19:63-9 - Delivery of mail-in ballots
19:63-9 Delivery of mail-in ballots.
9. a. Starting on the 40th day before the day an election is held, each county clerk shall forward mail-in ballots by first-class postage or hand delivery to each mail-in voter whose request therefor has been approved. Mail-in ballots that have been approved before the 40th day before an election shall be forwarded or delivered no later than the third business day following that 40th day. Hand delivery of a mail-in ballot shall be made by the county clerk or the clerk's designee only to the voter, or the voter's authorized messenger, who must appear in person. No person shall serve as an authorized messenger for more than 10 qualified voters in an election. Ballots that have not been hand delivered shall be addressed to the voter at the forwarding address given in the application.
b. (1) Whenever the clerk forwards a mail-in ballot by mail to a mail-in voter between the 40th day and the 13th day before the day of an election, the ballot shall be transmitted within three business days of the receipt of the application.
(2)Whenever the clerk forwards a mail-in ballot by mail to a mail-in voter between the 12th day and the seventh day before the day of an election, the ballot shall be transmitted within two business days of the receipt of the application.
c.Whenever a mail-in ballot is mailed to a voter for use in any annual school or regional school district election pursuant to an application therefor, and thereafter a special district school election is called pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.278 (C.19:60-2), the county clerk shall cause the mail-in ballot used in the election to be mailed to the voter without any further application for any such ballot.
L.2009, c.79, s.9.