Stack Wants To Move N.J. Primary Ahead One Week So Early Voting Isn't The Day After Memorial Day
State Sen. Brian Stack (D-Union City) has introduced legislation to move primary elections to the second Tuesday after the second Monday in June to avoid conflicts with early voting and the Memorial Day holiday.
Elections in New Jersey are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June; in other words, the primary can be no earlier than June 2 and no later than June 8. Memorial Day is always the last Monday in May.
This year, the June 2 primary triggered in-person early voting to begin on the day after Memorial Day. Stack wants some daylight between the holiday weekend and the start of the six-day early voting period.
“The whole purpose of six days of early voting in the primary is to increase voter turnout,” Stack said. “Starting right after Memorial Day really crimps the turnout. It defeats the purpose.”
https://newjerseyglobe.com/legislature/stack-wants-to-move-n-j-primary-ahead-one-week-so-early-voting-isnt-the-day-after-memorial-day/