5 N.J. Super. 613 - Cleveland v. Woolley’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The plaintiff in the above cause did not file a petition prior to the primary election nor did he receive any votes at the primary election. Harry R. Schlossbach, having received thirty-five write-in votes, was entitled to become a candidate provided he filed his acceptance within the seven days after the primary as required by R.S. 19:23-16. There appears to have been no one in this case who has followed the statutory procedure to become a candidate and obtain the nomination. Therefore, there was no nominee and since there was no nominee or any person nominated at the primary, it follows that no vacancy could occur `among candidates nominated at primary.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 22 N.J. Super. 367 - Fiscella v. Nulton