WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT TIME YOU GO VOTE

VOTING EARLY THROUGH VOTE BY MAIL

The County Clerk’s Office will begin mailing out vote by mail ballots to voters on the permanent vote by mail list and to voters who recently requested to receive a vote by mail ballot 45 days before an election. You can check whether or not you should be receiving a vote by mail ballot by looking up your voter profile on the NJ Division of Elections website.

Click on Mail-In Ballot History after you sign in (see image below).

You will see the information for the recent at the top of the next page if you are expected to receive a vote by mail ballot for the upcoming election (example below).

If at any point before 3:00 PM the day before an election you realize you lost or never received your vote by mail ballot, call the County Clerk’s Office (732-745-4202) or fill out and send in a replacement ballot request form in order to receive a replacement vote by mail ballot. Call the County Clerk’s Office to confirm deadlines as it gets closer to an election.

UNAFFILIATED VOTERS & PRIMARY ELECTIONS

VOTING BY MAIL: Unaffiliated voters who receive vote by mail ballots for the General Elections will NOT receive a vote by mail ballot for the June Primary Elections. Voters must affiliate with the Democratic Party in order to receive a vote by mail ballot for the June Primary Elections. Unaffiliated voters on the permanent vote by mail list should fill out a Party Affiliation Form and return before the following dates in order to vote by mail-in ballot in the upcoming June 4th Primary Elections:

• Return by mail before Tuesday, May 28, 2024 (County Clerk’s Office must receive it in the mail by this date)
• Return it in person to the County Clerk’s Office before 3:00 P.M. on Monday, June 3, 2024

Unaffiliated voters who have never signed up to vote by mail should affiliate and apply for a vote by mail using a Voter Registration Form and return it by mail or in-person before the deadlines listed above.

 

VOTING IN-PERSON: Unaffiliated voters are able to vote either during the early in-person early voting period (May 29 through June 2) or on Primary Election Day. Unaffiliated voters will need to affiliate with the Democratic Party before voting for the candidates running.

 

Contact our Election Protection Hotline if you have any questions or experience any issues voting: (732) 906-3680. 

 

 

Want to sign up to receive a vote by mail ballot for future elections? Download an application from our Voting Central page and mail it in or apply in person at the County Clerk’s Office. Click here for instructions on how to fill out your vote by mail application.

There is no postage necessary to vote by mail, but the fastest way to make sure your vote by mail ballot is processed is to return it using a drop box in your town. Click on the button below to find the location of one of the 30+ drop boxes in Middlesex County.

VOTING EARLY AND IN-PERSON BEFORE EDAY

New Jersey passed a law in 2021 (P.L. 2021, c.40) permitting in-person early voting in New Jersey for primary and general elections.

In-person early voting will be available beginning on the sixth (6th) calendar day before a Presidential Primary Election and ending on the second (2nd) calendar day before the Presidential Primary. 

Middlesex County voters will be able to go to any of the ten (10) in-person early voting locations throughout Middlesex County to cast their vote using the same voting machine that is available on Election Day before any June or November election, regardless of where in Middlesex County you are registered to vote.

No appointment is necessary when going to vote early and in-person for the June 4th Primary Election:

• • • • Wednesday, May 29th, from 10:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m.
      • Thursday, May 30th, from 10:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m.
      • Friday, May 31st, from 10:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m.
      • Saturday, June 1st, from 10:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m.
      • Sunday, June 2nd, from 10:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m.

Below are the ten (10) early voting locations in Middlesex County:

East Brunswick Community Center, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick

Minnie B. Veal Recreation Center, 1070 Grove Ave, Edison

Monroe Public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza, Monroe

New Brunswick Hub Teen Center, 411 Joyce Kilmer Ave, New Brunswick

Old Bridge Public Library, 1 Old Bridge Plaza, Old Bridge

Jankowski Community Center, 1 Olive Street, Perth Amboy

John F. Kennedy Public Library, 500 Hoes Lane, Piscataway

Sayreville Senior Center, 423 Main Street, Sayreville

South Brunswick Community Center, 124 New Road, Monmouth Junction

Acacia Youth Center (formerly Hungarian Manor), 95 Port Reading Ave, Woodbridge

VOTING ON ELECTION DAY

Polling locations will be open from 6 AM to 8 PM on Election Day. Make sure that you go vote at your assigned polling location. Click on the video below for instructions on how to use the voting machines that will be available at your polling place.