19:23-11 - Verification of petitions - New Jersey Statutes

19:23-11  Verification of petitions.

19:23-11.  Such petitions shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of one or more of the signers thereof, including a candidate who signs or circulates, or both signs and circulates, such a petition, taken and subscribed before a person qualified under the laws of New Jersey to administer an oath, to the effect that the petition is signed by each of the signers thereof in his proper handwriting; that the signers are to the best knowledge and belief of the affiant legal voters of the State or political subdivision thereof, as the case may be, as stated in the petition, belong to the political party named in the petition, and that the petition is prepared and filed in absolute good faith for the sole purpose of indorsing the person or persons therein named, in order to secure his or their nomination or selection as stated in such petition.

amended 2010, c.68, s.4.