19:4-12 - Districts with more voters; allotment of voting machines devices; appointment of additional members of district board - New Jersey Statutes

19:4-12  Districts with more voters; allotment of voting machines devices; appointment of additional members of district board.

3.Except as provided pursuant to subsection b. of section 2 of P.L.1976, c.83 (C.19:4-11), each district in which two voting machines or five electronic system voting devices are to be used shall contain, as nearly as is practicable, 1,000 voters, and each district in which three voting machines or eight electronic system voting devices are to be used shall contain, as nearly as is practicable, 1,500 voters.

Nothing herein shall prevent any election district from containing fewer voters than prescribed above, if necessary for the convenience of the voters.

In a district where more than two voting machines or five electronic system voting devices are to be used, two additional members of the district board, who shall not be members of the same political party, shall be appointed for each  additional voting machine or system.

L.1976,c.83,s.3; amended 1996, c.120, s.1; 2005, c.145, s.6.