{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-19-13-9","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 19:13-9","heading":"Filing of petitions, time.","body":"All such petitions and acceptances thereof shall be filed with the officer or officers to whom they are addressed before 4:00 p.m. of the day of the holding of the primary election for the general election in this Title provided.  All petitions when filed shall be open under proper regulations for public inspection.\nNotwithstanding the above provision, all petitions and acceptances thereof nominating electors of candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, which candidates have not been nominated at a convention of a political party as defined by this Title, shall be filed with the Secretary of State before 4:00 p.m. of the 99th day preceding the general election in this Title provided.  All petitions when filed shall be opened under proper regulations for public inspection.\nThe officer or officers shall transmit to the Election Law Enforcement Commission the names of all candidates, other than candidates for federal office, nominated by petition and any other information required by the commission in the form and manner prescribed by the commission and shall notify the commission immediately upon the withdrawal of a petition of nomination.\nAmended 1948, c.2, s.17; 1956, c.53, s.1; 1983, c.579, s.2; 1984, c.12, s.2; 1985, c.92, s.7; 1989, c.70, s.1; 1998, c.147, s.2.","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":"43d68c2c2a92ee476a7f488c33b23b1eaf5d6037b75d152663bcb3ec846aad93","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-19-13-8.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-19-13-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}