<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">As members of the National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey, and as a voting resident of New Jersey our support is vital for passage of Assembly Bill A4746 / Senate S3302 that would provide for accessible voting from home and Electronic Ballot Transmission of our ballots to and from our County Clerk’s office. Please share far and wide with blind and sighted individuals asking family, friends, co-workers, classmates, fellow worshipers and other blindness and disability organizations to </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">submit</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> testimony in favor of passing these bills.  </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"> </span><br></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">On Thursday, February 16, the Assembly State and Local Government Committee will be hearing testimony at 2 p.m. from those of us wishing to personally make our case. If you cannot come to Trenton on Thursday, here is the link for submitting your letter of support.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span></span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><a href="https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2022/A4746/bill-text?f=A5000&n=4746_I1" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;color:inherit" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;text-decoration:underline;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none;color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2022/A4746/bill-text?f=A5000&n=4746_I1</span></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">Testimony is limited to three minutes (there will be a sound and a light cue when your time is up) so it’s important to summarize your points briefly and succinctly. Keep your testimony to one page or shorter and be sure to include your name, your town of residence and your State Legislative District. This is specific to New Jersey municipalities and is different from our respective Congressional districts. </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">First, read the bill using the link below or pasted after my signature block. Then, in your own words, write about why a totally accessible electronic way of having to vote is important to you. Remember those pre-COVID times when you held up the line at your local polling place because staff didn’t know where the accessible voting device was or how to set it up? I am sure you can think of other times you wished you could vote on your own computer from your own home, vote privately and independently without having to rely on family or friends for assistance.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><a href="https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/committees/assembly-committees/contact?committee=ASL" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;color:inherit" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;text-decoration:underline;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none;color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/committees/assembly-committees/contact?committee=ASL</span></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">Title II of the ADA requires that voters with disabilities have the same opportunity to vote privately and independently as voters without disabilities. </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">Problems with only having Electronic Ballot Transmission</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">are: </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"></p><ul style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif"><li style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">Many blind voters do not own a printer.</span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"> </span></li><li style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">Even if a printer is owned, there is no verification that what is printed is correct which requires sighted assistance, therefore, comprising privacy of the ballot.</span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"> </span></li><li style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">Having to provide a signature is problematic as it may require sighted assistance.</span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"> </span></li><li style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">Electronic Ballot Transmission</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-variant-ligatures:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">provides alternatives to signature matching.</span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"> </span></li></ul><p style="font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif"></p></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">If you plan to testify in person, please register by clicking on the link below. Please wear business attire as if you were participating in Washington Seminar. Bring several copies of your testimony with you as they likely will be distributed to the legislators who are present. You must register by 3 p.m. Wednesday February 15. The address for the hearing is the State House Annex, Fourth Floor, Committee Room 13. Please arrive no later than 1:45 p.m. sharp.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><a href="https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/live-proceedings/2023-02-16-14:00:00/ASL/Meeting" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;color:inherit" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;text-decoration:underline;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none;color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/live-proceedings/2023-02-16-14:00:00/ASL/Meeting</span></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-hei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ntService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none;color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">presidnet@nfbnj.org</span></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><br></span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"></span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.6292px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p role="heading" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(47,84,150)"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;line-height:24.8208px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,59,92)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">Bill A4746</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.8208px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,59,92)"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p role="heading" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(31,55,99)"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;line-height:24.8208px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,59,92)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">Session 2022 - 2023</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.8208px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,59,92)"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService,Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService,Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService,Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService,Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24.8208px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="text-align:left;margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:41.6px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">ASSEMBLY, No. 4746</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:41.6px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="text-align:left;margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:51.2px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">STATE OF NEW JERSEY</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:51.2px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="text-align:left;margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:38.4px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">220th LEGISLATURE</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:38.4px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="text-align:left;margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="text-align:left;margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">INTRODUCED OCTOBER 11, 2022</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:center;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18px;font-family:WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService,Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService,Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:center;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">Sponsored by:</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-image:url("");border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;border-bottom-color:transparent;background-position:0% 100%;background-repeat:repeat no-repeat">Assemblyman  LOUIS</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> D. GREENWALD</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">District 6 (Burlington and Camden)</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-image:url("");border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;border-bottom-color:transparent;background-position:0% 100%;background-repeat:repeat no-repeat">Assemblywoman  ELLEN</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> J. PARK</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">District 37 (Bergen)</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-image:url("");border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;border-bottom-color:transparent;background-position:0% 100%;background-repeat:repeat no-repeat">Assemblyman  DANIEL</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> R. BENSON</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">Co-Sponsored by:</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">Assemblyman Conaway and Assemblywoman McKnight</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">SYNOPSIS</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     Requires availability of accessible mail-in ballot for voters with disabilities.