Governor Corzine signed the Party Democracy Act today, marking the success of a 2 year journey to give representative rights to the members of the County Political Parties.

This new Act guarantees that the County Political Parties will have constitutions and bylaws (available on the internet); that special elections to fill vacancies in the Senate or Assembly will be done by secret ballot; and that the County Clerk will maintain up to date lists of the members of the County Committees.   Harry Pozycki, Chair of the Citizens' Campaign which developed the state legislation said, "This law will ensure that county party committeepeople know the rules of the game, know who the players are, and guarantee they are able to vote their conscience when filling county and state legislative vacancies. It lays the foundation for the grassroots of the parties to decide who gets endorsed for major offices and to set the political parties' priorities on issues."   A special thanks to all the prime sponsors of the legislation, particularly Senators Loretta Weinberg and Diane Allen, and Assemblymembers Linda Greenstein, Amy Handlin, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, and Gordon Johnson.