{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-19-13-8.1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 19:13-8.1","heading":"Petitions filed after deadline; ineligible candidates.","body":"7.\tNo petition for direct nomination, including a petition filed pursuant to R.S. 19:13-19, which, for any reason, is filed after the deadline established in R.S. 19:13-9 shall nominate to any elective public office a candidate who unsuccessfully sought the nomination of a political party to that office in the primary election held in the same calendar year and no unsuccessful primary candidate shall sign an acceptance of such a petition for direct nomination.\nL. 1998, c. 147, s. 7.","path":["TITLE 19 ELECTIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"207db007faff70a9e4234cd93e421eac328be42c22bb6d2a0bc97d2b9eeab672","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-19-13-8","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-19-13-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}