in other counties where the county board of elections shall elect to operate under the provisions of subsection b of section 19:23-30 of this Title, shall, not later than noon of the second Monday preceding the primary election, deliver or mail to the members of the district board three sample ballots for their respective election district. The board shall post the sample ballots in the polling place in its district.

The provisions of this section shall not apply in any election district in which postal cards have been sent to members of all political parties who are registered to vote in the district notifying those voters that no primary election for their political party is to be held in the district.

(cf: P.L.1952, c.61, s.2)

16. R.S.19:23-38 is amended to read as follows:

19:23-38. The municipal clerk shall on the day preceding the primary election cause to be delivered, at his office, to a member or members of the district board of each election district within his municipality in which any candidates are to be nominated by a political party for election to public office or any positions of any political party office are to be filled at the primary election, the ballots and the ballot boxes provided for each election district, and any registers, poll books and other documents that he may have received from the county clerk, the county board or the commissioner, and take a receipt from such member or members therefor, which last mentioned receipt the clerk of the municipality shall file and preserve for one year.

In the case of an election district in which no such nominations are to be made, and no such positions of any political party office are to be filled, by any political party at the primary election, the municipal clerk shall, not later than the 11th day preceding that election, deliver to each member of the district board a notice to that effect, which notice shall advise the members of the district board that they are thereby released from the performance of any duties in the election district in which they hold their appointment with respect to the conduct of the primary election.

(cf: R.S.19:23-38)

17. R.S.19:24-5 is amended to read as follows:

19:24-5. Candidates for the position of delegates or alternates may be grouped together, if they so request in their petitions, and in any year of a presidential election may also have the name of the candidate for President whom they favor placed opposite their individual names or opposite such groups, if they so request in their petitions and if the written consent of such candidate for President is endorsed upon their petitions, under the caption "Choice for President."

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.19:24-4 and this section, in any election district in which all positions of the offices of delegate and alternate to the national convention of a political party have been certified as having been filled on the basis of those petitions, the name of the candidate of that party for President favored by the persons elected to those positions shall not be printed on the primary election ballot.

(cf: P.L.1974, c.9, s.3)

18. Section 18 of P.L.1993, c.65 (C.19:44A-11.3) is amended to read as follows:

18. a. No individual, other than an individual who is a candidate, no corporation of any kind organized and incorporated under the laws of this State or any other state or any country other than the United States, no labor organization of any kind which exists or is constituted for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining, or of dealing with employers concerning the grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or of other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment, or any group shall: (1) pay or make any contribution of money or other thing of value to a candidate who has established only a candidate committee, his campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or candidate committee which in the aggregate exceeds $1,500 per election, or (2) pay or make any contribution of money or other thing of value to candidates who have established only a joint candidates committee, their campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer, or joint candidates committee, which in the aggregate exceeds $1,500 per election per candidate, or (3) pay or make any contribution of money or other thing of value to a candidate who has established both a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee, the campaign treasurers, deputy campaign treasurers, or candidate committee or joint candidates committee, which in the aggregate exceeds $1,500 per election. No candidate who has established only a candidate committee, his campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or candidate committee shall knowingly accept from an individual, other than an individual who is a candidate, a corporation of any kind organized and incorporated under the laws of this State or any other state or any country other than the United States, a labor organization of any kind which exists or is constituted for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining, or of dealing with employers concerning the grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or of other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment, or any group any contribution of money or other thing of value which in the aggregate exceeds $1,500 per election, and no candidates who have established only a joint candidates committee, or their campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer, or joint candidates committee, shall knowingly accept from any such source any contribution of money or other thing of value which in the aggregate exceeds $1,500 per election per candidate, and no candidate who has established both a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee, the campaign treasurers, deputy campaign treasurers, or candidate committee or joint candidates committee shall knowingly accept from any such source any contribution of money or other thing of value which in the aggregate exceeds $1,500 per election.

