New Jersey S 593: Requires reporting of the graduation rates of State tuition aid grant recipients.

Bill Text

S593 

SENATE, No. 593 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

Senator ANDREW ZWICKER

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators McKnight, Moriarty and Burgess

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires county clerks to send applications for 
mail-in ballots to registered voters upon their 18th birthday.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning applications for mail-in ballots and 
supplementing P.L.2009, c.79. 

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

���� 1.��� a.� The county clerk of 
each county shall transmit to each voter who is 17 years of age and registered 
to vote in that county pursuant to R.S.19:31-5 an application for a mail-in 
ballot upon the voter�s 18th birthday.

���� b.��� The State shall 
reimburse each county for any additional direct expenditures required for the 
implementation of this section, provided that the reimbursement for mailing 
costs shall not exceed the cost of mailing a standard two ounce piece of 
first-class mail per mail-in ballot application.

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

STATEMENT

����� This bill directs the county 
clerk in each county to send an application for a mail-in ballot to each 
17-year-old registered voter upon their 18th birthday.� The bill requires the State to reimburse each 
county for any additional direct expenditures incurred upon mailing the mail-in 
ballot application.� The reimbursement will not exceed the cost of mailing a 
standard two ounce piece of first-class mail per mail-in ballot application.

���� Under current law, a person 
who is at least 17 years of age and will be 18 on the date of the next general 
election is entitled to register to vote, provided they meet all other voter 
registration requirements.