>N.J. Assembly approves measure moving non-partisan elections to November

The Assembly today sent a bill allowing New Jersey towns to move nonpartisan elections to November to Gov. Jon Corzine for his signature. Currently, nonpartisan municipal elections are held on the second Tuesday in May. “Allowing towns that hold May nonpartisan elections to move those elections to November without jeopardizing their nonpartisan status is a win for everyone,” said Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan Jr. (D-Middlesex). Diegnan and Peter J. Barnes III (D-Middlesex) sponsored the bill.The bill (A-351) allows any of the 86 municipalities that currently hold nonpartisan municipal elections to move, through passage of an ordinance, the election to the same date as the general election, the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. According to published reports, the move could save Spotswood Borough in Middlesex County up to $25,000 in election-related costs. For a city such as Newark, the savings would approach $1 million. The Assembly cleared the measure 49-25, with two abstentions. (Star Ledger)

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