{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-19-14-14","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 19:14-14","heading":"Public questions at foot of ballot;  instructions to voters","body":"Immediately below the six-point diagram rule to be printed in place of the last two-point hair line rule across the entire ballot, from one four-point rule to the other, shall be printed as near to the center of the ballot as possible the following words:   \"Public Questions to be voted upon\" .  Below these words and above the first public question, beginning one and one-half inches to the right of the four-point rule at the left of the ballot and extending to not more than one and one-half inches from the four-point rule at the right of the ballot, shall be printed in one line, if possible, the following instructions:   \"To vote upon the Public Questions printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross  x  or plus + in the square at the left of the word \"Yes', and if opposed thereto, mark a cross  x  or plus + in the square at  the left of the word \"No',\" underscored with a two-point diagram rule. Below  and flush with the left end of said two-point diagram rule shall be printed two  separate squares, one under the other, three-eighths of an inch in size formed  by two-point diagram rules.  Immediately to the right of the upper square shall  be printed the word  \"Yes\" , and immediately to the right of the lower square shall be printed the word  \"No\" .  To the right of the words  \"Yes\"  and \"No\"  shall be printed a bracket embracing these words and to the right of the  bracket shall be printed across the ballot, to not nearer than one and one-half  inches from the four-point diagram rule at the right of the ballot, each public  question to be voted upon.  Below each such public question shall be printed  two-point diagram rule beginning one and one-half inches to the right of the  four-point rule at the left of the ballot and extending to not nearer than one  and one-half inches from the four-point rule at the right of the ballot.  In  place of the last two-point diagram rule there shall be printed a four-point  diagram rule extending across the entire ballot not less than a half inch from  the lower edge of the paper and terminating at the lower ends of the four-point  diagram rules at either side of the ballot.\nAmended by L.1947, c. 104, p. 522, s. 3;  L.1979, c. 191, s. 2, eff. Sept. 13,  1979.","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":"1f8f1c63566cb6872f13be1be32e941751aee35352f84a39b34895789063f822","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-19-14-13","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-19-14-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}