Permits county board of elections to open inner envelopes containing mail-in ballots up to five days prior to election day.

S 1203 allows New Jersey county election boards to open inner envelopes containing mail-in ballots up to five days before an election, clarifying a current practice. It also requires that voters with ballots rejected due to signature issues receive a "cure letter" within 24 hours, explaining how to correct the problem by providing identification details (like a driver's license number or last four Social Security digits) without signing an affidavit. Voters can submit corrections up to 48 hours before election results are certified. This bill does not change the requirement that mail-in ballots must be received by the county board by the day before the election.