{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-71-3","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:71-3","heading":"Ballot; form and content","body":"The municipal clerk shall provide ballots for each voter at such election, to be printed upon plain, substantial white paper, 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 chapters 70 to 76 of the title\n[ ] YES          Municipalities and Counties of the Revised\nStatutes (s. 40:70-1 et seq.),  providing\n[ ] NO           for the commission form of government,\nbe adopted in .................... (here\ninsert name of municipality)?\"","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":"0e82d52df66e8efca51ee822424d5ff0575144e787664cc141124ef031bdb77a","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-71-2","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-71-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}