Bill Text: NJ A826 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that any public or nonpublic building used as a polling place and involved in providing care to children must be closed on general election day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State Government Committee [A826 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A826-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman NELSON T. ALBANO
District 1 (Cape May, Atlantic and Cumberland)
Assemblyman MATTHEW W. MILAM
District 1 (Cape May, Atlantic and Cumberland)
SYNOPSIS
Provides that any public or nonpublic building used as a polling place and involved in providing care to children must be closed on general election day.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning polling places and supplementing chapter 8 of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Any schoolhouse, or any other public building or nonpublic building in which educational or other services are provided to children under the age of 18, which has been selected by the county board of elections to serve as a polling place pursuant to R.S.19:8-3, shall be closed, other than for voting purposes, on the day of the general election.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that any schoolhouse, or any other public or nonpublic building in which educational or other services are provided to children under the age of 18, which has been selected by the county board of elections to serve as a polling place, must be closed, other than for voting purposes, on the day of the general election.
Many New Jersey public schools and other public and nonpublic buildings serve as polling sites during elections and the high voter turnout generated by a general election strains the ability of the municipal authorities to provide crowd control and security. Even routine security procedures are difficult to enforce when large numbers of voters turn out in schools or other buildings occupied by children.
