40:76-5 - Clerk to examine petition; minor deviations permissible - New Jersey Statutes

40:76-5.  Clerk to examine petition;  minor deviations permissible
    The municipal clerk shall examine the petition, within ten days of the date  of its being filed with him, to ascertain whether or not it conforms to the  requirements of this chapter.  In examining the signatures of the electors he  may, if in doubt as to the genuineness of any of them, compare them with the  signatures contained in the registry books used at the last preceding general  election.  The petition shall be accepted if it substantially conforms to the  form provided herein, the form being for the guidance of the parties and no  petition shall be rejected by the clerk for any typographical deviation from  the form provided herein or for any minor departure therefrom.