Bill Text: NJ A3834 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires mail-in ballot applications be available at polling places on election day for voting in future elections; requires poll workers to discuss application instructions with applicant upon request.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-02 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee [A3834 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A3834-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
Requires mail-in ballot applications be available at polling places on election day for voting in future elections; requires poll workers to discuss application instructions with applicant upon request.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the availability of mail-in ballot applications at polling places and supplementing P.L.2009, c.79 (C.19:63-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Secretary of State shall cause to be made available at each polling place on the day of any election copies of mail-in ballot applications for future elections and instructions detailing the process that an eligible voter must follow to apply to vote by mail in future elections. The secretary shall also ensure that each poll worker at each polling place is trained on the instructions for completing and mailing a mail-in ballot application for future elections to enable each poll worker, at the request of the voter, to discuss the mail-in ballot application instructions with the voter.
2. This act shall take effect on the January 1 next following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires mail-in ballot applications to be available at polling places on election day for voting in future elections, and requires that poll workers be trained to discuss such application instructions with an applicant, upon request. Under the bill, the Secretary of State would make available at each polling place on the day of any election copies of mail-in ballot applications for future elections and instructions detailing the process that an eligible voter must follow in order to apply to vote by mail in future elections. The bill also directs the secretary to ensure that each poll worker at each polling place is trained on the instructions for completing and mailing a mail-in ballot application for future elections, to enable each poll worker, at the request of the voter, to discuss the mail-in ballot application instructions with the voter.
