Requires Secretary of State and Chief Administrator of MVC to conduct audit of certain voter registrations and annual audits thereafter; requires proof of citizenship for voter registration at MVC.
This bill requires New Jersey residents applying for a driver's license, permit, or non-driver ID card at the Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) to provide proof of U.S. citizenship to be automatically registered to vote (or update an existing registration), with an option to decline. It mandates that the MVC collect voter registration information from these applications and transmit it electronically to the Secretary of State, except for online/mail renewals until electronic transmission becomes feasible. The bill also requires an initial audit of voters registered through MVC since May 2021 and annual audits of new MVC voter registrations to verify eligibility, with reports to the Governor, Legislature, and Secretary of State.
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Jan 2026
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Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Jan 13, 2026
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Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
lower
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Gerry Scharfenberger
RRepublican
P
Vicky Flynn
RRepublican
Co
Dawn Fantasia
RRepublican
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