Electioneering can be banned within 200 feet of NJ polling place under new law • New Jersey Monitor

Electioneering can be banned within 200 feet of NJ polling place under new law • New Jersey Monitor

Current law bars electioneering within 100 feet of a polling place. Party officials say an expanded ban is unnecessary. (Dana DiFilippo | New Jersey Monitor)County boards of elections can double the distance where electioneering is prohibited outside of polling booths and ballot boxes under a bill signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy this week.  The new law, approved by lawmakers in the final weeks before the Legislature’s summer recess, allows e…

Electioneering can be banned within 200 feet of NJ polling place under new law

by Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor County boards of elections can double the distance where electioneering is prohibited outside of polling booths and ballot boxes under a bill signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy this week.  The new law, approved by lawmakers in the final weeks before the Legislature’s summer recess, allows election officialsContinue reading "Electioneering can be banned within 200 feet of NJ polling place under new law" …