Top 5 Things To Know About In-Person Early Voting
Earlier this year, a law was passed permitting in-person early voting in New Jersey.
Here are the answers to five common questions about in-person early voting:
1. WHAT IS IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING?
This option enables all registered voters to cast their ballot in person, using a voting machine, during a five-day period prior to Election Day. You can now choose to vote, in person, when it’s most convenient foryour schedule.
2. WHERE CAN I ACCESS IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING?
- No matter where you live in the county, you can vote your specific ballot at any of your county’s designated in-person early voting locations.
- Find your county’s locations at Vote.NJ.Gov.
3. WHEN CAN I ACCESS IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING?
- In-person early voting locations will be open Wednesday, May 29 through Sunday, June 2.
- Hours will be Monday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. and Sunday, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. No appointment necessary.
4. WHAT IF I ALWAYS VOTE BY MAIL, BUT NOW WANT TO VOTE EARLY, IN PERSON, INSTEAD?
- Check whether or not you are an active vote-by-mail voter at Vote.NJ.Gov, under Am I Registered?
- Check whether or not you are an active vote-by-mail voter at Vote.NJ.Gov, under Am I Registered?
- If you are registered to vote by mail in the 2024 Primary Election, you must opt out, in order to cast a ballot in person on a machine at an early voting location.
- To opt out, contact your County Clerk, listed below, by April 1, 2024.
5. CAN I STILL CHOOSE FROM OTHER VOTING OPTIONS?
Yes. You may select, instead, to:
- Apply for a vote-by-mail ballot and return it one of the following ways…
- Mail: It must be postmarked on or before June 4.
- Secure Ballot Drop Box: Place it in one of your county’s secure ballot drop boxes by 8:00 p.m. on June 4. Drop box locations can be found at:
www.camdencounty.com/service/voting-and-elections/vote-by-mail-drop-boxes/ - Board of Elections Office: Deliver it in person to your county’s Board of Elections Office by 8:00 p.m. on June 4.
- Or, vote in person at your polling place, from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, June 4. Accommodations will be made for voters with disabilities. Go to Vote.NJ.Gov for your polling place, listed on the Polling Locations page.
NOTE: Vote-by-mail ballots CANNOT be returned to your polling place for this election.
Secretary of State Tahesha Way
1-877-NJ-VOTER (1-877-658-6837)
Vote.NJ.Gov