New Jersey A 5174: Modifies capital reserve funding requirements for planned real estate developments in certain circumstances.

Bill Text

A5174 

ASSEMBLY, No. 5174 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED JUNE 1, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� GREGORY E. MYHRE

District 9 (Ocean)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Kanitra, Barlas and Assemblywoman Fantasia

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires additional notice of certain penalties for 
voter fraud. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning voter information notices and amending 
P.L.2005, c.149.

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

���� 1.� Section 1 of P.L.2005, 
c.149 (C.19:12-7.1) is amended to read as follows:

���� 1. �a. �A county board of 
elections shall have posted a voter information notice, which shall be referred 
to as a voter's bill of rights, in a conspicuous location in each polling place 
and each specially designated polling place used for early voting before voting 
begins.

���� The notice shall contain:

���� the date of the election and 
the hours during which polling places will be open;

���� a statement that sample 
ballots are available at the polling place for review by the voter;

���� instruction for the use of the 
voting machine in that polling place and an explanation of what instructions 
for voting are available at the polling place for the voter;

���� instruction for a voter who is 
voting for the first time;

���� instruction for a voter who is 
required to provide identification pursuant to the federal "Help America 
Vote Act of 2002" and R.S.19:15-17 prior to casting a vote;

���� instruction on how to cast a 
vote if the voter cannot be present at a polling place on the day of the 
election;

���� an explanation of the right of 
the voter to vote in private, regardless of the voter's physical abilities;

���� an explanation of the right of 
the voter to a provisional ballot, including in the event that a mail-in ballot 
has been applied for and not received or not transmitted to the county board of 
elections before the day of any election, and the other circumstances under 
which a voter has a right to a provisional ballot;

���� an explanation of the right of 
the voter to receive a replacement ballot for a ballot that has been spoiled, 
destroyed, lost or never received;

���� an explanation of the right of 
the voter to ask for and receive assistance in voting;

���� an explanation of the right of 
the voter to take a reasonable amount of time in casting a vote on a voting 
machine;

���� an explanation of the right of 
the voter to bring written material into the polling place for the voter's 
personal use in casting a vote;

���� instruction on how to contact 
the appropriate officials if a voter's right to vote or right to otherwise 
participate in the electoral process has been challenged or violated;

���� a statement that �VOTER 
FRAUD IS A CRIME� and general information on federal and State laws that 
prohibit acts of fraud or misrepresentation and the penalties for those acts, 
including an explanation that only citizens of the United States may vote and any 
non-citizen convicted of unlawful voting may be subject to removal from the 
United States and may jeopardize the opportunity to obtain United States 
citizenship in the future;

���� an explanation of the right of 
the voter to confidentially discover the status of their ballot using the 
"Track My Ballot" user portal;

���� an explanation that "All 
ballots are counted and your vote remains anonymous";

���� an explanation of the right of 
the voter that if their ballot was rejected, a notice will be issued to the 
voter within 24 hours after a decision is made to reject the ballot.� The voter 
will have up to 48 hours prior to the date for the final certification of the 
results of the election to provide a cure for their ballot;

���� an explanation giving the 
options for the voter to provide the cure to their rejected ballot;

���� an explanation that no voters 
shall be intimidated or otherwise unduly influenced by political insignia while 
voting.� No person shall wear, display, sell, give or provide any political or 
campaign slogan, badge, button or other insignia associated with any political 
party or candidate to be worn at or within one hundred feet of the polls or 
within the polling place or room, on any primary, general or special election 
day or on any commission government election day, except the badge furnished by 
the county board as provided by law.� This includes any political gear 
representing the campaign slogans, logos, or depictions or representations of 
any political party or candidate such as merchandise sold directly from a 
political party, campaign, candidate, or by third parties and vendors 
representing any political party or campaign or candidate.� A person violating 
any of these provisions is guilty of a disorderly persons offense and will not 
be permitted on the premises and can only return to vote after the removal of 
prohibited political insignia; and

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