Voting has begun in NJ. Here are three ways to cast your ballot in this fall's election

Katie Sobko, NorthJersey.com
Updated ·3 min read

With Election Day just two weeks away, voters are likely making plans for exactly how to cast their ballots. In New Jersey, there are three ways they can do that.

  • They can vote by mail.

  • They can vote early in person.

  • The can vote on Election Day.

Vote-by-mail ballots

Provisional ballots are filled out at the polling site in the Prudential Center in Newark on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.
Provisional ballots are filled out at the polling site in the Prudential Center in Newark on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.

For New Jersey voters interested in the vote-by-mail option, they still have two options for requesting a ballot. Voters can request ballots through the mail up to a week before the election and in person at their county clerk’s office until 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 6.

There are three ways to return those ballots.

  1. The vote-by-mail ballot can be returned by mail. It must be postmarked on or before 8 p.m. on Nov. 7 and be received by your county’s board of elections on or before the sixth day after the close of the polls.

  2. They can be put in a secure ballot drop box in your county by 8 p.m. on Nov. 7. The list of drop box locations for each county can be found at vote.nj.gov.

  3. The ballots can be dropped off in person at your county’s board of elections office by 8 p.m. on Nov. 7.

Early in-person voting

Voters can take advantage of the opportunity to vote in person ahead of Election Day. Each county has designated early voting locations.

Polls will be open from Oct. 28 to Nov. 5 at those locations. Hours will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday to Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Here are locations by NorthJersey county:

BERGEN COUNTY

  • Fort Lee: Jack Alter Community Center 1344 Inwood Terrace

  • Garfield: Rescue Engine Company #3 159 Gaston Ave.

  • Hackensack: County Administration Building 1 Bergen County Plaza

  • Paramus: Bergen Community College 400 Paramus Road

  • River Vale: Community Center 628 Rivervale Road

  • Teaneck: Richard Rodda Center 250 Colonial Court

  • Woodcliff Lake: Tice Senior Center 411 Chestnut Ridge Road

  • Wood-Ridge: Senior Center meeting activity room 495 Highland Avenue

  • Wyckoff: Senior Center main room 380 Goldwin Ave.

PASSAIC COUNTY

  • Clifton: Public Library 292 Piaget Ave.

  • Haledon: Recreation Building 83 Roe St.

  • Passaic: City Hall 330 Passaic St.

  • Paterson: The Heritage Center at Alexander Hamilton 685 E 34th St.

  • Wanaque: Passaic County Community College Wanaque Campus 500 Union Ave.

  • Wayne: Main Library 461 Valley Road

  • West Milford: Library 1470 Union Valley Road

  • Woodland Park: Boys and Girls Club 2 Memorial Drive

MORRIS COUNTY

  • Boonton: Municipal Building 155 Powerville Road

  • Denville: Municipal Building 1 Saint Marys Place

  • Hanover: Community Center 15 N Jefferson Road

  • Madison: Hartley Dodge Memorial 50 Kings Road

  • Morristown: Municipal Building 200 South St.

  • Mount Arlington: Civic Center 18 N. Glen Ave

  • Mount Olive: Municipal Building 204 Flanders Drakestown Road

  • Parsippany-Troy Hills: Morris County Central Avenue Complex 2 Executive Drive

SUSSEX COUNTY

  • Cochran House Professional Bldg., Newton (parking on Trinity Street)

  • Sussex-Wantage Branch Library, Wantage

  • Louise Childs Branch Library, Stanhope

ESSEX COUNTY

  • Bloomfield: Watsessing Park Community Center, Bloomfield Avenur and Conger Street

  • East Orange: City Hall Lobby 44 City Hall Plaza

  • Fairfield: Recreation Center 221 Hollywood Ave.

  • Irvington: Municipal Building 1 Civic Square

  • Verona: Community Center 880 Bloomfield Ave.

  • West Orange: New Education Center at South Mountain Recreation Complex 560 Northfield Ave.

  • Newark - Essex County Complex Parking Garage West Market Street Entrance

  • Newark - The Steve Adubato Sports Complex Building 24 Branch Brook Park

  • Newark - Weequahic Park Community Center Meeker and Elizabeth Avenue

  • Newark - West Side Park Community Center 600 South 17th St.

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At your polling place on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 7

Last but not least, polls will be open on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 7, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. throughout the state. Voters can find more information about their polling place online at vote.nj.gov.

Katie Sobko covers the New Jersey Statehouse. Email: sobko@northjersey.com

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: NJ election 2023: How to vote in person and by mail