Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOHN CATALANO
District 10 (Ocean)
Assemblyman GREGORY P. MCGUCKIN
District 10 (Ocean)
Assemblyman HAROLD "HAL" J. WIRTHS
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Space
SYNOPSIS
Requires AG to create voting fraud task force.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning voting fraud and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Attorney General shall create a voting fraud task force in the Division of Criminal Justice, Specialized Crimes Bureau to investigate and prosecute crimes involving voting fraud.
The task force shall be comprised of members of State, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies, as determined by the Attorney General, and shall utilize a coordinated law enforcement strategy to address voting fraud in this State.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the sixth month next following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Attorney General to create a voting fraud task force in the Division of Criminal Justice, Specialized Crimes Bureau. The purpose of the task force is to investigate and prosecute crimes involving voting fraud.
Under the bill, the task force is to be comprised of members of State, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies, as determined by the Attorney General, and is to utilize a coordinated law enforcement strategy to address voting fraud in this State.