{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-19-21-4","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 19:21-4","heading":"Substitute clerk of the board","body":"If the clerk of the board be absent from such meeting at the time appointed therefor, the chairman of the board shall forthwith, after the oaths or affirmations shall have been administered and taken, proceed to appoint a fit person to be the clerk of the board; and before proceeding to canvass and estimate the votes, the chairman of the board shall administer to the clerk thereof, and such clerk shall take, an oath or affirmation in the following form:  \"You do swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that you will faithfully execute the duties of clerk of this board.\"\nAmended 1987,c.338,s.4.","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":"8ba81f45ace34972abef8cecff9326fd45c6362761d02e653abe4b3939f21ce8","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-19-21-3","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-19-21-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}