40A:16-19 - Nomination of successor to be elected at special election - New Jersey Statutes

40A:16-19.  Nomination of successor to be elected at special election
    The nomination of a successor to be elected at a special election as provided in N.J.S. 40A:16-14, 40A:16-15, 40A:16-16 and 40A:16-17 shall be made in the following manner:

    a.  In municipalities holding elections for municipal officers at the time of a general election, the municipal committees of the political parties in the  municipality shall, no later than 15 days from the expiration of the time fixed  in N.J.S. 40A:16-14 for the filling of a vacancy by appointment or from the  happening of the events set forth in N.J.S. 40A:16-15, 40A:16-16 and 40A:16-17,  select their candidates for election to the office, and file a statement of  their selections with the municipal clerk.  The statements so filed shall  conform to the provisions of R.S. 19:13-20.  Other candidates for election to  such office shall be nominated by petition in the manner set forth in  subsection b. of this section.

    b.  In municipalities holding regular municipal elections, nomination shall  be by petition in writing filed with the municipal clerk.  The petition shall  be signed by a number of the registered and qualified voters of the municipality if the successor is to be elected at large, or of the ward if the successor is to be elected from a ward, equal to at least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast in the municipality, or ward, as the case may be, at the last preceding general election at which members of the General Assembly were elected, but in no case shall such petition be signed by fewer than 25 such voters.  The petition shall be filed with the municipal clerk no later than 15 days from the expiration of the time prescribed in N.J.S. 40A:16-14 for the filling of a vacancy by appointment or from the happening of the events set forth in N.J.S. 40A:16-15, 40A:16-16 and 40A:16-17.  The municipal clerk shall forthwith examine the petition, and, if he finds it to be defective in any particular, he shall return the petition to the person nominated thereby setting forth his reasons in writing.  Within 3 days after its return, the petition as corrected may be refiled with the municipal clerk.

     L.1979, c. 83, s. 1, eff. April 26, 1979.