On April 3, Gov. Murphy signed into law P.L.2023, c.30, the "Election Transparency Act," first introduced as S2866 on June 16, 2022. One of its most controversial provisions, which was only added by committee substitute on March 16 of this year, prematurely terminated the terms of the current Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC), and allows the governor to make four new direct appointments to the ELEC board within 90 days of the bill's enactment without the usual advice and consent of the Senate.