40:75-33 - Clerk to examine petition; if defective clerk to return petition - New Jersey Statutes

40:75-33.  Clerk to examine petition;  if defective clerk to return petition
    If the clerk shall believe the petition for nomination to be defective in any particular, he shall return the same to the person accepting the nomination  for correction and the petition for nomination may be corrected and returned  within three days after its return by the municipal clerk.

    In returning the petition the clerk shall give in writing his reasons therefor.