Bill Text: NJ A1746 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows voter who has received mail-in ballot to vote in person on election day by delivering that ballot to polling place.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-16 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee [A1746 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A1746-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman TIMOTHY J. EUSTACE
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Allows voter who has received mail-in ballot to vote in person on election day by delivering that ballot to polling place.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the ability to vote in person using a mail-in ballot and amending P.L.2009, c.79.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 20 of P.L.2009, c.79 (C.19:63-20) is amended to read as follows:
20. a. Any person who has applied for a mail-in ballot and has had the mail-in ballot either delivered in person or forwarded by mail, and voted and returned the voted ballot to the county board, shall not be permitted to vote in person at the polling place in the voter's election district on the day of the election.
b. Any person who: (1) has applied for a mail-in ballot and not received either the ballot or an explanation for not receiving such a ballot pursuant to notification by the county clerk or from the free-access system established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2004, c.88 (C.19:61-5) to provide such information; or (2) has applied for and received a mail-in ballot and has not transmitted it to the county board of elections or given it to a bearer for delivery to the county board before the time for the opening of the polls on the day of an election, shall be permitted to vote in person by provisional ballot at the polling place in the voter's election district on the day of the election.
c. Any person who has applied for and received a mail-in ballot and has not transmitted it to the county board of elections or given it to a bearer for delivery to the county board before the time for the opening of the polls on the day of an election, shall be permitted to vote in person by personally delivering the completed mail-in ballot at the polling place in the voter's election district on the day of the election.
(cf: P.L.2009, c.79, s.20)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
Under current law, a person who applies to vote by mail-in ballot and who has not transmitted that ballot to the polling place before election day is permitted to vote in person at the polling place but must use a provisional ballot. This bill would allow any person who has applied for and received a mail-in ballot and who has not transmitted it to the county board of elections before election day to vote in person by dropping off his or her completed mail-in ballot at the polling place in the voter's election district on the day of the election.
