Supreme Court of New Jersey

Walter Roman, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Horace P. Sharper, Intervenor-Appellant, v. Harry Reichenstein, City Clerk of…

March 5, 196953 N.J. 338

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the trial court and held that a recall petition for a ward councilman must be signed by qualified voters of that ward, and the 25% signature requirement applies to the ward's registered voters, not the entire city.