19:4-1 (2020) - Qualifications; persons not having right of suffrage; right to register. :: 2020 New Jersey Revised Statutes :: US Codes and Statutes :: US Law :: Justia Log In Sign Up Find a Lawyer Ask a Lawyer Research the Law Law Schools Laws & Regs Newsletters Marketing Solutions Justia Connect Basic Membership Pro Membership Justia Lawyer Directory Platinum Placements Gold Placements Justia Elevate SEO Websites Blogs Justia Amplify PPC Management Google My Business Social Media Justia Onward Blog Justia › US Law › US Codes and Statutes › New Jersey Revised Statutes › 2020 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 19 - Elections › Section 19:4-1 - Qualifications; persons not having right of suffrage; right to register. Go to previous versions of this Section 2020 (you are here) 2019 2017 Other previous versions 2020 New Jersey Revised Statutes Title 19 - Elections Section 19:4-1 - Qualifications; persons not having right of suffrage; right to register. Universal Citation: NJ Rev Stat § 19:4-1 (2020) 19:4-1 Qualifications; persons not having right of suffrage; right to register. 19:4-1. Every person possessing the qualifications required by Article II, paragraph 3, of the Constitution of the State of New Jersey and having none of the disqualifications hereinafter stated and being duly registered as required by Title 19, shall have the right of suffrage and shall be entitled to vote in the polling place assigned to the election district in which he actually resides, and not elsewhere. No person shall have the right of suffrage-- (1) Who has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting; or (2) (Deleted by amendment.) (3) (Deleted by amendment.) (4) (Deleted by amendment.) (5) (Deleted by amendment.) (6) Who has been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this Title, for which criminal penalties were imposed, if such person was deprived of such right as part of the punishment therefor while serving a sentence of incarceration according to law unless pardoned or restored by law to the right of suffrage; or (7) Who shall be convicted of the violation of any of the provisions of this Title, for which criminal penalties are imposed, if such person shall be deprived of such right as part of the punishment therefor while serving a sentence of incarceration according to law, unless pardoned or restored by law to the right of suffrage; or (8) Who is serving a sentence of incarceration as the result of a conviction of any indictable offense under the laws of this or another state or of the United States. A person who will have on the day of the next general election the qualifications to entitle him to vote shall have the right to be registered for and vote at such general election and register for and vote at any election, intervening between such date of registration and such general election, if he shall be a citizen of the United States and shall meet the age and residence requirements prescribed by the Constitution of this State and the laws of the United States, when such intervening election is held, as though such qualifications were met before registration.
§ N.J. Rev. Stat. § 19:4-1(untitled)
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