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New Jersey Regulations § 19:11-10.4 Runoff elections

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Regulation Text

(a) An election with three or more choices on the ballot (for example, at least two representatives and "no representative") that results in no choice receiving a majority of the valid ballots cast will be considered an inconclusive election. In such cases, the Director of Representation shall order a runoff election.
1. Objections, timely filed, shall be disposed of before a runoff election is ordered.
2. The ballot for a runoff election shall provide for a choice between the two choices receiving the largest number of votes in the prior election.
3. Employees who were eligible to vote in the prior election and who continue to be included in the voting unit on the date of the runoff election shall be eligible to vote in the runoff election.
4. The runoff election shall be conducted in accordance with 19:11-10.3 (Election procedures), as applicable.
(b) Only one runoff election shall be held pursuant to this section, but a rerun election may be ordered pursuant to 19:11-10.5 .

History

Recodified from 19:11-9.3 and amended by R.1995 d.488, effective 9/5/1995 . See: 27 New Jersey Register 2544(b), 27 New Jersey Register 3381(a).