[Mendhamtwpwebupdates] Tomorrow is Primary Election Day!

Tomorrow - Tuesday, June 8th, is New Jersey’s Primary Election. Polls are open from 6:00am - 8:00pm. Unlike last year, when the state’s primary and general elections were mostly “mail-in” due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year you can vote in person at voting machines. Mendham Township’s<http://www.mendhamtownship.org/cn/webpage.cfm?TID=77&TPID… two polling locations are the Emergency Services Building in Brookside and the Ralston Firehouse. To find your polling location, click here: https://voter.svrs.nj.gov/polling-place-search. If you received a Vote-By-Mail ballot in the mail but haven’t sent it in yet, it will be counted as long as it’s postmarked by 8:00pm Tuesday. If you choose not to mail in your Vote-By-Mail ballot, you may instead drop your ballot at one of the secure drop boxes<https://nj.gov/state/elections/vote-secure-drop-boxes.shtml> throughout Morris County. To drop off a Vote-By-Mail ballot, it must be in the sealed envelope provided and the voter certification must be attached. The drop boxes will be closed at 8:00pm tomorrow (Tuesday). The closest dropbox for Mendham Township residents is at the Mendham Borough Police Station<https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Venues/Mendham-Boro-Ballot-Drop-B…ox>, 3 Cold Hill Road South. This dropbox is outside and under surveillance 24/7. This dropbox resembles a USPS Blue Mailbox, but is Red, White & Blue and displays “Morris County – Official Ballot Drop Box”. In many states, you have to be a registered Democrat or Republican to vote in a primary. But New Jersey has a semi-closed primary, which means unaffiliated voters can cast ballots. If you’re a registered unaffiliated voter, you can simply walk into your polling station tomorrow and ask for a Democratic or Republican primary ballot. You will then be registered under that party. According to the Division of Elections,<https://nj.gov/state/elections/index.shtml> you can return to unaffiliated status after the primary by re-registering as an unaffiliated voter. If you haven’t registered to vote yet, you’re too late for this year’s primary. The deadline to register to vote for the November 2, 2021, general election is October 12, 2021.