Constitution · New Jersey

N.J. Const. art. II, § 1, ¶ 7

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Constitution of New Jersey
Text as of
October 2026

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The Legislature may pass laws to deprive persons of the right of suffrage who shall be convicted of such crimes as it may designate. Any person so deprived, when pardoned or otherwise restored by law to the right of suffrage, shall again enjoy that right.

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