The 2019 Act allowed county commissioners of registration and county boards of elections to decide to use electronic poll book systems for an election, so long as the system has been certified by the Secretary of State (Secretary). 80 (2019 Act), signed and effective on May 2, 2019, permitted the use of electronic poll book systems in New Jersey.
Early voting is to be conducted using electronic poll books and optical-scan voting machines that read hand-marked paper ballots or other voting machines that produce a voter-verifiable paper ballot. 40 (Early Voting Law), signed by Governor Murphy on March 30, 2021, and effective immediately, added early voting in certain primary and general elections in this State to the existing voting statutes. 40, the rules are effective upon filing by the Department with the Office of Administrative Law for a period of 18 months, or until the Department proposes to make them permanent through the formal rulemaking process pursuant to the New Jersey Administrative Procedures Act, N.J.S.A. The rules implement the use of electronic poll books by county commissioners of registration and county boards of elections to enable early voting. 15:10-7, as adopted on July 31, 2019, and promulgated new rules to implement P.L. 40, effective on March 30, 2021, the Department of State (Department) specially repealed N.J.A.C. Take notice that, on April 2, 2021, in compliance with P.L.