The Alliance Center for Independence and REV UP New Jersey would like to remind everyone to vote on Primary Election Day this Tuesday, June 8th.
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election on November.2. In New Jersey only voters who are registered party members as a Democrat or a Republican can vote. Voters can register as party members at the polls on primary election. Registered Democrats can only vote for the Democratic Party candidate; registered Republicans for the Republican Party candidate.
Voters will decide on the candidates for governor and NJ state senate and assembly.
For information on who is running, please visit: ballotpedia.org/New_Jersey_elections,_2021
The voter registration deadline for the Primary Election was May 18th.
HOW YOU CAN VOTE!
You can vote by mail and in person.
VOTING BY MAIL
You must fill out a Vote-by-Mail application in order to vote by mail in this primary election. To learn more about voting by mail, including the application, deadlines, and where to drop your completed ballot, please visit: nj.gov/state/elections/vote-by-mail.shtml
You have until June 7th at 3:00 PM to pick up a Vote-by-Mail application at your county clerk's office (requests by mail ended June 1st).
VOTING IN PERSON
Unlike last year, polls will be open for all voters in this election. All registered voters have been sent a sample ballot in the mail. Polls will be open from 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM. For more information on voting in this year's primary election, including polling place locations, please visit: nj.gov/state/elections/vote.shtml
Organized in 2016 by ACI, REV UP NJ, a chapter of the national REV UP, is an effort to increase the participation of people with disabilities in the election process throughout the country. ACI and REV UP are strictly non-partisan organizations and do not endorse or support any candidate for political office.
