The Essex County
BOARD OF ELECTIONS
Nicole Amos, M.A.S.
Clerk of the Essex County Board of Elections
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Welcome to the Essex County NJ Board of Elections
The vote is precious. It is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democratic society, and we must use it.”
-John Lewis, Late Civil Rights Activist & Member of the US House of Representatives for Georgia
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Here in Essex County, we want to make voting as easy and fair as possible. This website provides everything you need to know about your rights as a voter. You can:
- Find out the Election Dates
- To check receipt of Mail-In-Ballot please call (973) 621-8819
If you have any questions, please contact us!
Deputy Peter Franzi
Confidential Aide
Commissioners:
Bethany O’Toole, Chairwoman
Lee B. Fisher, Secretary
Quilla Talmadge, Commissioner
Jimmy Rivera, Commissioner
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NO ELECTIONEERING!
100 feet {or 200 feet if the electioneering prohibition is extended by the County Board of Elections), of the Outside Entrance of the Polling Place or Ballot
Drop Box, WEARING or DISPLAYING Anything that may offer Support for or opposition against any Candidate, Party or Public Question on the Ballot.
Any political badge, button, insignia, t-shirt, hat or other display that
can be read or viewed to identify support or opposition of a candidate, political party or public questions on the ballot is banned from this polling location.
This prohibition extends to ballot drop boxes and is applicable for ALL elections.
b. Each county board of elections shall have the discretion to extend the prohibition against electioneering provided under subsection a. of this section to be within a distance of 200 feet of the outside entrance to a polling place or room, or of a ballot drop box in use during the conduct of an election within the county. Each county board of elections shall provide a clear and conspicuous notice of the electioneering prohibition outside the polling place, room, or ballot drop box prior to placing the prohibition into effect, including the penalties for any violation of that prohibition. A person who violates an electioneering prohibition established by a county board of elections pursuant to this subsection shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense.
19:34-19.No person shall display, sell, give or provide any political badge, button or other insignia to be worn at or within one hundred feet of the polls or within the polling place or room, on any primary, general or special election day or on any commission government election day, except the badge furnished by the county board as herein provided.
A person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense.
iSE PROHIBE ELELECTORALISMO!
{o 200 pies si la prohibici6n de electioneering la ha estipulado el Consejo de Elecciones del Condado), de la entrada exterior del lugar de votaci6n ode la urna de boletas
de votaci6n, LLEVANDO o EXHIBIENDO alguna cosa que pueda ofrecer apoyo a favor u oposici6n en contra de algun Candidato, Partido o Pregunta Publica de la Boleta.
Se prohibe todo gafete, bot6n, insignia, playera, gorro o cualquier otra muestra que pueda leerse o interpretarse como apoyo u oposici6n de un candidato, partido politico o pregunta publica en la boleta de este lugar de votaci6n. Esta prohibici6n se extiende a las urnas de boletas de votaci6n y se aplica a TODAS las elecciones.
una distancia de 100 pies o menos de la entrada exterior de dicho lugar o sala de votacion, o a 100 pies o menos de una urna de boletas de votacion en uso durante la celebracion de una eleccion, la persona sera culpable de un delito de alteracion del orden publico.
b. El consejo de elecciones de cada Condado se reserva el derecho de prohibir el electioneering provisto bajo la subseccion a. de esta seccion de estara una distancia de 200 pies o menos de la entrada exterior de un
lugar o sala de votacion, o de una urna de boletas de votacion en uso durante la celebracion de una eleccion dentro del condado. El consejode elecciones de cada Condado dara un aviso claro y visible de la prohibicion
de electioneering afuera del lugar o sala de votacion, o de la uma de boletas de votacion antes de que la prohibicion entre en vigor, incluyendo las sanciones por alguna violacion de dicha prohibicion. Una persona que
infrinja una prohibicion de electioneering establecida por el consejo de elecciones de un Condado en conformida da esta subseccion sera culpable de un delito de alteracion del orden publico.
19:34-19. Ninguna persona debe presentar, vender, dar o proporcionar ningun gafete, boton u otra insignia politico para que se I leve puesto a una distancia de cien pies o menos de las Casillas electorales o en el
lugar o sala de votacion, en ninguna eleccion primaria, general o especial ni en ningun dia de eleccion gubenarmental la comision, a excepcion del gafete provisto por el consejo del Condado comose dispone en el presente. Una persona que infrinja cualquiera de las disposiciones de esta seccion sera culpable de un delito de alteracion del orden publico.