More than half a million New Jersey residents have requested or were issued vote-by-mail ballots for the Nov. 6 election, marking a record high.
This
year, county clerks issued a total of 553,606 vote-by-mail ballots
among the state's 21 counties for this year's mid-term election, they
announced Wednesday.
Officials
from the Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey said the
surge in vote-by-mail, or absentee, ballot applications was largely due
to a state law passed in August.
That
law made sure all voters who were issued absentee ballots in the 2016
presidential election automatically received an absentee ballot again
for this year's general election.
By comparison, a total of 143,094 vote-by-mail ballots were cast in the last mid-term election cycle in Nov. 2014.
The deadline to apply for an absentee ballot by mail has passed, but any registered voter can apply and get an absentee ballot in person at their local county offices up until 3 p.m. on Nov. 5.
Vote-by-mail applications do not equal votes. Residents must mail in their absentee ballots postmarked no later than Nov. 6 for it to count in election results.
The deadline to apply for an absentee ballot by mail has passed, but any registered voter can apply and get an absentee ballot in person at their local county offices up until 3 p.m. on Nov. 5.
Vote-by-mail applications do not equal votes. Residents must mail in their absentee ballots postmarked no later than Nov. 6 for it to count in election results.
Every
New Jersey county had at least double as many vote-by-mail ballots
issued for this year's election than there were votes cast by mail in
the 2014 mid-term election.
In Atlantic County, 16,234 main-in
ballots were issued for this year's election compared to the 5,722 votes
cast by mail in the Nov. 2014 election. Cape May issued 8,058 main-in
ballots this year and only saw 3,018 votes cast by mail in Nov. 2014.
Cumberland
County and Ocean County issued three times as many vote-by-mail ballots
this year than the number of votes cast by mail in the last mid-term
election.
For more information about voting by absentee ballot, see nj.gov/state/elections/voting-information-vote-by-mail.html
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1 comment:
Tell me how this good for an honest and accurate election in New Jersey? This crazy, loose system of mail in ballots, early voting is extremely ripe for voter fraud and mischief by paid operatives. New Jersey has been corrupted. California may be in better shape than New Jersey.
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