New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A5590: Election Integrity Through Sensible Ballot Counting Act-concerns mail-in ballots
Status: In committee, October 5, 2026
"Election Integrity Through Sensible Ballot Counting Act"; requires mail-in ballots to be received by 8 p.m. on day of election to be canvassed.
What the bill says
An Act concerning the deadline for accepting mail-in ballots to be canvassed, designated as the Election Integrity Through Sensible Ballot Counting Act, and amending P.L.2009, c.79.
From the introduced text, October 5, 2026:
An Act concerning the deadline for accepting mail-in ballots to be canvassed, designated as the Election Integrity Through Sensible Ballot Counting Act, and amending P.L.2009, c.79. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. Section 22 of P.L.2009, c.79 (C.19:63-22) is amended to read as follows: 22. a. On the day of each election, or as provided under subsection b. of this section, each county board of elections shall open in the presence of the commissioner of registration, or the designee thereof, the inner envelopes that contain the mail-in ballots with the votes cast for the election. The inner envelopes containing the ballots that the board or the Superior Court has rejected shall not be so opened, but shall be retained as provided for by this act. The board shall then proceed to canvass the votes cast on the mail-in ballots, but no such ballot shall be counted in any primary election for the general election if the ballot of the political party marked for voting thereon differs from the designation of the political party in the primary election of which such ballot is intended to be voted as marked on the envelope by the county board of elections. Every mail-in ballot that bears a postmark date before or of the day …
Sponsors
- Alex Sauickie (R, 12) · primary sponsor
- Dawn Fantasia (R, 24)
- John V. Azzariti Jr., M.D. (R, 39)
- Robert Auth (R, 39)
- Michael Inganamort (R, 24)
- Al Barlas (R, 40)
- Gerry Scharfenberger (R, 13)
- Paul Kanitra (R, 10)
- Victoria A. Flynn (R, 13)
- Robert D. Clifton (R, 12)
- Gregory P. McGuckin (R, 10)
Latest actions
- : INT 1RA REF ASL
Subjects: ELECTIONS
Common questions
- What is A5590?
- A5590 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Election Integrity Through Sensible Ballot Counting Act-concerns mail-in ballots.
- What does A5590 do?
- In its own words: An Act concerning the deadline for accepting mail-in ballots to be canvassed, designated as the Election Integrity Through Sensible Ballot Counting Act, and amending P.L.2009, c.79.
- What is the status of A5590?
- In committee as of October 5, 2026. Latest action: INT 1RA REF ASL (October 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored A5590?
- Alex Sauickie (R, 12), with 10 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A5590?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A5590
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