{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-62-17","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:62-17","heading":"Ballot; form and content","body":"Such officer shall in the manner provided by law place the question upon the  ballots used at the next general election in the municipality in substantially  the following form:\n\"To vote upon the public question 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.\n\"Shall the ........ of ...............\n[ ] YES          (name of municipality) acquire (or construct,\nas the case may be) a plant or  works within\n(or without, as the case may be) the limits\n[ ] NO           thereof for supplying ......... (here specify\nwhether light, or heat, or power, or two\nor all of them)  for the public and private\nuses of this municipality and its inhabitants.\"","path":["TITLE 40 MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES"],"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":"278c3663518192581c94390a63aa8a7d7d26c8799247d937ae23db9dd4811c63","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-62-16","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-62-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}