Nuzhat Chowdhury is a lawyer with the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. Isabel Molina is an associate with the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters. Fifty-eight years ago this week ...

New Jersey is poised to dramatically expand access to the ballot box in upcoming elections and introduce in-person early voting under a bill awaiting Gov. Phil Murphy's signature. Voters would be ...

By Brett Edkins, Stand Up America New Jersey is known for many things – great pizza, great bagels, great beaches, and the best people. We pride ourselves on being the third state in the country ...

New Jersey’s legislation requires each of the state’s 21 counties to open three to seven polling places for machine voting in the days before an election. For the Nov. 2 contest, there would ...

The legislative voting rights victory in New Jersey came less than a week after Kentucky's elected Democratic governor, Andy Beshear, made good on his promise to restore the voting rights of state ...

New Jersey also restored voting rights for the formerly incarcerated, allowing them to reintegrate as full citizens of their communities. This commendable progress by our legislature has made New ...

Vague phrasing in the state’s Revolutionary-era Constitution enfranchised women who met specific property requirements. A ...

As New Jersey Democrats celebrate voting rights, activists say state is far from democratic In a June 30, 2016 file photo, the Capital dome is seen at the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton, N.J ...

Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey on Tuesday signs into law a bill that will allow for early in-person voting in the state. It sailed through the Garden State's Senate last Thursday.

New Jersey Democratic lawmakers have their sights on another voting rights expansion, this time for 17-year-olds. Hackensack Council candidates raise $328,000 for May 13 election. See who donated ...

The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New Jersey will reinforce the right of any person to participate in government elections free of intimidation and interference,” Reynolds-Jackson said. “We must ...