Greenan v. Braca

The opinion of the court was delivered by

William J.

Brennan, Jr., J. We here consider the procedures governing the purging of voters’ registration lists pursuant to N. J. S. A. 19:31-15 when paralysis of the function is threatened by a deadlock vote in a four-member county board of elections.

The deadlock problem cannot arise in first-class counties nor in certain second- and fifth-class counties where a superintendent of elections is provided and that official alone administers the procedure. N. J. S. A. 19:32-1; N. J. S. A. 19:32-26, L. 1953, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 444, p. 2433. Cape May County,…