S 1663 New Jersey Senate · 2026-2027 Regular Session

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 The bill was withdrawn after being enacted as P.L.2025, c.258, meaning it is no longer active legislation.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This bill was withdrawn because A 5037 was enacted as P.L.2025, c.258. Votes shown below are from that bill.
370
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Dec 22, 2025
D Democratic25
25 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican15
12 Yea 3
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
Photo of Andrew Zwicker
Andrew Zwicker
DDemocratic
NJ
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