Establishes "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New Jersey."
The "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New Jersey" establishes a state-level voting rights law to protect racial, color, and language-minority groups' voting rights. It requires election policies to be narrowly tailored to compelling justifications and prohibits methods that impair protected class members' ability to elect their preferred candidates. The bill creates a preclearance process for political subdivisions with prior voting rights violations before implementing election policies, mandates language assistance for language-minority groups meeting census thresholds, and provides remedies including alternative election processes and redistricting changes.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Mar 14, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
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3 primary · 12 co-sponsors
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Benjie Wimberly
DDemocratic
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Shavonda Sumter
DDemocratic
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Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
DDemocratic
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Anthony Verrelli
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Spearman
DDemocratic
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Cleopatra Tucker
DDemocratic
Co
Garnet Hall
DDemocratic
Co
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Herb Conaway
DDemocratic
Co
Linda Carter
DDemocratic
Co
Mike Venezia
DDemocratic
Co
Mitchelle Drulis
DDemocratic
Co
Reginald Atkins
DDemocratic
Co
Shanique Speight
DDemocratic
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