New Jersey § 19:31-5

of 18 years or more on or before the first election in which he or she expects to vote , who is a citizen of the United States, and who, if he or she continues to reside

in the district until that election, will at the time have fulfilled all the requirements as to length of residence

to qualify him or her as a legal voter, shall, unless otherwise disqualified, be entitled

to be registered in such district. Each 17-year-old registrant shall be designated in the Statewide voter registration

system as temporarily ineligible to vote until the registrant's 18th birthday. Whenever an individual registers by mail after January 1, 2003 to vote for the first

time in his or her current county of residence, that individual shall provide either

the individual's New Jersey driver's license number or the last four digits of the

individual's Social Security Number, or shall submit with the voter registration form

a copy of: (1) a current and valid photo identification card; (2) a current utility

bill, bank statement, government check or pay check; (3) any other government document

that shows the individual's name and current address; or (4) any other identifying

document that the Attorney General has determined to be acceptable for this purpose. If the individual does not provide his or her New Jersey driver's license number

or Social Security Number information or submit a copy of any one of these documents,

either at the time of registration or at any time thereafter prior to attempting to

vote, the individual shall be asked for identification when voting for the first time

starting at the first election held after January 1, 2004 at which candidates are

seeking federal office or thereafter. This requirement shall not apply to any individual entitled to vote by absentee

ballot under the “Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act” ( 42 U.S.C. 1973ff-1 et seq. ) 1 or to any individual who is provided the right to vote other than in person under section 3 of Pub.L.98-435 , the “Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act,” or any other voter

entitled to vote otherwise than in person under any other federal law. This requirement shall also not apply to any individual who registers to vote by

appearing in person at any voter registration agency or to any individual whose voter

registration form is delivered to the county commissioner of registration or to the

Attorney General, as the case may be, through a third party by means other than by

mail delivery. Once registered, the registrant shall not be required to register again in such district

as long as he or she resides therein, except when required to do so by the commissioner,

because of the loss of or some defect in his or her registration record. The registrant, when registered as provided in this Title, shall be eligible to vote

at any election to be held subsequent to such registration, if he or she shall be

a citizen of the United States of the age of 18 years and shall have been a resident

of the State for at least 30 days and of the county at least 30 days, when the same

is held, subject to any change in his qualifications which may later disqualify him. No registrant shall lose the right to vote, and no registrant's name shall be removed

from the registry list of the county in which the person is registered, solely on

grounds of the person's failure to vote in one or more elections. 1

See 52 U.S.C.A. § 20302 et seq.