New Jersey Adopts Automatic Voter Registration
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy exits the polling booth after voting at the Fairview School in Middletown, N.J. on Nov. 7, 2017.
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Democratic Governor Phil Murphy made New Jersey the latest U.S. state with automatic voter registration at motor-vehicle agencies as mid-term elections loom in November.
The legislation was sponsored by Democrats and backed by civic groups that said it would ease a paperwork burden and increase election participation. Republicans in New Jersey, like some elsewhere in the country, said it was a gateway to fraud, with the potential to allow undocumented immigrants to vote.