New Jersey Lawmakers To Consider Measure Updating Vote-By-Mail Law

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey lawmakers are set to vote on legislation aimed at updating the state's vote-by-mail law. The Democrat-led Assembly is scheduled to consider the measure Tuesday. The Democrat-controlled Senate approved the bill Monday.

The measure updates a 2018 law enacted by lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy that mandated that voters who signed up for and got mail-in ballots for the 2016 general election would continue to get those ballots for future elections unless they opt-out.

Lawmakers say that the law, however, failed to address those who requested 2017 and 2018 mail-in ballots.

The new measure requires that those voters also get mail-in ballots unless they opt-out.

The bill also sets aside $2 million for counties to implement the law.

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