TRENTON, NJ – Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia of District 24 (Morris, Sussex, and Warren) has sponsored Bill A4236, which aims to amend the state’s mail-in voting process.

Introduced on May 2, 2024, the bill proposes that voters who wish to vote by mail must complete a mail-in ballot application each calendar year. It also repeals a provision of current law that automatically designates voters who voted by mail in 2016, 2017, and 2018 as automatic vote-by-mail voters for all future elections.

Under the proposed legislation, voters would have the option to vote by mail in all elections held within a calendar year or in any single election held during that period. Additionally, the bill mandates that county clerks notify voters, within 30 days of the bill’s implementation, of the requirement to complete a mail-in ballot application annually. The legislation is set to take effect immediately following the first day after the November general election occurring after the effective date.