At the same election as the public question is submitted, seven members of an 11-member charter study commission shall be elected by the county's registered voters. There shall be placed on the ballot the names of charter study commission candidates who shall have been nominated in the same manner as provided by law for candidates nominated by petition for freeholder, except that they shall be listed without party or other designation or slogan. The voting instructions shall state that the voter may vote on the question and that, regardless of how or whether he voted on the charter question, he may vote for seven members of a charter study commission who shall serve if the question is determined in the affirmative.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 40:41A-2
Election of charter study commission
Known as the Optional County Charter Law
The act spans §§ 40:41A-1 to 40:41A-99 (147 sections).
L.1972, c. 154, s. 2, eff
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