Voter Information

League of Women Voters of New Jersey

League of Women Voters of the United States

Democracy Network of New Jersey
(a joint project of the League of Women Voters of New Jersey and the Eagleton Institute of Politics of Rutgers University)

Voter Information Hotline: 1-800-792-VOTE
(The League of Women Voters of New Jersey Education Fund, for information on elections, government and voting)

New Legislation

PRIMARY ELECTIONS
The New Jersey Presidential Primary is held the first Tuesday in February.

The primaries for Congressional and local offices are held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June. (P.L.2005 c.136).

To change political party affilition, go to: State of NJ Party Affilition Forms

VOTER REGISTRATION WHEN MOVING WITHIN A COUNTY
Effective January 1, 2006, a voter may register 21 days before an election when changing residences within a county. (P.L.2005 c.139)

PAPER RECORD
Effective January 1, 2008, New Jersey will require voting machines to produce a voter-verified paper record for each vote cast that could be used in the event of a recount. P.L.2005 c.137)

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON LEGISLATION IS AVAILABLE AT www.njleg.state.nj.us

Voter Registration Information

Voter Registration Form

Absentee Ballot Application

Note: You may also use the online Voter Registration Tool on the LWVUS Web site

For more information, go to New Jersey Division of Elections

NEW VOTER IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

The Help American Vote Act (HAVA) requires that voter registration applications include a place for an applicant to provide either a driver's license number or the last four digits of his or her Social Security number. This registration requirement is new to New Jersey. In addition, HAVA provides that anyone who registered to vote by mail after January 1, 2003 and did not vote previously in a federal election in the state, will be allowed to cast a machine vote only after presenting one of the following items to election officers at the polling place: a current, valid photo identification; utility bill; bank statement; government check; paycheck; or a government document with the voter's name and address.

Click to download Voter Registration Form.
Print and complete it. Then mail to your County Commissioner of Elections, listed below:

Mercer County Commissioner of Registration
640 S. Broad Street
P.O. Box 8068
Trenton, NJ 08650-0068
609-989-6769

Middlesex County Commissioner of Registration
777 Jersey Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-3605
908-745-3471

Somerset County Commissioner of Registration
20 Grove Street
Somerville, NJ 08876-1262
908-231-7084

For other counties and further information about voter registration,
go to the League of Women Voters of New Jersey

or call the VOTER INFORMATION HOTLINE: 1-800-792-VOTE.

For an Absentee Ballot Application and instructions go to Absentee Ballot Application.