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S4346
SENATE, No. 4346
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
�
INTRODUCED MAY 28, 2026
Sponsored by:
Senator� KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
Senator� CARMEN F. AMATO, JR.
District 9 (Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
���� Increases daily compensation for election workers and
increases additional compensation rate for election workers managing signature
copy registers.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
��
An Act
increasing compensation for election workers and
amending R.S.19:45-6 and P.L.2001, c.245.
����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� R.S.19:45-6 is amended
to read as follows:
���� 19:45-6.����� The compensation
of each member of the district boards for all services performed by them under
the provisions of this Title shall be as follows:
���� In all counties, for all
services rendered including the counting of the votes, and in counties wherein
voting machines are used, the tabulation of the votes registered on the voting
machines, and the delivery of the returns, registry binders, ballot boxes and
keys for the voting machines to the proper election officials,
[
$300
]
$400
each
time the primary election, the general election or any special election is held
under this Title; provided, however, that:
���� a. (1) The member of the board
charged with the duty of obtaining and signing for the signature copy registers
shall receive an additional
[
$12.50
]
$20
per election, such remuneration being limited to only one board member per
election, or
[
$6.25
]
$10
to
each of two board members if they share such responsibility for the signature
copy registers, and (2) the member of the board charged with the duty of
returning the signature copy registers shall receive an additional
[
$12.50
]
$20
per election, such remuneration being limited to only one board member per
election, or
[
$6.25
]
$10
to
each of two board members if they share such responsibility for the signature
copy registers;
���� b.��� In the case of any
member of the board who is required under R.S.19:50-1 to attend in a given year
a training program for district board members, but who fails to attend such a
training program in that year, that compensation shall be commensurate with the
State minimum wage for each of those elections;
���� c.���� In counties wherein
voting machines are used no compensation shall be paid for any services
rendered at any special election held at the same time as any primary or
general election. Such compensation shall be in lieu of all other fees and
payments; and
���� d.��� Compensation for
district board members serving at a school election held at a time other than
the time of the general election shall be paid by the board of education of the
school district conducting the election at an hourly rate commensurate with the
State minimum wage, except that the board of education may compensate such
district board members at a pro-rated hourly rate consistent with the daily
rate up to a maximum of $21.43. The provisions of subsections a., b., and c. of
this section shall also apply to district board members serving at a school
election held at a time other than at the time of the general election, except
that in the case of subsection b., the compensation shall be at an hourly rate
commensurate with the State minimum wage.
���� In addition to the
[
$300
]
$400
compensation provided pursuant to this section to each member of a district
board for each time the primary election, the general election, or any special
election is held under this Title, a county may provide, at its discretion,
additional compensation to the members of all district boards in such county in
an amount determined by the county, and the additional compensation shall be an
expense of the county.
���� Compensation due each member
shall be paid within 30 days but not within 20 days after each election;
provided, however, that no compensation shall be paid to any member of any such
district board who may have been removed from office or application for the
removal of whom is pending under the provisions of R.S.19:6-4.
���� In addition to the provisions
of this section, in the case of any member of the board who is required under
R.S.19:50-1 to attend in a given year a training program for district board
members, a county may provide, at its discretion, compensation to such a member
who attends the training program in an amount determined by the county, and the
compensation shall be an expense of the county.
(cf: P.L.2022, c.5, s.1)
���� 2.��� Section 6 of P.L.2001,
c.245 (C.19:45-6.2) is amended to read as follows:
���� 6.��� In accordance with the
provisions of Art.VIII, Sec.II, par.5 of the Constitution, upon application for
reimbursement by a county governing body to the Secretary of State and approval
of the application by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, a
county shall be reimbursed by the State for:
���� a.���� compensation to each
member of the district board of elections who shall have served at the general
election, the primary election, and any nonpartisan municipal, special, or
recall election, and who shall have qualified for and been paid
[
$300
]
$400
for such service in accordance with R.S.19:45-6, the sum of
[
$225
]
$325
;
and
���� b.��� any additional costs
incurred by the county as a result of the provisions of this act, P.L.2001,
c.245.
(cf: P.L.2022, c.5, s.2)
���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect on the 60th day after the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
���� This bill increases the daily
compensation for election workers from $300 per day to $400 per day.� It also
increases the additional compensation rate for election workers who obtain and
return signature copy registers.� Under current law, if one election worker
obtains or returns the signature copy registers, the additional compensation is
$12.50.� If two election workers share the responsibility, each receives an
additional $6.25.� This bill will increase the compensation rate to $20 and
$10, respectively.
���� Under current law, election
workers are paid $300 per day each time the primary election, general election,
or any special election is held.� The State reimburses $225 of the payment to
the election workers while the counties account for the rest.� This bill
increases the State�s reimbursement to $325 while keeping the counties sum at
$75.