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NJ A2166
Permits voter to take photograph of own voted ballot and share it on Internet-based social media.
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Introduced
01/14/2020
01/14/2020
In Committee
01/14/2020
01/14/2020
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/11/2022
01/11/2022
Introduced Session
2020-2021 Regular Session
Bill Summary
This bill allows voters to photograph their own voted ballots while in a voting booth and to share those photographs on Internet-based social media. Under current law, a voter is prohibited from showing his or her voted ballot. The law also prohibits other persons from requesting that a voter show his or her voted ballot, or from inspecting such ballot during or after voting as to reveal its contents. This bill does not remove these prohibitions. This bill provides that these provisions of current law would not be interpreted to prohibit a voter from voluntarily taking a photograph of the voter's own voted ballot and sharing it on Internet-based social media.
AI Summary
This bill allows voters to photograph their own voted ballots and share those photographs on internet-based social media. Under current law, voters are prohibited from showing their voted ballots or having them inspected in a way that reveals the contents. This bill does not remove those prohibitions, but clarifies that the law would not be interpreted to prohibit a voter from voluntarily taking and sharing a photograph of their own voted ballot.
Committee Categories
Government Affairs
Sponsors (7)
Annette Chaparro (D)*,
Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D)*,
Angelica Jimenez (D)*,
Angela Mcknight (D)*,
Raj Mukherji (D)*,
Ronald Dancer (R),
Andrew Zwicker (D),
Last Action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee (on 01/14/2020)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
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| BillText | https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A2500/2166_I1.HTM |
| Bill | https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A2500/2166_I1.PDF |
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