However, when the Final Report's broader recommendations for modernizing the state's election laws were introduced in the General Assembly on April 21, 1975; lawmakers took no action.
Former state senator William E. Schluter (Republican, former ELRC member) wrote in 2017, "Despite recommendations made by the Election Law Revision Commission in its 1975 report, and by numerous good government groups over the years, almost no serious measures for reform have been adopted into law....The New Jersey legislature seems intent on maintaining the status quo so that the system will continue to produce for the benefit of those who manage it.
"[1] Nearly 60 years earlier, the Courier-Post Editorial Board made a similar observation, "Adoption of a modern and workable election code is improbable unless the public demands it.
In August 1953, the NJ Legislature issued Joint Resolution No.14, establishing the New Jersey Election Laws Study Commission (ELSC).
[28] In 1967, the ELRC continued to push for voting machines as the first step for overhauling the NJ election laws, pausing its work until the decision was settled.
Before leaving office, Hughes urged incoming Governor Cahill to pursue campaign finance reform.