Direct nomination by petition for the general election shall be as follows: Petitions naming candidates for office to be filled by voters of the entire State, or of any congressional district, or of any political division greater than a single county, shall be addressed to the Secretary of State; petitions nominating candidates for election to the Senate or General Assembly shall be addressed to the Secretary of State; petitions naming candidates to be voted for by all the voters of a single county, or more than a single political division thereof, and all other petitions naming candidates to be voted for at the general election, shall be addressed to the clerks of the respective counties wherein the officers nominated are to be voted for.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 19:13-3
To whom petition addressed
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 607 F. App'x 177 - Mark Balsam v. Secretary of the State of NJ (2015)
Most recently applied in 607 F. App'x 177 - Mark Balsam v. Secretary of the State of NJ (April 2015)
Amended by L.1967, c. 22, s. 1, eff
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