Assembly Bill 616 proposes to allocate up to $10,000,000 in funding to reimburse municipalities for the required office hours for in-person absentee voting during elections held on the first Tuesday in April and the November general election. This funding aims to support municipal clerks' offices or alternate absentee ballot sites that must remain open for a specified number of hours as mandated by law.

The bill includes a fiscal change that increases the appropriation for the Department of Administration by $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 2025-26. This increase is intended to cover the reimbursements to municipalities for the hours their offices are required to be open for in-person absentee voting, as defined in the relevant sections of the law.