b. (1) No political committee or continuing political committee shall: (a) pay or make any contribution of money or other thing of value to a candidate who has established only a candidate committee, his campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or candidate committee, other than a candidate for nomination for election or for election for the office of Governor, which in the aggregate exceeds $5,000 per election, or (b) pay or make any contribution of money or other thing of value to candidates who have established only a joint candidates committee, their campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer, or the joint candidates committee, which in the aggregate exceeds $5,000 per election per candidate, or (c) pay or make any contribution of money or other thing of value to a candidate who has established both a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee, the campaign treasurers, deputy campaign treasurers, or candidate committee or joint candidates committee, which in the aggregate exceeds $5,000 per election. No candidate who has established only a candidate committee, his campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or candidate committee, other than a candidate for nomination for election or for election for the office of Governor, shall knowingly accept from any political committee or continuing political committee any contribution of money or other thing of value which in the aggregate exceeds $5,000 per election, and no candidates who have established only a joint candidates committee, their campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer, or joint candidates committee, shall knowingly accept from any such source any contribution of money or other thing of value which in the aggregate exceeds $5,000 per election per candidate, and no candidate who has established both a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee, the campaign treasurers, deputy campaign treasurers, or candidate committee or joint candidates committee shall knowingly accept from any such source any contribution of money or other thing of value which in the aggregate exceeds $5,000 per election.

(2) The limitation upon the knowing acceptance by a candidate, campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer, candidate committee or joint candidates committee of any contribution of money or other thing of value from a political committee or continuing political committee under the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection shall also be applicable to the knowing acceptance of any such contribution from the county committee of a political party by a candidate or the campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer, candidate committee or joint candidates committee of a candidate for any elective public office in another county or, in the case of a candidate for nomination for election or for election to the office of member of the Legislature, in a legislative district in which, according to the federal decennial census upon the basis of which legislative districts shall have been established, less than 20% of the population resides within the county of that county committee. In addition, all contributor reporting requirements and other restrictions and regulations applicable to a contribution of money or other thing of value by a political committee or continuing political committee under the provisions of P.L.1973, c.83 (C.19:44A-1 et al.) shall likewise be applicable to the making or payment of such a contribution by such a county committee.

The limitation upon the knowing acceptance by a candidate, campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer, candidate committee or joint candidates committee of any contribution of money or other thing of value from a political committee or continuing political committee under the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection, except that the amount of any contribution of money or other thing of value shall be in an amount which in the aggregate does not exceed $25,000, shall also be applicable to the knowing acceptance of any such contribution from the county committee of a political party by a candidate, or the campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer, candidate committee or joint candidates committee of a candidate, for nomination for election or for election to the office of member of the Legislature in a legislative district in which, according to the federal decennial census upon the basis of which legislative districts shall have been established, at least 20% but less than 40% of the population resides within the county of that county committee. In addition, all contributor reporting requirements and other restrictions and regulations applicable to a contribution of money or other thing of value by a political committee or continuing political committee under the provisions of P.L.1973, c.83 (C.19:44A-1 et al.) shall likewise be applicable to the making or payment of such a contribution by such a county committee.

With respect to the limitations in this paragraph, the Legislature finds and declares that:

(a) Persons making contributions to the county committee of a political party have a right to expect that their money will be used, for the most part, to support candidates for elective office who will most directly represent the interest of that county;

(b) The practice of allowing a county committee to use funds raised with this expectation to make unlimited contributions to candidates for the Legislature who may have a limited, or even nonexistent, connection with that county serves to undermine public confidence in the integrity of the electoral process;

(c) Furthermore, the risk of actual or perceived corruption is raised by the potential for contributors to circumvent limits on contributions to candidates by funnelling money to candidates through county committees;

(d) The State has a compelling interest in preventing the actuality or appearance of corruption and in protecting public confidence in democratic institutions by limiting amounts which a county committee may contribute to legislative candidates whose districts are not located in close proximity to that county; and

(e) It is, therefore, reasonable for the State to promote this compelling interest by limiting the amount a county committee may give to a legislative candidate based upon the degree to which the population of the legislative district overlaps with the population of that county.

