New Jersey 2019 ballot measures

In 2019, one statewide ballot measure appeared on the ballot in New Jersey on November 5, 2019. The ballot measure was approved.

On the ballot[edit]

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Public Question 1	Taxes	Extends veterans' property tax deduction to continuing care retirement communities providing housing to veterans	a

Getting measures on the ballot[edit]

Citizens[edit]

In New Jersey, citizens do not have the power to initiate statewide initiatives or referendums. As of 2019, voters of New Jersey had never voted on a ballot measure to authorize a statewide initiative and referendum process.

Legislature[edit]

The New Jersey State Legislature can refer statewide ballot measures, in the form of constitutional amendments and state statutes, to the ballot in odd-numbered years and even-numbered years. In New Jersey, the most common form of referred statute is the bond issue.

The New Jersey Constitution provides two legislative methods for referring a constitutional amendment to the ballot. First, the legislature can refer an amendment to the ballot through a 60 percent vote of both chambers during one legislative session. Second, the legislature can refer an amendment through a simple majority vote (50%+1) in each legislative chamber during two successive legislative sessions. The governor's signature is not needed to refer an amendment.

Referring a state statute requires a simple majority vote of each legislative chamber and the governor's signature.

Referral of 2019 constitutional amendment[edit]

The following table illustrates the vote requirements for the constitutional amendment certified for the ballot, the votes the amendment received, and how Democrats and Republicans voted on the amendment in each legislative chamber:

Summary of campaign contributions[edit]

See also: Ballot measure campaign finance, 2019

The following chart illustrates how much support and opposition committees had amassed in campaign contributions for the measure on the ballot:

Ballot Measure:	Support contributions:	Opposition contributions:	Outcome:
New Jersey Public Question 1	$0.00	$0.00	a

Historical facts[edit]

See also: List of New Jersey ballot measures

Between 1995 and 2018, the following occurred in New Jersey:

• Ballots featured 45 ballot measures.
• An average of between one and two measures appeared on even-year statewide ballots.
• Voters approved 91.1 percent (41 of 45) and rejected 8.9 percent (4 of 45) of the total ballot measures.
• Voters approved 90.3 percent (28 of 31) and rejected 9.7 percent (3 of 31) of the constitutional amendments.
• Voters approved 92.9 percent (13 of 14) and rejected 7.1 percent (1 of 14) of the bond issues.

See also[edit]

• 2019 ballot measures
• List of New Jersey ballot measures
• New Jersey State Legislature

External links[edit]

• New Jersey Proposed Constitutional Amendments

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