SENATE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
SENATE, No. 760
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: MARCH 14, 1996
The Senate State Government Committee reports favorably Senate, No. 760.
This bill creates a 12-member commission which shall be known as the "Election Law Computerization Study Commission."
The bill provides that it shall be the duty of the commission to:
a. study the applicability of modern computerized elections administration technology including, but not limited to, centralized record retention and retrieval equipment and software, optical scanners, modems, bar coding, and the digitalization of a voter's signature, to the duties of the Superintendents of Elections, Commissioners of Registration and the county Boards of Elections, as provided for in current law; and
b. recommend, if deemed desirable, the changes in current elections law and procedure which would be necessary to facilitate the Statewide use of such computerized elections administration technology.
The membership of the commission shall be selected by the Governor on a bipartisan basis and shall include Superintendents of Elections and members of county Boards of Elections, public members who are registered voters, a representative of the Office of the Secretary of State and at least one person who shall have professional expertise in modern computerized elections administration technology.
The commission has until the last day of the 12th calendar month after its initial organizational meeting to issue a report of its findings to the Governor and the Legislature, together with any legislative bills that it may desire to recommend for adoption.