• Voting Resources

    For more information, call 1-877-NJVOTER. 

    New Jersey Division of Elections Website and Voter Registration Forms

     

    Online Voter Registration

    To register online, you will need your date of birth and one of the following forms of identification:

    • A current and valid Driver’s License or a non-driver Identification Card (ID card) issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) Your information will be provided to the MVC to validate identification, and to retrieve a copy of your digitized signature.

          OR

    • A Social Security number. To use your social security number, you must have the ability to sign on screen or upload your signature to complete the registration process. If you are unable to provide a digital signature, you cannot register online.


    Why is it important to vote?

    You can’t win if you don’t play. Election outcomes are determined by those who participate. Elected officials make important (often life and death) decisions about how our society will expend its collective resources and the restraints it will place on individual behavior. The drinking age, the age at which you can get a driver’s license, and the amount of money your teachers receive are some of the decisions made by elected officials. In making those decisions, elected officials respond to people who bother to vote more than to those who abstain. Voting does not guarantee that one’s preferences will prevail, but choosing not to vote denies a person one of the key tools of having a say in a democracy.

     

    How can a young person get involved in the voting process?

    The first step is registration. All 18-year-old American citizens have the right to register in the community where they live, usually by going to the city hall. Many young voters register when they get their driver’s license. Some states allow mail-in registration or mobile registrars who set up tables at shopping centers or community events.

    For those who wish to go beyond voting, most campaigns are always on the lookout for volunteers. Stopping by a candidate or party headquarters or Web site will often provide a number of volunteer opportunities.



    Responsibilities of United States Citizens

    “Every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty”- John D. Rockefeller Jr. Find out about voter registration, elections, jury duty, volunteerism, etc. in this section. Click here.



    Additional Links:

    League of Women Voters of New Jersey www.lwvnj.org

    Vote by Mail applications: http://www.njelections.org/voting-information-vote-by-mail.html

    County Election Officials: http://www.njelections.org/voting-information-local-officials.html

     

    Polling Place locator: 

    https://voter.njsvrs.com/PublicAccess/servlet/com.saber.publicaccess.control.PublicAccessNavigationServlet?USERPROCESS=PollingPlace

    FAQs: http://lwvnj.org/voting_faq.html

    Know your rights: http://lwvnj.org/voting_rights.html

    Video for first time voters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bbmod3PG8M&feature=related

    Information about what’s on the ballot, election dates, more: www.VOTE411.org