By: centraljersey.com
There will be one statewide public question on the Nov. 2 ballot.
It asks voters to approve a constitutional amendment to dedicate assessments on wages by the state to the payment of employee benefits.
If this ballot question is approved, a new paragraph will be added to Article VIII of the State Constitution that will dedicate wage-based employee benefit funds, and all returns on the investment of them, to the purpose of the fund.
The Legislature and executive branch would not be allowed to borrow the funds nor use them for any other purpose. The cost of administering the funds would be paid from the funds.
A full analysis of the ballot question’s implications – including reasons to vote "yes," as well as reasons to vote "no" – can be found on the NJ League of Women Voters website at www.lwvnj.org/. Click on November 2010 Ballot Question Analysis.
The general election is Nov. 2
Additional voter information is available from the League of Women Voters, 1-800-792-VOTE, or on the web at www.njelections.org.

