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The data below is courtesy of the National Association of Realtors®—the full report can be found here. The data below is courtesy of the National Association of Realtors®
Nationally Realtors® registered to vote:
1,212,136 | 87.93% Realtors® unregistered to vote:
166,465 | 12.07%
New Jersey In 2016, 85% of New Jersey Realtors® were registered to vote. The number of New Jersey Realtors® registered to vote increased 4.28% since 2016. New Jersey Realtors® registered to vote: 46,633
| 89.28%
New Jersey Realtors® unregistered to vote: 5,598
| 10.72%
JULY
N E W J E R S E Y L E G I S L AT I V E B I L L S New Jersey Primary Election is July 7
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Register to vote at realtorsvote.org
General Election is November 3, and to vote you must register by October 13 A525 – Jimenez (D32), Murphy (D7) A2523 – Vaineri Huttle (D37) S709 – Addiego (D8) Waives certain professional and Sets maximum contaminant level and Exempts certain surviving spouses and occupational licensingOrder fees for wellPrimary testing for PFOAwill besurviving civil union by partners Executive 144 mandates requires that the private upcoming Election mainly conducted vote of certain veterans and veterans. and will PFOS. veterans fromyou components of by spouses mail. All of active, registered voters automatically receive a ballot. Afterdisabled filling out the ballot the realty transfer fee. can mail it from home, drop it off at your County’s Board of Elections, or deliver the ballot to a secure New Jersey Realtors® Position: Jersey Realtors® website Position: for details. drop box location. Check your CountyNew Board of Elections ®
MONITOR
OPPOSE
We are monitoring this bill in the event it is amended to include licenses granted by the Real Estate Commission as currently it only applies to boards located in the Division of Consumer Affairs.
We oppose this bill that will make it more expensive to purchase a home with a private well as there is no funding for homeowners provided and could lead to delays in home sales due to concerns over the number of labs that could process these types of tests.
Bill History: 1/14/2020– Introduced in Assembly and referred to Assembly Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Bill History: 2/3/2020 – Introduced in Assembly and referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee
New Jersey Realtors Position:
STRONG SUPPORT
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We strongly support this bill as it will decrease the realty transfer fee for certain spouses and partners of disabled veterans. Bill History: 1/14/2020 – Introduced in Senate and referred to Senate Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee
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