S.4627

New Jersey S4627 increases penalties for unlawful voting and makes these offenses strict liability crimes.

New Jersey S4627 enhances penalties for unlawful voting and establishes strict liability for these offenses. Specifically, it upgrades the crime of registering to vote more than once, or under a false name, or attempting to vote by impersonating another person, to a strict liability crime of the second degree. Similarly, it makes voting while incarcerated, despite being convicted of a crime that bars voting, a strict liability crime of the third degree.