Platkin Announces Safeguards to Protect the Right to Vote During the 2025 Local Primary Election

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that the Department of Law and Public Safety (LPS) is taking steps to help ensure a fair and smooth-running election during the upcoming 2025 primary election. The Department’s efforts to protect the right to vote will once again include a Voter Protection Initiative to address voting rights and civil rights issues that arise during early voting and on Election Day.

Early in-person voting for New Jersey’s primary election begins on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, and LPS will play a key role in protecting New Jerseyans’ right to vote, as well as in assisting voters, election officials, and law enforcement in resolving voting-related legal matters.

As has been the case for primary and general elections since 2022, the Voter Protection Initiative will once again work with community stakeholders and partners to identify and address issues affecting voting access. The Voter Protection Initiative focuses on remedying any voting rights or civil rights violations that may arise during early voting and on Election Day, including under the New Jersey Civil Rights Act and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.

“Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy. Here in New Jersey, we are proud to have free, fair, and secure elections, and we will work tirelessly to ensure that every eligible voter is able to exercise their fundamental right to vote,” said Attorney General Platkin. “We have the systems in place to address and resolve voting-related issues as they arise, and we will not tolerate any attempts to interfere with or disrupt our democratic process.”


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