A 1129 New Jersey General Assembly · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Permits county board of elections to open certain ballot drop boxes for fire district elections.

This bill requires county election boards to retrieve mail-in ballots from secure drop boxes at least once weekly during fire district elections (local elections for fire district boards). It mandates at least 10 ballot drop boxes per county, located at specific sites like county government buildings, large municipalities, and colleges with over 5,000 students, all equipped with security cameras and meeting accessibility standards. The bill also prohibits police officers from standing within 100 feet of drop boxes during elections and bans political materials within that radius. It specifically applies to fire district elections, not general elections, and updates existing ballot drop box rules to include this weekly retrieval requirement for fire district voting.
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Jan 13, 2026
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Jan 13, 2026
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Joe Danielsen
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