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New Jersey Right to Privacy from Government Intrusion Amendment (2015)
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
The New Jersey Right to Privacy from Government Intrusion Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in New Jersey as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have guaranteed the "right of the people to privacy from government intrusion shall not be infringed upon except by due process." This measure is primarily sponsored by Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-13), Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-11) and Assemblyman Ronald Dancer (R-12) in the New Jersey Assembly, where it is known as Assembly Concurrent Resolution 24.[1]
Text of measure
Summary
The following statement providing a summary of ACR 24 was included in the measure:[1]
| “ | Currently, the Constitution recognizes that all persons are protected against unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. This concurrent resolution proposes an amendment to the New Jersey Constitution that would clarify that people have a right to privacy from government intrusion, unless the government follows due process of law.[2] | ” |
Support
- Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-13), sponsor
- Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-11), sponsor
- Assemblyman Ronald Dancer (R-12), sponsor
- Assemblyman Ralph Caputo (D-28), cosponsor
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the New Jersey Constitution
At the time in New Jersey, proposed constitutional amendments had two ways of achieving ballot access. 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. This measure did not receive the necessary supermajority required for a 2014 ballot placement. The measure did not come up for a vote in 2015.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 216th New Jersey Legislature, "Assembly Concurrent Resolution 24, as introduced," accessed June 24, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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