{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-19-28-1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 19:28-1","heading":"Application for recount.","body":"When any candidate at any election shall have reason to believe that an error has been made in counting the votes of that election, the candidate may, within a period of 3 days after the certification of the results of the election, apply to a judge of the Superior Court assigned to the county wherein such district or districts are located, for a recount of the votes cast at the election in any district or districts.\nWhen ten voters at any election shall have reason to believe that an error has been so made in counting the votes upon any public question at any election, such voters may, within a period of 3 days after the certification of the results of the election, apply to a judge of the Superior Court assigned to the county wherein such district or districts are located, for a recount of the votes cast at the election in any district or districts on such public question.\namended 1953, c.19, s.27; 1991, c.91, s.247; 2005, c.150; 2018, c.72, s.12; 2023, c.124, s.5.","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":"f6cbdb7417136e3ddad6f2008965c40d2f9539f08fe1053db701aa21995dc6fe","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-19-27a-18","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-19-28-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}