{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-53-2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2A:53-2","heading":"Naturalization not to be granted within 30 days of an election","body":"No person shall be naturalized or admitted to be a citizen of the United States by any such court within 30 days next preceding any national, state, municipal, general, special, local or charter election.\nAn applicant who may become eligible to citizenship during such period of 30  days, shall not be prevented from receiving a certificate of naturalization and  citizenship on the proper day during such period, if the application shall have  been made and allowed prior to the commencement of the period of 30 days.\nL.1951 (1st SS), c.344.","path":["TITLE 2A ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"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":"fba98ecf28cf5f4357ea721f9f201cb8f85dbab7c2a62e1d3f2a545723658baa","source_id":"us-nj","stale":false,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-53-1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-53-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}