Bill > S3623

Introduced Session

This bill requires all candidate nominating petitions to be posted online and requires the determination of petition challenges to be conducted by a judge of the Superior Court with sufficient expertise in the election laws of this State. Under current law, all petitions filed for the direct nomination of candidates for the general election must be open under proper regulations for public inspection. This bill requires all petitions filed for the nomination of candidates for the primary election and the general election to be posted online on an official website by the officer or officers to whom they are addressed within a certain timeframe. Under current law, the officer with whom the original petition was filed, or the Secretary of State in certain cases, must make a determination on the objection to a petition in a summary way, unless an order is required to be made in the matter by a court of competent jurisdiction. This determination can then be appealed to various judges across the State, with varying levels of expertise on matters of election law. This bill requires that the appeals be heard by a judge of the Superior Court with sufficient experience in cases relating to election laws in this State, as determined by the assignment judge in the jurisdiction in which the application or complaint is made.

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Joe Cryan (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee (on 09/19/2024)

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