April 10, 2023 •
New Jersey Gov. Murphy Signs Campaign Finance Bill
Gov. Phil Murphy
On April 3, Gov. Murphy signed Senate Bill 2866, the Elections Transparency Act. The act doubles the limit on contributions to candidates; triples contribution limits to state and political parties; and decreases the threshold for reporting contributions from $300 to […]
On April 3, Gov. Murphy signed Senate Bill 2866, the Elections Transparency Act.
The act doubles the limit on contributions to candidates; triples contribution limits to state and political parties; and decreases the threshold for reporting contributions from $300 to $200.
The act also creates additional independent expenditure reporting requirements and eliminates local pay-to-play rules, replacing them with the statewide pay-to-play law.
The Election Law Enforcement Commission’s operations are also affected.
The agency will now have only two years, instead of 10, to investigate violations of campaign finance law and Murphy is permitted to appoint an entirely new slate of commissioners to the Election Law Enforcement Commission without Senate approval in the next 90 days.
The new campaign finance limits and independent expenditure reporting requirements go into effect on June 27, while the provisions affecting state and local pay-to-play law took effect immediately.
November 4, 2021 •
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy Re-Elected
Gov. Phil Murphy
Incumbent New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy defeated Republican Jack Ciatarelli in a tighter-than-expected race. Murphy is the first Democratic governor to win re-election in New Jersey in four decades.
Incumbent New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy defeated Republican Jack Ciatarelli in a tighter-than-expected race.
Murphy is the first Democratic governor to win re-election in New Jersey in four decades.
January 4, 2021 •
New Jersey Governor Postpones Elections
New Jersey Capitol Building
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy issued Executive Order 211 postponing elections to be held in the first quarter of 2021 until April 20. The executive order affects any special school elections and fire district elections previously scheduled for February and […]
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy issued Executive Order 211 postponing elections to be held in the first quarter of 2021 until April 20.
The executive order affects any special school elections and fire district elections previously scheduled for February and March.
The governor issued the executive order due to the continued COVID-19 pandemic and to allow officials to prepare safe elections.
The governor will decide whether to hold the elections by in-person or mail-in voting at a later date.
March 20, 2020 •
New Jersey Governor Postpones Elections until May
Gov. Phil Murphy
On March 19, Gov. Phil Murphy issued Executive Order 105 to implement changes to state elections in response to COVID-19. The executive order postpones local elections to be held on March 21, March 31, and April 21 until May 12 […]
On March 19, Gov. Phil Murphy issued Executive Order 105 to implement changes to state elections in response to COVID-19.
The executive order postpones local elections to be held on March 21, March 31, and April 21 until May 12 the same day as scheduled municipal elections.
The executive order also requires all elections held on May 12 to be done exclusively by vote-by-mail ballots.
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