40:75-32. Petition nominating successor; form and content; filing

Nominations for successors to the commissioner proposed to be recalled shall be by petition for nomination signed by at least fifteen per cent of the legal voters of the municipality and filed with the clerk at least fifteen days before the recall election, and shall be in the following form:

"To the clerk of .......................... (insert name of municipality): You are hereby requested to place upon the ballot at the recall election to be held on the ........ day of ............... , 19 ..... , as provided in your certificate of notice dated ........ day of ........................ , 19 ..... , as successor to the commissioner proposed to be recalled the name of ............................ (insert name of person to be nominated), of ........................................................... (insert address), and for so doing this petition shall be your sufficient warrant.

Signed,

Name. Street Address.

................................... ......................................

.................................... ......................................

.................................... ......................................

I accept the nomination. ......................................

(Name of Nominee.)

Dated:

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State of New Jersey, )

County of ............. ss.

............................. , being duly sworn according to law, says: That he is one of the signers of the above petition and that he knows that the signatures thereon are in the handwriting of the signers, and to the best of his knowledge and belief are the signatures of the persons purporting to sign the same.

Subscribed and sworn to )

before me this ............... ) .................................."

day of .......... , A. D. 19 ...... )