On June 30th New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine signed the Vote by Mail Law of 2008,
which allows all voters to permanently register to vote-by-mail,
referred to as permanent absentee voting. The law, sponsored by Senator
Raymond Lesniak and Assemblywoman Joan Quigley, also replaces New
Jersey's multiple absentee voting systems with one streamlined system
for all mail-in voters.
Yesterday, Governor Corzine signed A 2451, the Vote by Mail Law of
2008, bringing New Jersey's absentee voting procedures decisively into
the 21st Century. The law, sponsored by Senator Raymond Lesniak and
Assemblywoman Joan Quigley, replaces New Jersey's multiple absentee
voting systems with one streamlined system for use by all voters. In
addition the law now gives voters the option of permanently voting by
mail, as is available in Colorado, California, Montana and Washington.
Under this option voters could apply once to receive either a ballot in
every election for the next year or receive ballots indefinitely for
all general elections.
