19:13-8.1 - Petitions filed after deadline; ineligible candidates - New Jersey Statutes

19:13-8.1  Petitions filed after deadline; ineligible candidates.
7.No petition for direct nomination, including a petition filed pursuant to R.S. 19:13-19, which, for any reason, is filed after the deadline established in R.S. 19:13-9 shall nominate to any elective public office a candidate who unsuccessfully sought the nomination of a political party to that office in the primary election held in the same calendar year and no unsuccessful primary candidate shall sign an acceptance of such a petition for direct nomination.
 
L. 1998, c. 147, s. 7.