Revises procedures governing audits of election results.
S 1663 requires New Jersey's Secretary of State to appoint an independent audit team each year to oversee post-election audits of voter-verifiable paper records for federal, state, and certain local elections. The bill mandates that audits use statistically rigorous methods (ensuring 99% confidence for statewide races, 90% for others) to verify election results without altering outcomes, covering at least 2% of election districts per county for qualifying races. It prohibits audit team members from having ties to political campaigns, the Secretary's office, or voting system vendors. The bill was withdrawn after being enacted as P.L.2025, c.258, meaning it is no longer active legislation.
Bill status
died
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Senate Passage
Dec 2025
General Assembly Passage
Dec 2025
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Jan 13, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Dec 22, 2025 · General Assembly Dec 22, 2025
How they voted
This bill was withdrawn because
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was enacted as P.L.2025, c.258. Votes shown below are from that bill.
37–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Dec 22, 2025
D
Democratic25
100% Yea
R
Republican15
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
0
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
upper
Dec 22, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-0-3)
senate
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Andrew Zwicker
DDemocratic
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