Bill Text: NJ A200 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires schools to provide eligible high school students with voter registration material.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-01-25 - Withdrawn from Consideration [A200 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A200-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman RALPH R. CAPUTO
District 28 (Essex)
Assemblywoman VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE
District 37 (Bergen)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Diegnan, Assemblywoman Greenstein and Assemblyman DeAngelo
SYNOPSIS
Requires schools to provide eligible high school students with voter registration material.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act providing for the distribution of voter registration material to eligible high school students and amending P.L.1985, c.41.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.1985, c.41 (C.18A:36-27) is amended to read as follows:
1. The board of education of each school district and the appropriate school officials in each nonpublic school shall provide a voter registration form, a summary of voter registration eligibility requirements, and material describing the role of a citizen and the importance of voting to each eligible high school pupil [in conjunction with the voter registration drive conducted by each county commissioner of registration pursuant to R.S. 19:31-2] prior to the graduation date for the school year. This material shall be nonpartisan and conform to the provisions of N.J.S. 18A:42-4.
(cf: P.L.1985, c.41, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full school year following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires that public and nonpublic schools provide eligible high school pupils with voter registration materials, including a summary of voter registration eligibility requirements, a voter registration form, and material describing the role of a citizen and the importance of voting, prior to the graduation date for the school year. Under current law, schools are required to provide a voter registration form and material describing the role of a citizen and the importance of voting to pupils in conjunction with voter registration drives conducted by the county commissioner of registration. The purpose of this bill is to modify the means of distributing this information to pupils. The objective is to increase the likelihood that the materials are received.
