Bill Text: NJ A683 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires mail-in ballot applications be available at polling places on election day for voting in future elections; requires establishment of Intrnet webpages to provide instructions for completing mail-in ballot applications.*

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-02 - Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [A683 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A683-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 683

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  JOSEPH CRYAN

District 20 (Union)

Assemblywoman  ANNETTE QUIJANO

District 20 (Union)

Assemblyman  JOSEPH A. LAGANA

District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Wimberly and Schaer

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires mail-in ballot applications be available at polling places on election day for voting in future elections; requires establishment of Internet webpages to provide instructions for completing mail-in ballot applications.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on May 8, 2014, with amendments.

  

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.    ¹[The Secretary of State] a.  Each county board of elections¹ shall cause to be made available at each polling place on the day of ¹[any] an¹ 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.  ¹[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]

     b.    The Secretary of State and each county clerk shall establish and maintain an Internet webpage that provides instructions for completing and mailing a mail-in ballot application for future elections, and is accessible to the general public through a link prominently displayed on the official Internet website of the Secretary of State or the county clerk, as the case may be¹.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect on the January 1 next following the date of enactment.