Morris Patriots !

Northern NJ Region

Serving Northern, NJ
info@MorrisPatriots.org

NJ Political Parties

New Jersey has two primary political parties: The Republican Party and The Democrat Party. But there are other political parties, as well. Each is exclusive to any other, meaning voters declaring affiliation with one cannot vote in the June Primary election of any other. Anyone can vote for ANY candidate in a November General Election.

GOP National Platform 2016

www.gop.com/platform

New Jersey GOP Platform 2018?

Note: The Republican State Committee has not adopted any Platform document for decades. Neither has the NJ-GOP endorsed or adopted the GOP National Platform of 2012 or 2016. Current State Chairman Douglas Steinhart has pledged to develop a platform soon. See NJGOP.org

County Committees:

See below and County Committee page for information

Membership on

NJ Republican STATE Committee

NJ Democrat STATE Committee

Members, representing each county on the respective state political party, are elected positions. They will next be up for election in 2021, for 4-year terms. To run, you must submit nominating petitions to your County Clerk by the deadline for the June 2021 Primary Election.

Candidates for State (political party) Committee are NOT SUBJECT to filing reports with the NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission. see: NJ ELEC website

You can obtain Nominating Petitions from the "Elections" section of your County Clerk's office.

NJ Republican State Committee - Home Bylaws & Const.

Links: County Clerks / Elections Boards

Morris County - [ Clerk ] [ Elections ]

Sussex County - [ Clerk ] [ Elections ]

Warren County - [ Clerk ] [ Elections ]

Passaic County - [ Clerk ] [ Elections ]

Union County - [ Clerk ] [ Elections ]

Essex County - [ Clerk ] [ Elections ]

Hunterdon County [ Clerk ] [ Elections ]

Somerset County [ Clerk ] [ Elections ]

Political Party Leadership

There are several levels of leadership in the NJ Republican and Democrat Parties. The top policy maker is typically a governor, but the structural policy-setting organization is the New Jersey (Republican or Democrat) State Committee. The NJRSC is composed of 42 people: one male and one female representative elected to represent each of the state's 21 counties, plus a Chairman that the Committee elects.

*DELEGATES: NJ REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE

NJ DEMOCRAT STATE COMMITTEE

Petition for County Political Committee

Deadline for filing with Municipal Clerks

= 64 days prior to the Primary Election

(The term of office for members of the county committee varies by county - see your county's Bylaws for the County Committee. Many links appear in the column at left.)

___________

DO ELECTION REPORTING RULES APPLY?

ANSWER: NO. According to the Compliance Manual for Candidates of the ELEC, "Persons running for political party positions (county committee member, state committee member or delegates to national party conventions) are NOT required to file reports with the NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission."

[source: http://www.elec.state.nj.us]

___________

What is the Law on County Committees?

Ans: Not what some municipal or county chairmen think !!

EVERY COUNTY COMMITTEE PERSON SHOULD KNOW THE RULES: CLICK HERE

____________________________________________________

HOW DO YOU RUN FOR ELECTION TO COUNTY COMMITTEE? - Each county organization determines WHEN elections will be held, but elections ALWAYS occur at the Primary Election (in 2019, on June 3), and the deadline to submit Nominating Petitions is 54 days earlier.

Morris, Essex and Passaic county elections (and others) occur this year.

TO OBTAIN A NOMINATING PETITION - Visit your municipal clerk's office. While there, ask if the Clerk will Notarize your petition, ask how many valid signatures are required in your town, and ask for the Roster of current county committee members.

Your municipal clerk can tell you how many VALID signatures you need (typically 10)(get twice that number, for safety). You must turn the Petition into your municipal clerk before 3 p.m. on the due date. It must be NOTARIZED - ASK: some clerks will Notarize the petition when you deliver it to them (more directions below). Note that the only signatures that will count will be those of REGISTERED voters from the political party whose Committee you are seeking election to, who live in YOUR voting district. You will want to gather about twice as many signatures as you need, because some people will say they are registered who are not, and their signatures will be disqualified.