There are various types of barriers facing voters including photo ID requirements, voting booth availability, the flexibility of poll hours, and the availability of time off from work with pay for voting. Some states even have financial penalties for the violation of deadlines or rules related to registration lists. Online voter registration, absentee voting, and early voting are some policies that clearly are shown to ease voting. New Jersey has opted to expand voter access by focusing on making early voting and mail-in-voting better. However, experts still think that New Jersey’s democracy is broken. This article published in Politico is by Matt Friedman:

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy plans to sign legislation Tuesday that will allow in-person early voting to begin 10 days before this year’s general election, during a ceremony that will include Georgia Democratic activist Stacey Abrams.

The message is clear: Democrat-led New Jersey is protecting and expanding voter rights while red states like Georgia roll them back.

But progressive activists say democracy is far from thriving in New Jersey because a relatively small number of political insiders control who the major party-backed candidates will be, sometimes based on a mere whim.

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