Permits 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in elections for local school board.
This bill, if enacted, would allow 16- and 17-year-old New Jersey residents who are U.S. citizens and have lived in a school district for 30 days to vote **only** in local school board elections. It requires the Secretary of State to create a registration process and ballot design for these voters that mirrors the system used for other eligible voters. The bill explicitly states that 16- and 17-year-olds cannot vote in any other elections, such as for state or federal offices. School boards and municipalities would not be required to take any action to implement this change.
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Jan 2026
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Jan 13, 2026
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Jan 13, 2026
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Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
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3 primary · 4 co-sponsors
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