40:20-15 - Ballot; form and content; counting - New Jersey Statutes

40:20-15.    Ballot; form and content; counting
    The county clerk shall cause the public question to be printed on the official and sample ballots for the general election, in substantially the following form:

    "To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof, mark  a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if  opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the  word NO.

                  "Shall the county of ........ reorganize its

[ ] YES          board of  chosen freeholders under the provisions

                  of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of  the title

[ ] NO           Municipalities and Counties of the Revised Statutes?"

   If no mark is placed in either square the ballot shall not be counted for or  against the proposition, but a note thereof shall be made upon the return, and  the ballot shall be preserved in the same manner as other ballots.