New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed legislation which extends the in-person early voting period for primary elections and the challenger appointment deadline.

Specifically, the bill will appropriate $6 million from the General Fund to extend the in-person early voting period for non-presidential primary elections from three to six days and for presidential primary elections from five to six days.

The bill will take effect immediately, allowing voters an extended in-person early voting period for the upcoming primary election.

Nearly 1.2 million people took advantage of in-person early voting for the general election in 2024, a record turnout since the establishment of in-person early voting in New Jersey in 2021.

This bill follows an separate law signed last year which moved the date of the upcoming primary election back by one week to avoid falling out on the second day of Shavuos.