{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-19-4a-9","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 19:4A-9","heading":"Burdens on the right to vote based on disability, sex, orientation, expression prohibited, exceptions.","body":"9.\ta.  Voting qualifications, prerequisites to voting, laws, ordinances, standards, practices, procedures, regulations, or policies that burden the right to vote, including registering to vote, for any individual or community on the basis of disability, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression shall be prohibited, unless such voting qualifications, prerequisites to voting, laws, ordinances, standards, practices, procedures, regulations, or policies are  justified by a compelling State interest.\nb.  Any person, including any organization on behalf of an impacted person or community, alleging a violation of this section shall have the right to bring judicial action in any court of competent jurisdiction for remedies, including, but not limited to, declaratory or injunctive relief or any such other remedies as specified in this act or as may be necessary to cure the violation.\nL.2026, c.31, s.9.","path":["TITLE 19 ELECTIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2026, c.50, and J.R.1","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-18T02:17:40Z","sha256":"1ba2ac0033eb519785c1d42da657ceef3704b5932aadfecff5717ae14c063786","source_id":"us-nj","stale":false,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-19-4a-8","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-19-4a-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}