Heavy Electronic Voting Response in Monmouth County

Residents are sending multiple e-mail applications, creating an influx of requests.

Electronic voting is causing headaches at the Monmouth County Board of Elections as employees file e-mail requests for ballots. “I can’t even begin to estimate how many have come in. People are submitting the e-mail several times,” said Laura Kirkpatrick, a spokesperson for Monmouth County. After Hurricane Sandy displaced thousands of New Jersey residents, Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno signed an order allowing voters to submit a mail-in ballot application by e-mail or fax. Once the request is received, Board of Elections workers have to verify that the individual is a qualified voter. Then, the registered voter receives a waiver of secrecy form along with the ballot to fill out and e-mail or fax back. In an age of instantaneous communication, some…

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LIVE CHAT: Jersey Shore/Central Jersey Election 2012

Tell us about your voting experience and join us as election results come in. Tweet #njvote to join the conversation.

Election Day is finally upon us. Join New Jersey Patch editors for a discussion of how things went at the polls, and chat as election results come in.

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Menendez, Kyrillos Lock Horns in Senate Race

The incumbent, Robert Menendez, is well financed and heavily favored over Republican State Senator Joseph Kyrillos.

U.S. Senate candidates Robert Menendez and Joe Kyrillos agree on little when it comes to the issues. The veterans of New Jersey politics are largely pushing party-line policy as voters take to the polls on election day.  Menendez, a native of Union City, has been the heavy early favorite over the state legislator. A recent Philadelphia Inquirer poll had Menendez up 50-32 over Kyrillos, in line with polls conducted by Richard Stockton College and Quinnipiac University. Kyrillos, echoing larger party sentiments, favors extending tax cuts for the "job creators" making large sums of money and also relaxing corporate taxes. It's a philosophy not shared by Menendez, who says New Jersey families have been "victimized" by corporate loopholes and …

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Deborah Bell

7:29 am on Saturday, December 1, 2012

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Red Bank-Shrewsbury Elections 2012

The details on who's running in this year's elections.

Today is the most important day of the year. Red Bank and Shrewsbury residents head to the polls today to help decide the future of their towns, their county, their state and even their country.  From municipal elections all the way to the White House, its up for grabs. For a look at who's seeking election on Red Bank and Shrewsbury's councils and the towns' respective boards of educations read on. Stay with Patch throughout the day for election updates and results tonight. And remember, despite continuing power outages in parts of both towns, your regular voting stations will be open today. So get out there and vote! In Red Bank three candidates vie for two three-year seats. Incumbent Democrats Mike DuPont and Council President Art Murphy…

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History Favors Obama in New Jersey

State has given its electoral votes to a Democrat in the last five elections.

If history is any indication, Barack Obama should have no problem winning New Jersey's 14 electoral votes in his quest for re-election on Tuesday.  In the past four presidential elections, the Republican candidate has never been within 240,000 votes, and only once did a candidate get within 500,000 of his Democratic opponent.   A look at statistics kept by the state shows that in the last four elections, incumbent president George W. Bush was the closest at picking up the NJ's nod, still losing to John Kerry by more than 240,000 votes. The biggest winner among the Democratic candidates in that span was incumbent Barack Obama, who won the state by more than 600,000 votes in 2008. The closest vote in 20 years came in 1992, when Bill Clinton …

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Hurricane Sandy

Electronic Voting and Polling Location Texting

In addition, the state is allowing residents who fled the state to vote electronically.

With many polling locations in Monmouth County and throughout the state changing due to the massive impact of Hurricane Sandy, some residents are finding themselves a little confused. The state of NJ is attempting to make things easier, by allowing residents to text 877877 with a full address, including town name and zip code, and a polling location will be texted back. Voters in 30 Monmouth County municipalities have had changes to their polling locations, according to the Monmouth County Clerk. In addition, the state is allowing residents who fled the state to vote electronically by email or fax with the following instructions: The County Clerk urges residents who are able to vote in-person to do so, and reserve electronic voting for …

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Kaitlyn Anness

11:15 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Sorry! Just may be the quickest way to get correct information :)   more ›

Two Public Questions on the Ballot in New Jersey

One would authorize $750 million in facilities grants for state colleges and universities; the other would force New Jersey judges to pay into their benefits. Polls say both will likely pass.

New Jersey voters won’t just be choosing the next U.S. president on Election Day. Two questions on the ballot could have an impact on their wallets, as well. The referendums deal with extra funding for colleges’ infrastructure and benefits payments for judges. #1: Do you approve the “Building Our Future Bond Act”? This bond act authorizes the State to issue bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $750 million to provide matching grants to New Jersey’s colleges and universities. Money from the grants will be used to build, equip and expand higher education facilities for the purpose of increasing academic capacity.   #2: Do you approve an amendment to the New Jersey Constitution, as agreed to by the Legislature, to allow contributions …

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