NJ Lawmakers Seek To Shield Their Home Addresses

Gothamist reports:

After several threats or attacks against government officials and their families in recent years, New Jersey state legislators want to shield their home addresses from the public — over the objections of government transparency activists.

Three bills moving through the state’s Legislature would no longer define a public official’s home address as a public record and would remove their addresses from other forms that are public.

The proposed bills don’t shield the addresses of other groups that could be targeted for hate, such as LGBTQ individuals or members of religious and ethnic minorities.

Read the full article. Hit the link for arguments on why the proposal may be unworkable. 

After several threats or attacks against government officials and their families in recent years, New Jersey state legislators want to shield their home addresses from the public — over the objections of government transparency activists.https://t.co/dgcglwO04Q

— Gothamist (@Gothamist) December 22, 2022