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NJ S1735
NJ S1735Repeals the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote."
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Introduced
01/13/2026
01/13/2026
In Committee
01/13/2026
01/13/2026
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2026-2027 Regular Session
Bill Summary
This bill repeals the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote," adopted as part of the New Jersey statutes pursuant to P.L.2007, c.334, and amends various parts of the statutory law to remove any reference to the agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, when enough states collectively possessing the majority of the electoral votes required to decide a presidential race become parties to the agreement, New Jersey's electoral votes will be required to be allocated to the presidential candidate that won the popular vote nationwide, regardless of whether that candidate won in New Jersey. This manner of allocating electoral votes is a radical departure from the current system in New Jersey which, in the winner-take-all manner, the State's electoral votes are allocated to the candidate that won the popular vote in the State. By requiring that the State's electoral votes be allocated to the national popular vote winner instead of the candidate who won in New Jersey, the national popular vote agreement disenfranchises New Jersey voters and arguably amounts to the circumvention of the United States Constitution.
AI Summary
This bill repeals the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote," a law previously adopted in New Jersey that would have required the state's electoral votes to go to the candidate who won the national popular vote, rather than the candidate who won New Jersey's popular vote, once enough other states joined the agreement. The bill also removes all references to this agreement from New Jersey's statutes, effectively returning the state to its traditional winner-take-all system for allocating electoral votes based on the outcome of its own popular vote.
Committee Categories
Government Affairs
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee (on 01/13/2026)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/S1735 |
| BillText | https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2026/S2000/1735_I1.HTM |
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