{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40a-9-1.11","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-1.11","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this act:\na.   \"Candidate\"  means any person who shall file, or cause to have filed, a  petition of nomination for election, or for election, to any local elective office;\nb.   \"Local elective office\"  means any office of a local unit regularly filled at an election by the voters, but does not mean any office established by the State Constitution;\nc.   \"Local unit\"  means a county or municipality, and, whenever an office is required to be filled by election from a district, ward or other subdivision  means the district, ward or subdivision to which the office pertains;\nd.   \"Resident\"  means a person having, within the territorial limits of the  local unit, a place of abode, which has not been adopted for any mere special  or temporary purpose, but is his ordinary and permanent domicile.\nL.1980, c. 94, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.","path":["TITLE 40A 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":"41defc02e7ec8cb69d8b49c994bc1241a8513c16345f1b5a173612ef50dec269","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40a-9-1.10","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40a-9-1.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}