c. (1) No candidate who has established only a candidate committee, his campaign treasurer, deputy treasurer or candidate committee shall (a) pay or make any contribution of money or other thing of value to another candidate who has established only a candidate committee, his campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or candidate committee, other than a candidate for nomination for election or for election for the office of Governor, which in the aggregate exceeds $5,000 per election, or (b) pay or make any contribution of money or other thing of value to candidates who have established only a joint candidates committee, their campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer, or joint candidates committee, which in the aggregate exceeds $5,000 per election per candidate in the recipient committee, or (c) pay or make any contribution of money or other thing of value to a candidate who has established both a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee, the campaign treasurers, deputy campaign treasurers, or candidate committee or joint candidates committee, which in the aggregate exceeds $5,000 per election. No candidate who has established only a candidate committee, his campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or candidate committee, other than a candidate for nomination for election or for election to the office of the Governor, shall knowingly accept from another candidatewho has established only a candidate committee, his campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or candidate committee, any contribution of money or other thing of value which in the aggregate exceeds $5,000 per election, and no candidates who have established only a joint candidates committee, their campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer, or joint candidates committee, shall knowingly accept from any such source any contribution of money or other thing of value which in the aggregate exceeds $5,000 per election per candidate in the recipient committee, and no candidate who has established both a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee, the campaign treasurers, deputy campaign treasurers, or candidate committee or joint candidates committee, shall knowingly accept from any such source any contribution of money or other thing of value which in the aggregate exceeds $5,000 per election.

(2) No candidates who have established only a joint candidates committee, their campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer, or joint candidates committee shall (a) pay or make any contribution of money or other thing of value to another candidate who has established only a candidate committee, his campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or candidate committee, other than a candidate for nomination for election or for election for the office of Governor, which in the aggregate exceeds, on the basis of each candidate in the contributing joint candidates committee, $5,000 per election, or (b) pay or make any contribution of money or other thing of value to candidates who have established only a joint candidates committee, their campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or joint candidates committee, which in the aggregate exceeds, on the basis of each candidate in the contributing joint candidates committee, $5,000 per election per candidate in the recipient joint candidates committee, or (c) pay or make any contribution of money or other thing of value to a candidate who has established both a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee, the campaign treasurers, deputy campaign treasurers or candidate committee or joint candidates committee, which in the aggregate exceeds, on the basis of each candidate in the contributing joint candidates committee, $5,000 per election. No candidate who has established only a candidate committee, his campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer, or candidate committee, other than a candidate for nomination for election or for election for the office of Governor, shall knowingly accept from other candidates who have established only a joint candidates committee, their campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or joint candidates committee, any contribution of money or other thing of value which in the aggregate exceeds, on the basis of each candidate in the contributing committee, $5,000 per election, and no candidates who have established only a joint candidates committee, their campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer, or joint candidates committee, shall knowingly accept from any such source any contribution of money or other thing of value which in the aggregate exceeds, on the basis of each candidate in the contributing joint candidates committee, $5,000 per election per candidate in the recipient joint candidates committee, and no candidate who has established both a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee, the campaign treasurers, deputy campaign treasurers, or candidate committee or joint candidates committee, shall knowingly accept from any such source any contribution of money or other thing of value which in the aggregate exceeds, on the basis of each candidate in the contributing joint candidates committee, $5,000 per election.

(3) No candidate who has established both a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee, the campaign treasurers, deputy campaign treasurers, or candidate committee or joint candidates committee shall (a) pay or make any contribution of money or other thing of value to another candidate who has established only a candidate committee, his campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or candidate committee, other than a candidate for nomination for election or for election for the office of Governor, which in the aggregate exceeds $5,000 per election, or (b) pay or make any contribution of money or other thing of value to candidates who have established only a joint candidates committee, their campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or joint candidates committee, which in the aggregate exceeds $5,000 per election per candidate in the recipient joint candidates committee, or (c) pay or make any contribution of money or other thing of value to a candidate who has established both a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee, the campaign treasurers, deputy campaign treasurers, or candidate committee or joint candidates committee, which in the aggregate exceeds $5,000 per election. No candidate who has established only a candidate committee, his campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer, or candidate committee, other than a candidate for nomination for election or for election for the office of Governor, shall knowingly accept from a candidate who has established both a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee, the campaign treasurers, deputy campaign treasurers, or candidate committee or joint candidates committee, any contribution of money or other thing of value which in the aggregate exceeds $5,000 per election, and no candidates who have established only a joint candidates committee, their campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer, or joint candidates committee, shall knowingly accept from any such source any contribution of money or other thing of value which in the aggregate exceeds $5,000 per election per candidate in the recipient joint candidates committee, and no candidate who has established both a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee, the campaign treasurers, deputy campaign treasurers, or candidate committee or joint candidates committee shall knowingly accept from any such source any contribution of money or other thing of value which in the aggregate exceeds $5,000 per election.

