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USA Statutes : new_jersey
Title : TITLE 19 ELECTIONS
Chapter : 19:57-4
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19:57-4. Applications for absentee ballots.
4. At any time not less than seven days prior to an election in which he desires to vote by mail, a civilian absentee voter may apply to the person designated in section 6 of P.L.1953, c.211 (C.19:57-6), for a civilian absentee ballot. Such application or request shall be made in writing, shall be signed by the applicant and shall state his or her place of voting residence and the address to which said ballot shall be sent.
Any military service voter desiring to vote in any election or any relative or friend of a military service voter who believes that such voter will desire to vote in any election, may apply to the person designated in section 6 of P.L.1953, c.211 (C.19:57-6) for a military service ballot to be sent to such voter. A military service voter may use a federal postcard application form to apply for a military service ballot. On any application made by a military service voter the voter may request a military service ballot for all subsequent elections through and including the next two regularly scheduled general elections for federal office which take place after the request is made; if such a request is made, a military service ballot shall be sent in a timely manner to the voter for all such elections.
Any civilian absentee voter who fails to apply within the seven-day time prescribed above may apply in person to the county clerk for an absentee ballot on any day up to 3 p.m. of the day before the election.
In the event of sickness or confinement, the qualified voter may apply in writing for and obtain an absentee ballot by authorized messenger, who shall be so designated over the signature of the voter and whose printed name and address shall appear on the application in the space provided. The authorized messenger shall be a family member or a registered voter of the county in which the application is made and shall place his signature on the application in the space so provided in the presence of the county clerk or his designee. No person who is a candidate in the election for which the voter requests an absentee ballot shall be permitted to serve as an authorized messenger. The authorized messenger shall show a photo identification card to the county clerk, or the designee thereof, at the time the messenger submits the application form. The county clerk or his designee shall authenticate the signature of the authorized messenger, in the event such a messenger is other than a family member, by comparing it with the signature of the said person appearing on a State of New Jersey driver@s license, or other identification issued or recognized as official by the federal government, the State, or any of its political subdivisions, which identification carries the full address and signature of said person. After the signature of the application and, when appropriate, authentication, the county clerk or his designee is authorized to deliver to the authorized messenger a ballot to be delivered to the qualified voter. The Attorney General shall cause to be prepared a standard authorized messenger application form, which may be included with the standard civilian absentee ballot application forms. The authorized messenger section of the application shall contain the following language above the signature of the authorized messenger: ~I do hereby certify that I will deliver the absentee ballot directly to the voter and no other person, under penalty of law.~
A voter who is permanently and totally disabled, and any other voter who wishes to vote only by absentee ballot in a general election, and who states that on a request for an absentee ballot, shall be furnished an application for an absentee ballot by the county clerk for future elections in which the voter shall be eligible to vote, without further request on the part of the voter and until the voter requests that he or she no longer be sent an application. A voter who is permanently and totally disabled shall have the option to indicate on an application for an absentee ballot that the voter would like to receive an absentee ballot for each election that takes place during the remainder of the calendar year in which the application is completed and submitted. A voter who exercises this option shall be furnished with an absentee ballot for each election that takes place during the remainder of the calendar year without further request by the voter. A person voting by absentee ballot who registered by mail after January 1, 2003, who did not provide personal identification information when registering pursuant to section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4) and is voting for the first time in his or her current county of residence following registration shall include the required identification information with the absentee ballot. Failure to include such information with the absentee ballot shall result in the rejection of the ballot.
L.1953,c.211,s.4; amended 1968, c.238, s.3; 1972, c.31, s.1;1975, c.223, s.1; 1977, c.47, s.3; 1981, c.390, s.2; 1993, c.73, s.2; 2000, c.86, s.1; 2004, c.88, s.26; 2005, c.138, s.3.
19:57-4.1. Standard absentee ballot application forms; preparation; rules and regulations
a. The Secretary of State shall cause to be prepared a standard military service absentee ballot application form and a standard civilian absentee ballot application form. Said civilian absentee ballot application form shall be printed in the NOTICE TO PERSONS DESIRING CIVILIAN ABSENTEE BALLOTS required to be published pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1953, c. 211 (C. 19:57-7).
b. The Secretary of State shall have the authority to promulgate any rules and regulations to carry out this act.
L.1977, c. 47, s. 17, eff. March 24, 1977.
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