40:45-12 - Order of names of candidates on ballot; drawing lots - New Jersey Statutes

40:45-12.  Order of names of candidates on ballot;  drawing lots
    The municipal clerk shall draw lots to determine the order in which the names of the candidates or groups of candidates shall appear upon the ballots. The name of the person or group of candidates first drawn shall occupy first place on the ballot, or voting machine, and the name of the person or group of candidates next drawn shall occupy second place, and so forth.  For the purpose  of conducting the drawing by lot paper cards with the name of each candidate or  group of candidates written thereon shall be placed in a covered box with an  aperture in the top large enough to allow the cards to be withdrawn.  The  municipal clerk in the presence of any candidate shall draw from the box each  card without knowledge on his part as to which card he is drawing.  The  municipal clerk shall at least 2 days prior to the drawing notify each  candidate by registered mail of the time and place of the drawing.  The  candidate or his representative shall have the right to examine the cards prior  to their being placed in the covered box.

     L.1981, c. 379, s. 8, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.