New Jersey Elected Attorney General Amendment (2015)
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The New Jersey Elected Attorney General Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in New Jersey as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have transformed the position of Attorney General of New Jersey from an appointed position to an elected position. Specifically, the measure would have allowed voters to vote on an Attorney General. He or she would have served a four-year term concurrent with the governor's term.[1]
As of 2015, the New Jersey Governor appoints the Attorney General.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the New Jersey Constitution
Proposed constitutional amendments have two ways of achieving ballot access in New Jersey. The New Jersey Legislature could either qualify it with supermajority approval of 60 percent in one legislative session or with simple majorities in two successive sessions.
The measure needed to be approved by a supermajority vote in both chambers of the legislature by August 3, 2015, to make the 2015 general election ballot.
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