(4) Expenditures by a candidate for nomination for election or for election to the office of member of the Legislature or to an office of a political subdivision of the State, or by the campaign treasurer, deputy treasurer, candidate committee or joint candidates committee of such a candidate, which are made in furtherance of the nomination or election, respectively, of another candidate for the same office in the same legislative district or the same political subdivision shall not be construed to be subject to any limitation under this subsection; for the purposes of this sentence, the offices of member of the State Senate and member of the General Assembly shall be deemed to be the same office.

d. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to impose any limitation on contributions by a candidate, or by a corporation, 100% of the stock in which is owned by a candidate or the candidate's spouse, child, parent or sibling residing in the same household, to that candidate's campaign.

e. For the purpose of determining the amount of a contribution to be attributed as given to or by each candidate in a joint candidates committee, the amount of the contribution to or by such a committee shall be divided equally among all the candidates in the committee.

f. For the purposes of this section, contributions to a candidate, other than a candidate for the office of Governor, who has been certified under R.S.19:23-14 as having received the nomination of the candidate’s political party for election to public office, or to the campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer, candidate committee, or joint candidates committee of such a candidate, which contributions shall have been received on or after the 46th day preceding the primary election for the general election at which that office is to be filled shall be deemed to be contributions in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of the candidate for election to the office at that general election.

(cf: P.L.1993, c.65, s.18)

19. Section 4 of P.L.1974, c.26 (C.19:44A-29) is amended to read as follows:

4. a. Except in the case of a candidate, as provided in subsection g. of this section, no person, candidate committee or joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee or legislative leadership committee, otherwise eligible to make contributions, shall make any contribution or contributions to a candidate, his campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer, candidate committee, a political party committee, or to any other person or committee, in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of a candidate for nomination for election or for election to the office of Governor in any primary or general election in the aggregate in excess of $1,500.00, or in the case of a joint candidates committee when that is the only committee established by the candidates, in excess of $1,500.00 per candidate in the joint candidates committee, or in the case of a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee when both are established by a candidate, $1,500.00 from that candidate. No candidate for nomination for election or for election to the office of Governor in any primary or general election and no campaign treasurer deputy campaign or treasurer of such candidate shall knowingly accept from any person, candidate, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee or legislative leadership committee any contribution or contributions in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of such candidate in the aggregate in excess of $1,500.00, or in the case of a joint candidates committee when that is the only committee established by the candidates, in excess of $1,500.00 per candidate in the joint candidates committee,or in the case of a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee when both are established by a candidate, $1,500.00 from that candidate, in any primary or general election. No provision of this act shall be construed to prohibit a contribution or contributions in the aggregate in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of any candidate for nomination for election to the office of Governor in a primary election not in excess of $1,500.00, or in the case of a contribution or contributions by a joint candidates committee when that is the only committee established by the candidates, in excess of $1,500.00 per candidate in the joint candidates committee,or in the case of a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee when both are established by a candidate, $1,500.00 from that candidate, and another contribution or contributions in the aggregate in the aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of any candidate for election to the office of Governor in a general election not in excess of $1,500.00, or in the case of a contribution or contributions by a joint candidates committee when that is the only committee established by the candidates, in excess of $1,500.00 per candidate in the joint candidates committee, or in the case of a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee when both are established by a candidate, $1,500.00 from that candidate. For the purpose of determining the amount of a contribution to be attributed as given by each candidate in a joint candidates committee, the amount of the contribution by such a committee shall be divided equally among all the candidates in the committee.

b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1980, c.74.)

c. The spouse of any contributor may make a contribution or contributions in the aggregate in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of a candidate for nomination for election or for election to the office of Governor of up to $1,500.00.

