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A4036 • 2026

Permits blind or physically disabled voters to move to front of line at polling place.

Permits blind or physically disabled voters to move to front of line at polling place.

Elections
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Sauickie, Alex
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Permits blind or physically disabled voters to move to front of line at polling place.

Permits blind or physically disabled voters to move to front of line at polling place.

What This Bill Does

  • Permits blind or physically disabled voters to move to front of line at polling place.
  • Topic: State and Local Government Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee

Official Summary Text

Permits blind or physically disabled voters to move to front of line at polling place.
Topic:
State and Local Government
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4036

ASSEMBLY, No. 4036

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 12, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� ALEX SAUICKIE

District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Permits blind or physically disabled voters to move
to front of line at polling place.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act

concerning assistance for blind or physically
disabled voters and supplementing chapter 52 of Title 19 of the Revised
Statutes.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� a.� A blind or physically
disabled voter shall be permitted to move to the front of any line of voters
awaiting their opportunity or time to enter the polling place or election booth
that may be present at any polling location in this State and shall be given
priority to cast their ballot or otherwise be provided with the ability to cast
their ballot in an expedient manner.

���� b.� The Secretary of State
shall promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act,"
P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as are
necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.

���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� Not all physically disabled
voters want to vote by mail, and many prefer to cast their vote in a community
setting.� However, the need to stand and wait in long lines can make doing so
difficult.

���� This bill permits blind or
physically disabled voters to move to the front of any line that may be present
at any polling location in this State and be granted priority to cast their
ballot or otherwise be permitted the ability to cast their ballot in an
expedient manner.

���� The bill directs the Secretary
of State to promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to
effectuate the purposes of this act.