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A Legislative Scorecard Based on the Principles of the U.S. Constitution

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Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

Legislative Scorecard

Based on the U.S. Constitution

NJ Scorecard 2020-2021

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the New Jersey Legislature in 2020-2022 and ranks their assemblymen and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited government principles.

The selected votes may not be reflective of legislators’ overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

Senate
General Assembly

General Assembly

1. Promoting Mail-in Voting

Good Vote: No

AB4320 Promoting Mail-in Voting (Passed 51 to 27 on 8/27/2020). Loosens voting standards by extending deadlines on ballot receipt and election certification, allowing surrogates to request ballots for others, and creating vote-by-mail awareness materials.

2. Late-Term Abortions

Good Vote: No

S49 Late-Term Abortions (Passed by 46 to 22 on 1/10/22). Codifies into law an absolute "right" to abortion in New Jersey, including late-term abortion, and abortions performed by non-physicians.

3. Cancel the Con-Con

Good Vote: Yes

SCR161 Cancel the Con-Con (Passed 44 to 21 on 12/20/2021). Rescinds New Jersey’s prior resolutions calling on Congress to organize a constitutional convention.

4. Teaching Far-Left Identity Extremism

Good Vote: No

A4454 Teaching Far-Left Identity Extremism (Passed 52 to 10 on 10/29/2020). Requires New Jersey school districts to add radical lesson plans on diversity and equity to K-12 public school curriculums.

5. Limiting Consumer Choice

Good Vote: No

A5160 Limiting Consumer Choice (Passed 49 to 25 on 5/20/2021). Establishes minimum energy and water efficiency standards for a wide-ranging variety of consumer goods, including showerheads and computers.

6. Affirmative Action Police Hiring

Good Vote: No

A2394 Affirmative Action Police Hiring (Passed 70 to 3 on 6/18/2020). AB2394 creates recruitment and selection programs to increase police hirings of women and minorities, with a reporting requirement.

Legislator Scores
[ + ] Pro-liberty Vote[ - ] Anti-liberty Vote[ . ] Did not Vote
Name Party District Score 123456
John Armato D HD-002 20% --+--.
Robert Auth R HD-039 75% ++-.+.
Daniel Benson D HD-014 0% --.---
Brian Bergen R HD-025 50% ++--+-
Chris Brown R SD-002 NA ......
John Burzichelli D HD-003 17% --+---
Clinton Calabrese D HD-036 0% --..--
Ralph Caputo D HD-028 0% --..--
Linda Carter D HD-022 17% --+---
John Catalano R HD-010 80% ++-++.
Annette Chaparro D HD-033 17% --+---
Nicholas Chiaravalloti D HD-031 17% --+---
Robert Clifton R HD-012 60% ++-+.-
Herbert Conaway D HD-007 17% --+---
Craig Coughlin D HD-019 17% --+---
Ronald Dancer R HD-012 33% +...--
Joe Danielsen D HD-017 17% --+---
Wayne DeAngelo D HD-014 20% -.+---
BettyLou DeCroce R HD-026 60% ++-.+-
DeAnne DeFuccio R HD-039 NA .-..+.
Christopher DePhillips R HD-040 50% ++--+-
John DiMaio R HD-023 60% ++-.+-
Aura Dunn R HD-025 0% -.-..-
Joseph Egan D HD-017 20% -.+---
Roy Freiman D HD-016 17% --+---
Thomas Giblin D HD-034 0% -..---
DiAnne Gove R HD-009 60% ++-.+-
Louis Greenwald D HD-006 17% --+---
Valerie Huttle D HD-037 17% --+---
Mila Jasey D HD-027 17% --+---
Angelica Jimenez D HD-032 20% -.+---
Robert Karabinchak D HD-018 20% --+.--
Sean Kean R HD-030 75% ++..+-
James Kennedy D HD-022 20% --+--.
Pamela Lampitt D HD-006 17% --+---
Yvonne Lopez D HD-019 17% --+---
Eliana Marin D HD-029 17% --+---
Vincent Mazzeo D HD-002 0% --.---
Antwan McClellan R HD-001 50% ++--+-
Gregory McGuckin R HD-010 80% ++-++.
John McKeon D HD-027 17% --+---
Angela Mcknight D HD-031 20% --+-.-
Pedro Mejia D HD-032 17% --+---
William Moen D HD-005 17% --+---
Paul Moriarty D HD-004 25% --+..-
Gabriela Mosquera D HD-004 33% ..+-.-
Raj Mukherji D HD-033 17% --+---
Nancy Munoz R HD-021 67% +...+-
Carol Murphy D HD-007 17% --+---
Erik Peterson R HD-023 75% ++-.+.
Nancy Pinkin D HD-018 0% -..-.-
Annette Quijano D HD-020 NA -....-
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson D HD-015 17% --+---
Kevin Rooney R HD-040 50% ++--+-
Brian Rumpf R HD-009 67% ++-++-
Gary Schaer D HD-036 20% -.+---
Gerard Scharfenberger R HD-013 67% ++-++-
Erik Simonsen R HD-001 50% ++--+-
Parker Space R HD-024 100% ++.+++
William Spearman D HD-005 17% --+---
Shanique Speight D HD-029 17% --+---
Sterley Stanley D HD-018 33% .-+.-.
Shavonda Sumter D HD-035 17% --+---
Lisa Swain D HD-038 17% --+---
Adam Taliaferro D HD-003 17% --+---
Edward Thomson R HD-030 60% ++-.+-
Britnee Timberlake D HD-034 20% --+.--
Cleopatra Tucker D HD-028 17% --+---
Christopher Tully D HD-038 17% --+---
Anthony Verrelli D HD-015 17% --+---
Jay Webber R HD-026 100% ++.+++
Benjie Wimberly D HD-035 0% --.---
Harold Wirths R HD-024 83% ++-+++

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party Score
Democrat 15.9%
Republican 63.1%