19:28-2 - Expenses of recount; liability for; deposit by applicants - New Jersey Statutes

19:28-2.  Expenses of recount;  liability for;  deposit by applicants
    Any applicant or group of applicants, as the case may be, for such recount,  upon applying therefor, shall deposit with the county clerk or such other  public officer or officers as such judge shall direct, such sum of money  proportioned to the number of votes to be counted but not exceeding twenty-five  dollars ($25.00) for any one district recount of which is asked, as the judge  shall order as security for the payment of the costs and expenses of the  recount in case the original count be confirmed. Such judge shall fix and  determine the amount of compensation to be paid for making the recount, and the  costs and expenses thereof.  If it appears that an error or errors have  occurred as a result of which the election is changed or the difference in the  vote between any candidate and any other candidate for the same office or  between the negative and affirmative of any such public question is altered in  any district by more than ten votes or ten per centum (10%) of the total vote  cast in the district, whichever is the greater, the costs and expenses of the  recount of such district shall be paid by the State, county or municipality in  and for which the election was held, upon the warrant of such judge, as other  election expenses are paid.  If no error shall appear sufficient to produce  such change, the costs and expenses of the recount shall be paid out of the deposit made as security by the party or parties making the application.

     Amended by L.1953, c. 19, p. 340, s. 28.