N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-5
If at said election the proposal for the establishment of the county college is approved by a majority of all the votes cast both for and against said question in the county, then the board of chosen freeholders shall proceed to establish a county college.
Where the county college is to be established by more than one county, then the boards of chosen freeholders of the participating counties shall not establish a county college until the commission notifies said boards that a similar resolution of the board of chosen freeholders in each participating county has become effective upon the elapse of the 45-day period or the proposal for the establishment of a county college has been approved by a majority of the registered voters of said county at a general election.
N.J.S. § 18A:64A-5