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Committee advances Secure Automatic Voter Registration bill with amendments
Summary
The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee amended and favorably released Senate Bill 16-36 on Feb. 3 to upgrade New Jersey's partial automatic voter registration system to a Secure Automatic Voter Registration model for certain agency interactions.
The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on Feb. 3 amended and favorably released Senate Bill 16-36, first reprint, which would upgrade New Jersey's partial automatic voter registration (AVR) to a Secure Automatic Voter Registration (Secure AVR) system for certain transactions.
Under the amendments adopted in committee, the bill removes an external citizenship-verification requirement for registrations made via New Jersey's Medical Assistance and Health Services Program, allows certain incarcerated individuals applying for a non-driver identification card to register to vote if they provide a post-release address, and narrows the types of motor vehicle…
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