Voting Rights & Elections

Free elections are essential to democracy. The ACLU-NJ protects everyone’s right to vote.

Know Your Voting Rights

Natasha Marchick v. Middlesex County Board of Elections
County not properly counting provisional ballots.
Ertel, Figgins, Jones v. Essex County Board of Elections
Voting difficulties in the wake of Hurricane Sandy
Rutgers University Student Assembly v. Middlesex County Board of Elections
Voters challenge obsolete voter registration requirements and seek election-day registration.
2010 Election for Mayor of South Amboy
Votes were not properly counted resulting in an election that was determined by one vote.
In the Matter of the State DOE's Denial of Petition
Challenge to the Department of Education’s failure to implement regulations to enforce the High School Voter Registration Law, requiring schools to provide voting information and registration forms to eligible public and private school students.
Gusciora v. Codey
Electronic voting machines prevent votes from being properly certified, re-examined and recounted the same way as paper ballots.
In re: Attorney General Directive on Exit Polling
Gause v. Borough of Hawthorne
Galaxy Towers v. Galaxy Towers
NAACP v. Harvey

Democracy Act
Establishes Automatic Voter Registration through MVC; expands in-person early voting; modernizes electronic voter registration; expands vote-by-mail; expands voting access for military and overseas voters; enhances access to the polls for people with disabilities; enhances language access at polling places with significant population of non-English speakers.
Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering
Requires that the incarcerated persons be counted at their last known address before prison for political redistricting purposes, not the location where they are confined.

For a complete list of voter registration forms available from the New Jersey Division of Elections, please visit http://www.njelections.org/voting-information-voter-registration-forms.html