For Immediate Release:

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

 

Text to find polling location

Residents can text ”where” to 877877 for immediate information

on where to vote

 

FREEHOLD, NJ –Residents in New Jersey who are unsure as to where they can vote on Election Day should send a text message for this information. By texting the word “where” to the number 877877, residents can receive their address of their polling location.

 

Voters in 30 Monmouth County municipalities have had changes to their polling locations. This service will help voters get to the correct polling place.

 

Victims of Hurricane Sandy who are unable to get to their regular polling place for Election Day can now submit a mail-in ballot by e-mail or fax to the Monmouth County Clerk of Elections.

 

Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and the New Jersey Division of Elections have issued a special state directive allowing any voter displaced from their primary residence because of Hurricane Sandy to be designated as an “overseas voter” and enabling them to use the write-in ballot to cast their vote.

 

Monmouth County residents fitting this description will be able to submit an application for a mail-in ballot by either fax or e-mail. The deadline to submit these applications is by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. The deadline to return the completed voted ballot is 8 p.m. on November 6.

 

These are the steps displaced Hurricane Sandy victims can follow for their mail-in ballot:

Use the internet to download the application. Go to the Monmouth County site atwww.visitmonmouth.com, click on the County Clerks Office, and then click on the link for the application for the mail in ballot. Or go the state website atwww.elections.nj.gov.and click on the Vote By Mail box.

Complete the application. In the box for a return address, enter the words “Hurricane Sandy.” You can then submit the completed application to the Monmouth County Clerk of Elections by e-mail or fax. The email address isbsumick@co.monmouth.nj.us. The fax number is 732-409-4887.

Upon receipt of the application, the Clerk of Elections will determine the authenticity of the ballot request by matching voter signatures. Once the voter is verified, the Clerk will either e-mail or fax the ballot and the waiver of secrecy form back to the voter. If the application was e-mailed, the forms will be e-mailed. If the application was faxed, the forms will be faxed.

 The voter must then transmit thesignedwaiver of secrecy along with their voted ballot by fax or e-mail for receipt to the Monmouth County Board of Elections no later than 8 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday Nov. 6.

County Clerk Claire French stressed that any resident who is a registered voter can vote in person any day between now and Monday at the Board of Elections Office, 300 Halls Mill Road, Freehold. The office is open Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

 

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