Bill Text: NJ A5290 | 2026-2027 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires primary and general election candidates to use nominating petition forms made available by Secretary of State, county clerk, or municipal clerk.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2026-06-18 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A5290 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2026-A5290-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 5290

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED JUNE 18, 2026

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  AL BARLAS

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

Assemblywoman  ANNETTE QUIJANO

District 20 (Union)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires primary and general election candidates to use nominating petition forms made available by Secretary of State, county clerk, or municipal clerk.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning the requirements for candidate nominating petition forms and supplementing Title 19 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    Any petition of nomination submitted by a candidate to be voted for at the general election shall be the official form for such petitions made available by the Secretary of State, the county clerk, or the municipal clerk, as appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 13 of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     2.    Any petition of nomination submitted by a candidate to be voted for at the primary election by the voters of a political party shall be the official form for such petitions made available by the Secretary of State, the county clerk, or the municipal clerk, as appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 23 of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires primary and general election candidates to use the nominating petition forms made available by the Secretary of State, a county clerk, or a municipal clerk.

     Under the bill, any petition of nomination submitted by a candidate to be voted for at the general election, or at the primary election by the voters of a political party, will be required to be the official form for such petitions made available by the Secretary of State, the county clerk, or the municipal clerk, as appropriate.