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What is the statute for Elections? correct answers N.J.S.A. 19
What is the statute for Non-Partisan Elections? correct answers N.J.S.A. 40
What is the Statute for School Board Elections? correct answers N.J.S.A. 18
Primary Election Date correct answers 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in J...
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What is the statute for Elections? correct answers N.J.S.A. 19
What is the statute for Non-Partisan Elections? correct answers N.J.S.A. 40
What is the Statute for School Board Elections? correct answers N.J.S.A. 18
Primary Election Date correct answers 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in June (Partisan)
Municipal Election correct answers 2nd Tuesday in May
If adopted by Ord., 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday November (Non-Partisan)
General Election correct answers 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November (Partisan)
Fire District Elections correct answers 3rd Saturday in February (Handled by District)
School Election correct answers 3rd Tuesday in April or 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in
November (Partisan/Non-Partisan)
What are the core duties of the Municipal Clerk as it relates to elections? correct answers 1.
Chief Administrative Officer of All Elections (responsible for entire process from start to finish)
2. Chief Registrar of Voters (MC & office responsible for properly registering people to vote)
Responsibilities of the Commissioner of Registration correct answers - Superintendent of
Elections
- has complete charge of registrations of all voters in County
- prepares Challenger list
- Accepts change forms (party, address, name)
Responsibilities of the County Clerk correct answers - provides American Flag
- provides & receives applications for mail in ballots
- mails or hands out voter mail in ballot
- received petitions for county candidate & local independent candidate
Responsibilities of the County Board of Elections correct answers - appoints district board
workers
- selects polling places
- receives mail in ballots
- in counties w/out a superintendent of elections the secretary of the county board of elections in
the commissioner
Deadline to register to vote correct answers 21 days
,Registration is permanent except: correct answers 1. if you move to another county or state
2. death of a voter
3. removal under the HAVA Act
4. county prosecutor reports person convicted of a crime
5. convicted felon or person on parole
Another name for provisional voting correct answers Fail Safe Voting
Define provisional voting correct answers voting by "paper ballot" at the polls when there may
be a questions regarding voter eligibility; it allows confirmation of registrations, residency and
eligibility before the vote is counted
Identify the reasons a person would vote by Provisional Ballot correct answers 1. voter has
moved within a municipality but into a different election district (votes at new place by PB after
completing an affirmation statement)
2. voter has moved within the county and failed to file an address change (votes at new place by
PB)
3. voter whose registrations information is missing may vote by PB after completing an
affirmation statement
4. first time voters in a Federal Election who registered but failed to submit required
identification at polls
The former name for Vote by Mail correct answers absentee voting
Vote by Mail deadline correct answers - must be sent to the County Clerk at least 7 days prior to
the election if being mailed
- delivered in person by 3p.m. the day before election
Board Workers salary/stipend correct answers $200, unless required training was not attended
($50)
$12.50 to pick-up, $12.50 to return
define emergency ballot correct answers when a voting machine malfunctions, the Board
workers contact the County for repairs, if a mechanic has not arrived at the polling place and
repaired the machine with 15 minutes of the discovery of the malfunction of the machine or
opening of the polls, whichever is later, and at the request of any vote in line, Emergency Ballots
are used
define removed resident correct answers a registered voter who moved out of the county in
which they were registered to vote and to another County or State and does not have sufficient
time in their new residence to qualify to register in the Presidential Election is entitled to vote for
President and Vice President
Appointment of Challengers correct answers appointed by Chair of party the 2nd Tuesday before
election to the County Board of Elections
,Types of Challengers correct answers 1. challengers for respective political parties
2. challengers for candidates
3. challengers for proponents or opponents for a public questions
Powers of Challengers correct answers - to challenge any person's right to vote
- may ask all necessary questions to determine right to vote
- may be present while votes cast are being counted
- challenge counting
Who furnished the challengers badges correct answers County Board of Election
True or False: Every Challenger must wear a badge correct answers True
What is indicated on a challengers badge? correct answers The candidate or political party they
represent
Define electioneering correct answers the interference with the conduct of the election
What is the electioneering restriction? correct answers no electioneering within 100ft outside the
entrance to the polling place
Party Declaration Deadline correct answers 55 days prior to the election
Another name for poll workers correct answers District Boards
Name the duties of district boards correct answers 1. report to polls 45min before opening
2. prepare place for voting
3. open/close polls at designated time
4. verify voters are registered
5. demonstrate voting process if required
6. maintain order at polls
7. display flag outside entrance
8. return all registrations books, tally sheets, & other materials to the Municipal Clerk
Deadline for filing Petitions for Independent Candidates correct answers day of the primary to
the County Clerk
Deadline for filing petitions for School Elections correct answers 50 days before election to the
Secretary of the Board of Education
Deadline for filing petitions for Partisan Elections correct answers 64 days before election to the
Municipal Clerk
What is the signature requirement for population over 14k? correct answers 50 signatures
What is the signature requirement for population under 14k? correct answers 25 signatures
, Signature requirements for wards? correct answers 25 signatures
Signature requirements for districts? correct answers not less than 1 or 5% of total votes cast
What is the number of words allowed in a independent candidates slogan? correct answers 3
What are the requirements of the partisan petitions? correct answers 1. candidates must be
legally qualified and a member of a political party
2. name and address of candidate
3. consent to accept nomination if nominated
Date of drawing for a position on the ballot correct answers 53 days prior to the primary at 3pm
Who appoints vacancy spots when all or a majority of positions on the governing body became
vacant? correct answers The Governor, within 30 days
What are the reasons that the office of the Mayor or governing body shall be declared vacant?
correct answers 1. judicial determination
2. death
3. violates residency requirement
4. refusal to serve
5. physically or mentally incapable
6. resignation
7. failure to attend 8 consecutive meetings
8. office is declared null and void
9. tie vote creates vacancy
What are the reasons for a Special Election? correct answers 1. to fill certain vacancies
2. recall elections
3. abandonment of present form of government
4. reversion to prior form
5. initiative or referendum
6. exceed budget cap
7. creation of fire districts
An election held in certain Faulkner Governments when the required number of candidates does
not receive a major of the votes cast correct answers Run-off
The term used when candidates with common designation choose to be grouped together on the
ballot correct answers bracketing
Another name for write-in ballot correct answers irregular ballot
What agency supervises compliance with campaign contributions? correct answers Election Law
Enforcement Commission
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