d. No State committee of any political party shall knowingly accept from any person, candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee or legislative leadership committee, any contribution or contributions in the aggregate in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of a candidate for election to the office of Governor in a general election in excess of $1,500.00, or in the case of a contribution or contributions by a joint candidates committee when that is the only committee established by the candidates, in excess of $1,500.00 per candidate in the joint candidates committee, or in the case of a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee when both are established by a candidate, $1,500.00 from that candidate. A State committee may allocate a contribution of up to $1,500.00, and up to $1,500.00 of a contribution in excess of $1,500.00 in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of such candidate, except that in the case of a contribution from a joint candidates committee when that is the only committee established by the candidates, the amounts which may be so allocated shall be $1,500.00 per candidate in the joint candidates committee, and in the case of a candidate committee and a joint candidates committee when both are established by a candidate, the amount which may be so allocated shall be $1,500.00 from that candidate. For the purpose of determining the amount of a contribution to be attributed as given by each candidate in a joint candidates committee, the amount of the contribution by such a committee shall be divided equally among all the candidates in the committee. A State committee shall create an account in a national or State bank in behalf of any candidate the committee intends to or does assist for election to the office of Governor in a general election, shall deposit in such account and report to the Election Law Enforcement Commission the name of the contributor of all moneys accepted or allocated in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of such candidate, and may make a contribution or contributions from such account in any amount in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of such candidate. No State committee may make any contribution or contributions in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of such candidate of moneys not deposited in a bank account pursuant to this subsection, and no State committee may make a contribution or contributions in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of such candidate of moneys or other thing of value pledged or received in a calendar year in which no gubernatorial election was held.

e. The county committee of a political party in a county and the municipal committees of that political party in the same county may make an expenditure or expenditures in the aggregate of $10,000.00 in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of any candidate for election to the office of Governor in a general election. No county committee or municipal committee may transfer or contribute any funds to any such candidate or to such candidate's campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer, or to any political committee supporting such candidate. A candidate or his campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer shall determine the exact amount that individual county committees or municipal committees may contribute in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of such candidate, and shall file a report of such determination with the Election Law Enforcement Commission no later than the seventh day prior to the general election being funded.

f. Communications on any subject by a corporation to its stockholders and their families, or by a labor organization to its members and their families, and nonpartisan registration and get-out-the-vote campaigns by a corporation aimed at its stockholders and their families, or by a labor organization aimed at its members and their families, shall not be construed to be in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of a candidate for election to the office of Governor in any primary or general election.

g. No candidate receiving public funds may make expenditures from his own funds, including any contributions from his own funds, in aid of his candidacy for nomination or election to the office of Governor in excess of $25,000.00 for the primary election and $25,000.00 for the general election.

As used in this subsection "own funds" means funds to which the candidate is legally and beneficially entitled, but shall not include funds as to which he is a trustee, or funds given or otherwise transferred to the candidate by any person other than the spouse of the candidate for use in aid of his candidacy.

h. For the purposes of this section and section 8 of P.L.1974, c.26 (C.19:44A-33), contributions to a candidate for the office of Governor who has been certified under R.S.19:23-14 as having received the nomination of the candidate’s political party for election to that office, or to the campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer, or candidate committee of such a candidate, which contributions shall have been received on or after the 46th day preceding the primary election for the general election at which the office of Governor is to be filled shall be deemed to be contributions in aid of the candidacy of or in behalf of the candidate for election to the office at that general election.

(cf: P.L.1993, c.65, s.14)

20. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

This bill provides that, when a person indorsed in petitions as a candidate for the nomination of a political party for election to public office, or for election to fill a party office of the party, is uncontested for that nomination or party office, the person shall be deemed to have received the party nomination or party office sought, and no vote upon the filling of that nomination or party office shall be taken at the primary election. In any election district wherein all party nominations and party offices ordinarily filled by a political party at the primary election are uncontested, the primary election for that party would not be held.

The bill amends those provisions of “The New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act” establishing limits on the amounts of contributions that may be made to candidates in an election to provide that, once a candidate has been certified as having received an uncontested party nomination for public office, contributions received by the candidate thereafter shall be deemed to have been made toward the candidate’s general election campaign for the office.

Provides that, when candidacy for party nomination to public office or for political party office is uncontested, no primary election vote upon such nomination or party office shall be held.