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Saturday, October 24 through Sunday, November 1, 2026, in every county, no appointment necessary. Hours are Monday to Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Pick your day
Early voting is the real date. Same ballot, shorter line, and if something is wrong with your registration you still have days to fix it.
Facts · Read Oct 26Election Day, November 3. Last resort.
Where to vote
Find your polling placeThe state Polling Place Search Tool. Your polling place is also printed on the sample ballot your county mails you.Read October 26, 2026 from New Jersey Division of Elections.
Registered at home but living somewhere else?What New Jersey says to do when the address you are registered at is not the address you live at.
We have not confirmed New Jersey’s rule for this from an official source yet, so we are not printing one. Check which address you are registered at, then ask that county election office what to do.
All the datesRegistering online, by mail and in person, checking your registration, your polling place, and when polls close in New Jersey.
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Register online
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Register by mail
Checking. New Jersey prints October 13, 2026 as the registration deadline, but its registration page, its voting FAQ, the statewide application form, and the 2026 General Election Timeline do not say whether a mailed registration form must be postmarked or received by that date, and the difference is days. Mail it early or register online. Ask your state election office.
Register in person
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Register online
The state registration page links Online Voter Registration here. You need your date of birth and a New Jersey driver license or non-driver ID, or a Social Security number with the ability to sign on screen.
Facts · Read Oct 26Early, in person
Saturday, October 24 through Sunday, November 1, 2026, in every county, no appointment necessary. Hours are Monday to Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Facts · Read Oct 26Weekends
The state prints Saturday and Sunday hours for every county early voting location.
Facts · Read Oct 26Find your polling place
The state Polling Place Search Tool. Your polling place is also printed on the sample ballot your county mails you.
Facts · Read Oct 26Polls close
Polls are open statewide 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Election Day.
Facts · Read Oct 26What to bringThe ID New Jersey accepts, and what to do if you do not have one.
ID your state accepts
- New Jersey requires ID at the polling place only from certain "Need ID" voters, mainly people who registered by mail and whose identification numbers were not provided or could not be verified.
For those voters an identifying document may be any valid and current photo ID, or any current document with your name and address on it.
Facts · Read Oct 26If you do not have one
For the provisional ballot to count, a copy of the ID must reach the county before the deadline the county gives you.
Facts · Read Oct 26Carry a second document
- Any valid and current photo ID: NJ driver's license, military or other government ID, student or job ID, store membership card
- Or any current document with your name and address on it: bank statement, car registration, sample ballot, utility bill, pay check, rent receipt, government check or document, non-photo NJ driver's license
This is what the state accepts from a "Need ID" voter at the polls.
Facts · Read Oct 26Make the plan
Three taps. No account. It stays on this phone.
Roll Call
Lock your date, bring your people, and see how your side is doing.
Who runs your election
The New Jersey Division of Elections administers elections in New Jersey. Your county or parish election office runs the polling places, counts the ballots, and answers questions about your own ballot. They are the people to call, and the ones whose answer is final.
Statewide offices are the ones every voter in New Jersey votes on, and every ballot counts the same from any precinct in the state. District seats are drawn on a map, so where you live decides which of those you vote on.
Some years a ballot also asks voters to change the rules of voting itself. Those questions tend to cover:
- what counts as ID at the polls or with a mail ballot
- how early voting and mail voting work, and by when
- how districts get drawn and who draws them
- how the election office itself is run and funded
We do not tell you what is on your ballot or what to make of it. Your sample ballot carries the official wording, written by the state. Read it at the New Jersey Division of Elections.
Mail, honestlyVoting by mail works. It also has rules, and the rules are where ballots get lost.
Your dates are above: when to ask for the ballot, when it has to be back, what happens if a signature is questioned.
- Sign exactly the way you signed when you registered.
- Send it back early, not on the last day.
- Would rather not trust the mail? Check the early in-person window above and go in person.
Who can vote by mail
The state says any voter may apply for Vote-By-Mail, and every active registered voter is eligible to request a mail-in ballot.
Facts · Read Oct 26Ask for your ballot by
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 to receive the ballot by mail. After that you can get a mail-in ballot in person from your county clerk until 3:00 p.m. on Monday, November 2, 2026. Any voter may vote by mail; no reason is required.
Facts · Read Oct 26It has to be back by
By mail: postmarked by 8:00 p.m. Election Day and received by your county Board of Elections by November 9, 2026. With no postmark, it counts if delivered within 48 hours of polls closing. By drop box or in person at the county Board of Elections: by 8:00 p.m. Election Day. Not at a polling place.
Facts · Read Oct 26Where to drop it off
You can also deliver it in person to your county Board of Elections office by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. The state keeps a Secure Ballot Drop Box Locations page. A mail-in ballot cannot be brought to your polling place.
Facts · Read Oct 26Someone else returning it
If your signature is questioned
The state timeline sets the cure form deadline within 11 days after the general election.
Facts · Read Oct 26The lineIf the line is long, that is not a reason to leave. It is a reason to stay.
Bring water. Bring a charger. Bring a chair if you can carry one, a book, and a friend. Check your bag rules with your county first. If you are in line when the polls close, stay in line: your state decides what happens next, and every state page here prints its own rule in its own words.
- Water
- A charger
- A chair if you can
- Something to read
- A friend
If you are in line when polls close in New Jersey
Time off to vote
Checking. We have not found a New Jersey time off to vote rule on the Division of Elections pages, so we do not print one. Ask your state election office.
Your rightsA provisional ballot, help if you need it, and the number to call from the line.
You can vote a provisional ballot
If your name is not on the list, or you do not have what they ask for, ask for a provisional ballot. In a federal election you have the right to cast one. Ask what you must do afterwards for it to count, and write it down.
You can bring someone to help
You can bring a person of your choice to help you vote, with limits your state sets on who it cannot be. Ask the poll worker for the rule in writing.
Language and disability assistance
Polling places must be accessible, and many places must provide help in other languages. Ask for the accessible machine, the curbside option, or the language help you need.
If someone tries to move you off your vote
Questions about your citizenship, a crowd following you in, someone filming you at the door, a person telling you that you cannot vote: none of that decides your vote. Do not leave the line. Call the hotline from where you stand.
Sources: the New Jersey Division of Elections, and the Election Protection coalition for the hotlines below.
Call from the line
If anyone tells you that you cannot vote, or you are turned away, or something feels wrong: do not leave. Call.
- 866-OUR-VOTE866-687-8683 · English
- 888-VE-Y-VOTA888-839-8682 · Spanish and English
- 888-API-VOTE888-274-8683 · Asian languages and English
- 844-YALLA-US844-925-5287 · Arabic and English
Election Protection, administered by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Numbers confirmed against their own site on September 19, 2026.
Your state election office is the final word. We print what its own pages say, with the date we read them.
A few of New Jersey’s details are still being confirmed with its election office. Those are marked Checking and link straight to the state.
Read on October 26, 2026 from your state election office, checked by AI against the New Jersey Division of Elections pages. New Jersey Division of Elections is the final word. See something wrong? Report it.