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Bill Text

S585 

SENATE, No. 585 

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)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators Polistina, Diegnan, Zwicker, Tiver, Ruiz and Stack

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes "The Voter Convenience Act" to 
allow voters to vote at any polling place in their municipality on election 
day.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning the ability of voters to vote at any polling 
place in their municipality on election day, amending R.S.19:6-1, R.S.19:14-22, 
and R.S.19:23-31, and supplementing Title 19 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1. �(New section) This act 
shall be known and may be cited as �The Voter Convenience Act.�

���� 2. �(New section) a. 
Notwithstanding any provision of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes, or any other 
law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Secretary of State in conjunction 
with all county clerks, county boards of elections, and superintendents of 
elections shall develop uniform guidelines to enable a county board of 
elections and superintendent of elections, at the discretion of the county 
board or superintendent, to implement a process by which the voters of each 
municipality in that county may be permitted to cast their vote at any polling 
place in their municipality on the day of any election.� Under the process 
permitted by this section, the district boards of elections at each polling 
place in a municipality shall be organized at the polling place in a manner 
that permits any member of a district board to check-in any voter walking into 
the polling place within their municipality, using the electronic poll books 
authorized under P.L.2019, c.80 (C.19:31-35 et seq.).� The process shall also 
enable the voter to vote at any voting machine at the polling place. The 
uniform guidelines shall develop the means by which the voter will be provided 
the correct ballot for that voter, which shall identify the voter�s election 
district. To the extent made possible by available technology, the requirement 
to issue a voting authority to each voter pursuant to section 1 P.L.1944, c.213 
(C.19:52-2.1) may be replaced by a suitable procedure.��� 

���� b. In addition to allowing any 
voter to vote at any polling place within their municipality, the Secretary of 
State in conjunction with all county clerks, county boards of elections, and 
superintendents of elections may authorize the uniform guidelines 
developed pursuant to subsection a. of this section to be implemented in a 
manner that enables any voter residing within each county to cast their vote at 
designated polling places within their county of residence on the day of any 
election.� 

���� 3. �R.S.19:6-1 is amended to 
read as follows:

���� 19:6-1. The district 
boards in each election district shall consist of four members,� except that 
where electronic voting systems are in use any election district in which there 
are more than 900 registered voters the district board shall� consist of six 
members. The members shall be appointed by the county board of the county in 
which such election district is located, in the manner hereinafter provided.

���� In election districts in which 
the primary language of 10% or more of the registered voters is Spanish, the 
county board shall appoint two additional members who shall be of Hispanic 
origin and fluent in Spanish.

���� Notwithstanding any 
provision of this section to the contrary, where the provisions of section 1 of 
P.L.�� , c.��� (C.�� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) are 
implemented, the number of district board members shall be determined by the 
county board of elections in accordance with the uniform guidelines developed 
pursuant thereto.

(cf: P.L.1975, c.316, s.3)

���� 4. �R.S.19:14-22 is amended to 
read as follows:

���� 19:14-22. The official general 
election sample ballots shall be as nearly as possible facsimiles of the 
official general election ballot to be voted at such election and shall have 
printed thereon, after the words which indicate the number of the election 
district for which such sample ballots are printed, the name of the school 
district, when appropriate, the number or name and municipality or 
municipalities of the fire district, when appropriate, the street address or 
location of the polling place in the election district and a website that 
lists all of the polling places at which the voter may vote where the 
provisions of section 1 of P.L.�� , c.��� (C.�� ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill) are implemented, and the hours between which the 
polls shall be open.� Such sample ballots shall be printed on paper different 
in color from the official general election ballot, and have the following 
words printed in large t