Please exercise your civic duty and VOTE! This election is unique in that it is almost entirely Vote by Mail! Please be sure you received, filled out, and returned your Vote by Mail Ballot. Ballots can be returned to one of the following locations until 8pm this evening.
You can also return your ballot by USPS (make sure it is postmarked), or hand it in today at your polling location. Click here to find your polling location.
With the exception of persons with disabilities, voters who go to the polls today will NOT be permitted to vote on a voting machine, and will instead be given a Provisional Paper Ballot. A Provisional Paper Ballot is similar to voting on your VBM Ballot but requires that you wait in line to receive a ballot from a poll worker. An ADA-compliant voting machine will be available for persons with disabilities which prevent them from voting on a paper ballot. Such voter must certify on an affidavit that they cannot vote on a paper ballot due to their disability.
We URGE you to use your Vote By Mail Ballot, as Provisional Paper Ballots are counted last and must be checked against the VBM Ballots that have already been cast before they are accepted.
Registered to vote, but haven’t received your Vote By Mail ballot yet?Please sign up for an account at to track your ballot at https://nj.gov/state/elections/vote-track-my-ballot.shtml and see when it was mailed to you. If it shows as sent and has been more than 8 days since sent, please contact the Union County Clerk at 908-527-4996. Please note that newly registered voters or voters with recent address changes will have ballots mailed around October 20th.
Please check www.unioncountyvotes.com/ for answers to other questions you have about voting in the 2020 General Election.
ALL registered voters have now been sent their Vote By Mail Ballot for the 2020 General Election. PLEASE check your mailbox for your ballot. Did you receive your Vote By Mail Ballot and need help filling it out? Are you concerned that you have not yet received your ballot? Do you know where and how to return your ballot? Please visit unioncountyvotes.com for answers to all your Vote by Mail questions.
Remember, you will NOT be able to vote at your polling location on a voting machine on Election Day (with a few exceptions for those with disabilities). Please educate yourself on how to make your vote count!
IF YOU DIDN’T RECEIVE A BALLOT YET Make sure you are registered to vote. Check your voter registration status with the NJ Division of Elections.
If you are not registered to vote, register to vote by October 13th to be eligible to cast a ballot in this year’s General Election.
If you have recently moved or need to update your address, contact the Clerk’s office right away: 908-527-4787.
Request a duplicate ballot. If your voter registration information is correct and you do not receive your ballot by October 13th, immediately request a duplicate from the Clerk’s office: 908-527-4787.
NO. You will NOT be permitted to vote on the machine if you go to your polling place. Voters who appear at the polling location will be permitted to vote ONLY on a Provisional Paper Ballot. A Provisional Paper Ballot is similar to voting on your VBM Ballot but requires that you wait in line to receive a ballot from a poll worker. An ADA-compliant voting machine will be available, however, for persons with disabilities which prevent them from voting on a paper ballot. Such voter must certify on an affidavit that they cannot vote on a paper ballot due to their disability. We URGE you to use your Vote By Mail Ballot, as Provisional Paper Ballots are counted last and must be checked against the VBM Ballots that have already been cast before they are accepted.
SO… Keep an eye out for your ballot in the mail…
The office of the Union County Clerk is mailing ballots out in waves town-by-town, alphabetically. Westfield ballots will be some of the last to be mailed. All ballots will be mailed out by October 5.
If you do not receive your ballot by October 13, please contact the Union County Clerk at 908-527-4996.
PLEASE watch THIS VIDEO for instructions on how to complete your Vote By Mail Ballot.
Ballots for all registered voters have begun being mailed in Union County. EVERY registered voter in NJ will be receiving a mail-in ballot, whether or not it was requested. Westfield residents should expect to receive their ballots in the next 2 weeks.
We recommend that you complete your ballot as soon as it is received and deliver it to the secure ballot box in Westfield located at the Fraser Building on 300 North Avenue. Ballots can also be returned to any ballot box in the county (see www.unioncountyvotes.comfor the full list of secure ballot box locations), to the Union County Clerk’s Office or Board of Elections, via the U.S. Mail, or turned into your polling location on Election Day. Votes cast in person at your polling location on Election Day will be provisional ballots (with the exception of ADA compliant machines for the disabled), which can take weeks to certify. Please don’t discard your ballot when it arrives!
You must register by October 13th to vote in this year’s General Election. When you register you can declare your Republican affiliation- All are Welcome! You can find all the necessary info and forms on the Union County Board of Elections website. https://ucnj.org/boe/
Every registered voter in New Jersey will receive a Vote By Mail Ballot. You can register to track your ballot through the NJ Votes Voter Information System website. Voters in Union County will begin to receive their ballots in the mail in early October. https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/vote-track-my-ballot.shtml
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