Bill > A5453

Introduced Session

This bill directs the Secretary of State to establish an election incident reporting and complaint database and requires certain telephone numbers be provided with voter instructions. Under the bill, the Secretary of State is required to establish an election incident reporting and complaint database to document civil rights violations, voter fraud, or other incidents or complaints related to the conduct of an election in this State. The Secretary of State, in real time during the conduct of an election, must compile any incidents or complaints submitted to the Department of State or to county election officials. At a minimum, the reported incidents or complaints must be categorized by the following: (1) the location, if any, and date of the incident or complaint; (2) the type of incident or complaint; and (3) the action, if any, taken in response to the incident or complaint. The Secretary of State is directed to also provide the complied information to the appropriate officials, including, but not limited to, the NJ Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, in a form and manner consistent with State and federal law. Following the election, the Secretary of State is also required to prepare and submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature detailing the total number of incidents or complaints. The bill also requires the telephone numbers of the U.S. Attorney's Office Election Hotline, the NJ Election Hotline, and county election officials to be posted at polling places in the voter information notice required by current law and in the printed directions transmitted with mail-in ballots that is also required by current law.

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Gerry Scharfenberger (R)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee (on 03/15/2021)