New Jersey A 170: Prohibits delivery of more than one magazine issue before billing information is obtained.

Bill Text

A170 

ASSEMBLY, No. 170 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman DAWN FANTASIA

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Assemblyman MICHAEL INGANAMORT

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits use of private funds and personnel in 
governmental offices and procedures pertaining to administration of elections; 
establishes crimes and penalties for violations.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act prohibiting the use of private funds and personnel in 
governmental offices and procedures pertaining to the administration of 
elections and supplementing chapter 34 of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes. 

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

���� 1.� It shall be unlawful for 
the State, a county, municipality, school district, fire district, or any other 
government entity or employee thereof to accept or expend any funds from any 
person, corporation, non-governmental organization, business entity, political 
party, or any other private entity to be used in preparing, administering, or 
conducting elections, including registering voters. This section shall not be 
interpreted to prohibit the State or government entity or employee thereof from 
receiving or expending any funds allocated to the government entity from the 
State or federal government for preparing, administering, or conducting an 
election. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be 
guilty of a crime of the third degree.

���� 2.� It shall be unlawful for 
any private person to self-appoint or to be employed or appointed in a 
supervisory capacity to provide direction to any employee or have any role in 
determining the eligibility of any ballots to be counted or disqualified, 
unless such employment or appointment is authorized and governed by the 
provisions of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes applicable to election officials 
as members of the district boards of elections, county boards of elections, 
boards of county canvassers, board of state canvassers, and any other officer, official, 
employee, or judge in their respective capacities. Any person who violates the 
provisions of this section shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree.

���� 3.� This act shall take effect 
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits the use of 
private funds and personnel in governmental offices and procedures regarding 
election administration and establishes crimes and penalties for violations.

���� Under current law, election 
administration expenses are funded by counties, municipalities, school 
districts, and the State from their respective budgets and appropriations. This 
bill would make it unlawful for the State, a county, municipality, school 
district, fire district, or any other government entity or employee to accept 
or expend any funds from any person, corporation, non-governmental 
organization, business entity, political party, or any other private entity to 
be used in preparing, administering, or conducting elections, including registering 
voters. This provision would not be interpreted to prohibit the State or 
government entity or employee from receiving or expending any funds allocated 
to the government entity from the State or federal government. Any person who 
violates these provisions would be guilty of a crime of the third degree.

���� Under current law, designated 
election officials, including members of the district boards of elections, 
county boards of elections, boards of county canvassers, board of state 
canvassers, and any other officer, official, employee, or judge in their 
respective capacities, are authorized to process and canvass ballots in an 
election. This bill would make it unlawful for any private person to self-appoint 
or be employed or appointed in a supervisory capacity to provide direction to 
any employee or have any role in determining the eligibility of any ballots to 
be counted or disqualified, unless such employment or appointment is authorized 
and governed by the provisions of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes. Any person 
who violates these provisions would be guilty of a crime of the third degree.

���� This bill is based on legislation 
enacted in the 11 states of Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, 
Indiana, Kansas, North Dakota, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas, which limits or 
prohibits the use of private or philanthropic funding to governmental offices 
to administer elections. 

���� It is the sponsor�s belief 
that the use of private funding for historically publicly-funded governmental 
election administration activities raises questions among the public about the 
integrity of governmental election procedures.� Specifically, the use of 
private funding for these governmental purposes raises questions about the 
intent, expectations and