Bill > A5856

This bill changes the number of signatures required on primary election petitions to nominate certain municipal candidates in certain municipalities. Specifically, it reduces the minimum number of signatures required for candidates to be voted for by the voters of a political party throughout a municipality with a population less than 7,000, or any ward or election district of any municipality, from 25 to at least 5% of the total vote cast by the voters of that political party at the last preceding primary election for the General Assembly. Additionally, the bill requires a person to receive at least the number of votes equal to the number of signatures required on a candidate nominating petition in order to be nominated for any office or elected to any political party position at the primary election by having their name written or pasted on the primary election ballot.

Government Affairs

https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2022/A5856