19:13-3 - To whom petition addressed - New Jersey Statutes

19:13-3.  To whom petition addressed
    Direct nomination by petition for the general election shall be as follows:   Petitions naming candidates for office to be filled by voters of the entire  State, or of any congressional district, or of any political division greater  than a single county, shall be addressed to the Secretary of State;  petitions  nominating candidates for election to the Senate or General Assembly shall be  addressed to the Secretary of State;  petitions naming candidates to be voted  for by all the voters of a single county, or more than a single political  division thereof, and all other petitions naming candidates to be voted for at  the general election, shall be addressed to the clerks of the respective  counties wherein the officers nominated are to be voted for.

     Amended by L.1967, c. 22, s. 1, eff. March 23, 1967.