TrustVoting Atlas

(1) Municipal primary elections shall be held on the first Tuesday in May preceding the
general municipal election and, in the event a second primary shall be necessary, such second
primary shall be held on the third Tuesday in May preceding such general municipal election. At
such primary election the municipal executive committee shall perform the same duties as are
specified by law and performed by members of the county executive committee with regard to
state and county primary elections. Each municipal executive committee shall have as many
members as there are elective officers of the municipality, and such members of the municipal
executive committee of each political party shall be elected in the primary elections held for the
nomination of candidates for municipal offices. The provisions of this section shall govern all
municipal primary elections as far as applicable, but the officers to prepare the ballots and the
managers and other officials of the primary election shall be appointed by the municipal
executive committee of the party holding such primary, and the returns of such election shall be
made to such municipal executive committee. Vacancies in the executive committee shall be
filled by it.
(2) Provided, however, that in municipalities operating under a special or private charter
which fixes a time for holding elections, other than the time fixed by Chapter 491, Laws of 1950,
the first primary election shall be held exactly four (4) weeks before the time for holding the
general election, as fixed by the charter, and the second primary election, where necessary, shall
be held two (2) weeks after the first primary election, unless the charter of any such municipality
provides otherwise, in which event the provisions of the special or private charter shall prevail as
to the time of holding such primary elections.
(3) All primary elections in municipalities shall be held and conducted in the same manner as
is provided by law for state and county primary elections.