New Jersey § 19:31-31

§ 19:31-31.

a. There shall be established in the Department of State a single Statewide voter

registration system, as required pursuant to section 303 of the federal “Help America

Vote Act of 2002,” Pub.L.107-252 ( 42 U.S.C. s.15483 ). The principal computer components of the system shall be under the direct control

of the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall be responsible for creating the network necessary to

maintain the system and providing the computer software, hardware and security necessary

to ensure that the system is accessible only to those executive departments and State

agencies so designated by the Secretary of State, each county commissioner of registration,

each county and municipal clerk, and individuals under certain circumstances, as provided

for by this section. The system shall be the official State repository for voter registration information

for every legally registered voter in this State, and shall serve as the official

voter registration system for the conduct of all elections in the State. b. The Statewide voter registration system shall include, but not be limited to, the

following features: (1) the name and registration information of every legally registered voter in the

State; (2) the ability to assign a unique identifier to each legally registered voter in

the State; (3) interactivity among appropriate State agencies so designated by the Secretary

of State, each county commissioner of registration, each county board of elections,

and each county clerk such that these entities shall have immediate electronic access

to all or selected records in the system, as determined by the Secretary of State,

to receive or transmit all or selected files in the system and to print or review

all or selected files in the system; (4) the ability to permit any county commissioner of registration to enter voter registration

information on an expedited basis , and to transfer electronically voter registration information from an online voter

registration form completed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2019, c. 382 ( C.19:31-6.4c ), at the time the information is provided thereto and to permit the Secretary of State

to provide technical support to do so whenever needed; (5) the ability to permit each municipal clerk to view or print information in the

system; (6) the ability to permit an individual, by July 1, 2006, to verify via the Internet

whether that individual, and only that individual, is included in the system as a

legally registered voter, whether the information pertaining to that individual required

by subsection c. of this section is correct, and if not, a means to notify the pertinent

county commissioner of registration of the corrections that must be made and to so

verify in a way that does not give one individual access to the information required

by subsection c. of this section for any other individual; (7) a Statewide street address index and map in electronic form that can accurately

identify the location of every legally registered voter in this State; (8) the ability to record and monitor all requests for mail-in ballots; to enable

the county clerk to verify the identity and signature of each person requesting a

mail-in ballot; to record the name and address of each voter determined to be eligible

to receive a mail-in ballot for a particular election and to note when a mail-in ballot

has been transmitted to that voter by mail or hand delivery; to update the system

to allow the postal tracking of mail-in ballots using Intelligent Mail barcodes, or

a similar successor tracking system, upon the finding by the Secretary of State that

such technology is viable; and to make such information available to the Secretary

of State so that a voter can be notified whether the application for such a ballot

was accepted or rejected, and the reason for the rejection, using the free-access

system established by section 5 of P.L.2004, c. 88 ( C.19:61-5 ); and (9) any other functions required pursuant to Pub.L.107-252 ( 42 U.S.C. s.15301 et seq. ), or Title 19 of the Revised Statutes, or that may be deemed necessary by the Secretary

of State. c. The Statewide voter registration system shall include, but not be limited to, the

following information for every legally registered voter in this State: (1) last, first and middle name; (2) street address at time of registration or rural route, box number or apartment

number, if any; (3) city or municipality, and zip code; (4) date of birth; (5) telephone number and e-mail address, if provided on voter registration form; (6) previous name or address if individual re-registered due to change of name or

address; (7) ward and election district number, if either is available; (8)(a) current and valid New Jersey driver's license number; or (b) if the registrant has not been issued a New Jersey driver's license number, the

last four digits of the registrant's social security number; or (c) unique identifying number for any individual who has not been issued the information

sought in subparagraph (a) or (b) of this paragraph; (9) notation that a copy of one of the following documents has been submitted with

the voter registration application, if required: current and valid photo identification

card; a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, pay check or any

other government document showing the registrant's name and current address; (10) the method by which the individual registered and whether that person needs to

provide additional identification information to vote using a voting machine instead

of a provisional ballot; (11) political party affiliation, if designated; (12) digitized signature; (13) date of registration or re-registration; (14) name and street address of the individual assisting in the completion of the

form, if the applicant for registration is unable to do so; (15) voting participation record for ten-year period; and (16) any other information required pursuant to Pub.L.107-252 ( 42 U.S.C. s.15301 et seq. ), or Title 19 of the Revised Statutes, or that the Secretary of State determines

is necessary to assess the eligibility of an individual to be registered to vote and

to vote in this State.