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New Jersey Statutes § 19:23-11 Verification of petition

⤴ Up to Chapter 19:23: Notice, State committee to county committee; county committee to municipal clerks

Statute Text

Such petitions shall be verified by the oath or affirmation by affidavit of the person who circulates each petition, including a candidate who signs or circulates, or both signs and circulates, such a petition, taken and subscribed before a person qualified under the laws of New Jersey to administer an oath, to the effect that the affiant personally circulated the petition; that the petition is signed by each of the signers thereof in his proper handwriting; that the signers are to the best knowledge and belief of the affiant legal voters of the State or political subdivision thereof, as the case may be, as stated in the petition, belong to the political party named in the petition; and that the petition is prepared and filed in absolute good faith for the sole purpose of indorsing the person or persons therein named, in order to secure his or their nomination or selection as stated in such petition. The person who circulates the petition shall be a registered voter in this State whose party affiliation is of the same political party named in the petition.

History

Amended by L. 2014 , c. 83 ,s. 2 , eff. 12/26/2014 .

Amended by L. 2010 , c. 68 ,s. 4 , eff. 1/1/2011 .

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