New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey S4619: Allowing person to vote when person is not eligible-concerns
Status: In committee, October 1, 2026
Imposes mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for member of district board of elections who willfully allows person to vote when person is not eligible to vote.
What the bill says
An Act concerning allowing unqualified person to vote and amending R.S.19:34-1.
From the introduced text, October 1, 2026:
An Act concerning allowing unqualified person to vote and amending R.S.19:34-1. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. R.S.19:34-1 is amended to read as follows: 19:34-1. [ADDED: a.] If any member of the district board shall willfully refuse to enter in the canvassing books or upon the registers the name of any person legally entitled to vote[, or shall register the name of any person contrary to the provisions of this title], such member shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. [ADDED: b. If any member of the district board shall willfully register the name of any person contrary to the provisions of this title, such member shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree and, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:43-6, shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of one year without eligibility for parole, unless the provisions of any other law provide for a higher mandatory minimum term. ] [ADDED: c.] Any person who shall cause or procure [his] [ADDED: the persons] name to be registered in more than one election district, or shall cause or procure [his] [ADDED: the persons] name or that of any other person to be registered, knowing that [he] [ADDED: the person] or such …
Sponsors
- Robert W. Singer (R, 30) · primary sponsor
- Carmen F. Amato, Jr. (R, 9) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : INT 1RS REF SSG
Subjects: ELECTIONS, CRIMES AND PENALTIES
Common questions
- What is S4619?
- S4619 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Allowing person to vote when person is not eligible-concerns.
- What does S4619 do?
- In its own words: An Act concerning allowing unqualified person to vote and amending R.S.19:34-1.
- What is the status of S4619?
- In committee as of October 1, 2026. Latest action: INT 1RS REF SSG (October 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored S4619?
- Robert W. Singer (R, 30), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for S4619?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/S4619
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