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-si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a,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> concerning an accessible mail-in ballot for voters with disabilities and supplementing P.L.2009, c.79 (C.19:63-1 et seq.).</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-caps:small-caps;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">Be It Enacted </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     1.    a.  Whenever a county clerk receives a request from a voter with a disability for an accessible mail-in ballot, that ballot shall be sent to that voter by electronic means and shall be completed and submitted by the voter as provided in this section. Upon receipt of a request for an accessible mail-in ballot from a voter with a disability, the county clerk shall verify that the voter is registered to vote and is eligible to vote in the State and the county. If the voter is eligible to vote therein, the county clerk shall send the accessible mail-in ballot to the voter by electronic means using the telephone number or electronic address supplied by the voter for that purpose.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     b.    The accessible mail-ballot shall contain features to enable a voter with a disability to understand the contents of the ballot, mark up the voter’s selections on the ballot, make any desired changes, verify that the marked-up ballot accurately reflects the voter’s selections, complete the ballot, and print a copy of the completed ballot and any other necessary materials to submit the ballot to the county board of elections by regular mail, hand delivery, using a ballot drop box, or by electronic means if the voter is “electronic return eligible” as provided under subsection d. of this section. Key features of the accessible mail-in ballot shall include, but may not be limited to:</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     (1) electronic delivery of and access to the ballot and related materials;</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     (2) readability of the ballot using an electronic interface that provides guided prompts that enunciate the contents of the ballot to the voter;</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     (3) ability to electronically mark the ballot reflecting the voter’s selections, and to reflect any changes made by the voter to those selections;</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     (4) confirmation of the voter’s selections prior to final completion of the marked-up ballot;</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     (5) ability to print the ballot and related materials as provided under subsection c. of this section immediately upon completion, or to generate an electronic file containing those materials for printing and submitting to the county board of elections at a later date;</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     (6) ability to return the ballot by electronic means if the voter is “electronic return eligible” as provided under subsection d. of this section;</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     (7) clear and comprehensive instructions for the voter to follow in completing and submitting the ballot; and</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     (8) any additional features deemed necessary by the Secretary of State, in consultation with county clerks and county boards of elections. </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     c.     After the accessible mail-ballot is received and completed by the voter by indicating the voter’s choice of candidates for the offices named or the voter’s choice regarding a public question, or both, the ballot and related materials shall be printed, unless the voter is eligible to return the ballot by electronic means as provided under subsection d. of this section. Along with the completed ballot, the printed materials shall include any materials necessary for submitting the voted ballot, including an inner envelope for inserting the ballot, the certificate of mail-in voter attached to the inner envelope, any disability certificate that may be required, and a pre-addressed postage pre-paid outer envelope for mailing the completed ballot and materials to the county board of elections. The voter shall be instructed to place the completed ballot in the secure inner envelope and seal that envelope, sign the certificate of mail-in voter and any disability certificate that may be required, and place all of those materials in the outer envelope and seal that envelope. The voter shall submit the sealed envelope to the appropriate county board of elections in any manner authorized under P.L.2009, c.79 (C.19:63-1 et seq.) by regular mail, hand delivery, or by ballot drop box.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     d.    Notwithstanding any provision of subsection c. of this section to the contrary, a voter who is “electronic return eligible” shall be permitted to return the mail-in ballot by electronic means. As used in this subsection, “electronic return eligible” means a voter who, regardless of any other disability:</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     (1) is blind;</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     (2) has a visual impairment or perceptual or reading disability that cannot be improved to give visual function substantially equivalent to that of a person who has no such impairment or disability and therefore is unable to read or mark a ballot to substantially the same degree as a person without an impairment or disability; or</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     (3) is otherwise unable, through physical disability, to hold, mark, or manipulate a ballot or to focus or move the eyes to the extent that would be normally acceptable for reading or marking a ballot.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     e.     The Secretary of State, in consultation with county clerks and county boards of elections, shall issue uniform guidelines for all election officials to follow in the implementation of the provisions of this section.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService,Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService,Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:center;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">STATEMENT</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     This bill requires the availability of an accessible mail-in ballot for voters with disabilities.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     Under current law, registered voters may apply to vote by mail and may receive a mail-in ballot to be completed by hand. Although the law prohibits any person other than the voter to complete the ballot, the law allows persons who need assistance in completing the mail-in ballot to have a family member provide them that assistance.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     Under this bill, the county clerk would be required to provide an accessible mail-in ballot for any voter with a disability that requests one, provided the voter is registered to vote and is entitled to vote in that county in this State. The bill requires the accessible mail-ballot to contain features to enable a voter with a disability to understand the contents of the ballot, mark-up voting choices, make changes, verify the final voting choices made on the ballot, complete the ballot, and print the completed ballot and related materials such as certificates and envelopes. The bill specifies key features of the accessible mail-in ballot. These would include, but would not be limited to, electronic delivery and access; readability with guided audible prompts; ability to mark the ballot reflecting the voter’s selections; confirmation of the voter’s selections prior to final completion; ability to print the ballot and related materials or to generate an electronic file for printing and submitting to the county board of elections at a later date; ability to return the ballot by electronic means if the voter is eligible to do so; clear and comprehensive instructions; and any additional features deemed necessary.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     Upon completion, the voter would then submit their ballot and necessary materials by mail, in person, or using a ballot drop box in the manner provided under current law. If the voter is “electronic return eligible,” the voter would be permitted to return the mail-in ballot by electronic means. Under the bill, “electronic return eligible” means a voter who, regardless of any other disability: is blind; has a visual impairment or perceptual or reading disability that cannot be improved to give visual function substantially equivalent to that of a person who has no such impairment or disability and therefore is unable to read or mark a ballot to substantially the same degree as a person without an impairment or disability; or is otherwise unable, through physical disability, to hold, mark, or manipulate a ballot or to focus or move the eyes to the extent that would be normally acceptable for reading or marking a ballot.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;text-align:justify;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif">     Finally, the Secretary of State, in consultation with county clerks and county boards of elections, is directed to issue uniform guidelines for election officials to follow for implementing the accessible ballot provisions.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:24px;font-family:Tahoma,Tahoma_EmbeddedFont,Tahoma_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;fo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