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Voting is going to be different this year.  

For the 2020 General Election all registered voters will receive a ballot by mail this year.

The Basics:

• All registered voters will be mailed a Mail-In Ballot.
• You can either:
  • Mail back your ballot,
    • Place it in one of the secure ballot Drop Boxes, or.
    • Drop it off at your polling location on Election Day.
• Mark, sign and return your ballot as soon as you can. If you cannot mail your ballot by about October 15th, you should consider taking it to one of the secure drop boxes in our county.
• A reduced number of in-person polling places will be open in each municipality.  Only one will be open in Washington Township.
• Ballots sent via US mail must be postmarked by Nov 3, 2020 and received no later than 8 pm on November 10^th.

What is Vote by Mail?

• Vote by mail (VBM) is a well-established system that has been used for over 150 years.
• Voters are mailed a paper ballot, which they fill out and return to their local Board of Elections to be counted.
• Ballots are returned by US mail, put in a secure Drop Box or hand-delivered to your polling place on Election Day, Nov 3rd.
• A vote-by-mail ballot is the same thing as an “absentee ballot” or a “mail-in ballot.” 
• The return postage for your ballots, should you choose to mail it, is prepaid. You will not need to add a postage stamp.
• When you receive your ballot, fill in the circles to mark your votes. Be sure to sign it and try to remember how you signed when you first registered to vote. Non-matching signatures are one of the biggest reasons some ballots are rejected.
• Voting by mail is safe, secure and time-tested. Five U.S. states vote by mail exclusively, and most active military vote this way.

For information see: Department of State, Division of Elections – New Jersey 2020 Voter Information Portal at https://nj.gov/state/elections/vote.shtml and Morris County Clerk – Elections at: https://morriscountyclerk.org/index.php/elections/; https://elections.morriscountynj.gov/ways-to-vote/; https://morriscountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/General-Election-EO-177-082820b.pdf; https://morriscountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/HOW-TO-VOTE-BY-MAIL.pdf

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