GOP suit claims NJ overseas voting law is unconstitutional
A GOP congressional candidate and state and national Republican committees are seeking to overturn a 2022 law that allows citizen children born abroad to New Jerseyans to vote in the state’s federal elections.
In a lawsuit filed Thursday in Mercer County Superior Court, Michael McGuire, who is running for the 3rd District House seat, and the RNC alleged the law runs afoul of provisions in New Jersey’s Constitution that require residents live in their state and county for 30 days to be eligible to vote there.
“Democrats are allowing certain people who have never lived in New Jersey to vote in the state’s elections,” Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters said in a statement. “The RNC is taking them to court to stop this unconstitutional scheme, protect lawful voters, and secure New Jersey elections.”
Despite the limit in New Jersey’s Constitution, federal law allows some U.S. citizens living overseas to vote in American elections, and those laws take precedence because the U.S. Constitution gives Congress ultimate oversight of federal U.S. Elections.
https://newjerseymonitor.com/2026/07/10/gop-suit-claims-nj-overseas-voting-law-is-unconstitutional/