Vote!

To register to vote in NJ, you must be:

• A US citizen
• A resident of the county for 30 days before the election
  • College students who live on campus can register to vote in the county in which their school is located, but commuters must register in their home county
• 18 at time of election (though you can be 17 when you register)
• Not on parole or probation for a felony

There are two ways to register to vote in Hoboken (or change your address if already registered):

By mail: Fill out and send in the voter registration form below.

In person: Fill out the form below and bring it to the Office of the Superintendent of Elections, 257 Cornelison Ave., 4th Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07302 or to the Hoboken City Clerk office, 94 Washington Street.

To register to vote elsewhere in NJ:

Download the general or county-specific voter registration form and send it in. If you will need a mail-in ballot, you can send that application in along with your registration form, and make sure you send them BOTH to the county office.

Registration information for specific groups:

Not sure if you're already registered? Check here:

Note: the deadline to register for an election (primary or general) is always 21 DAYS BEFORE that election.

If you want to vote early or are unable to get to your polling place in person, apply for a Mail-In Ballot.

The deadline to do so in time for Election Day is 7 days before the Election if by mail, or by 3:00 p.m. on the day before the Election if in person at your County Clerk's office. Once you apply for a mail-in ballot, you won't be able to vote in person at your polling place (though you will still be able to submit a provisional ballot).

Ballots can be sent to you by mail or picked up by an "Authorized Messenger" (such as a family member; see application for more details) who will then bring it to you.

If you apply in person at the County Clerk's office and they give you the ballot then and there, you can, if you so choose, fill it out and give it right back to the County Clerk, who will make sure it gets to the office of the Superintendent of Elections/Commissioner of Registration and counted accordingly.

Ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received no later than 48 hours after Election Day.

NEW IN 2018:

If you received a mail-in ballot for the 2016 Presidential election, you will be automatically enrolled to receive one in the 2018 general election.

• If you want to opt out of this, contact your County Clerk.
• If you are listed as having received a mail-in ballot but go to your polling place to vote in person, you will still have the option to submit a provisional ballot, which the poll workers are legally bound to give you on request.

APPLICATIONS

COUNTY OFFICIALS

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Polling Locations

"If you did not provide identification to the county commissioner of registration or if the identification information could not be verified (i.e., your driver's license number or the last four digits of your social security number), YOU MAY BE ASKED TO SHOW IDENTIFICATION AT THE POLLING PLACE WHEN YOU GO TO VOTE.

Identification may include, but not limited to, any Current and Valid Photo ID:

• NJ driver's license, Military or other Government ID, Student or Job ID, Store Membership Card, United States Passport
  OR
• Bank statement, Car registration, Government check or document, Non-photo NJ driver's license, Rent receipt, Sample Ballot, Utility bill, or any other official document

If you show identification, you will vote in the voting machine."

-- Source: NJ Department of State: Division of Elections: Voting Options in New Jersey (emphasis in the original)

When you register to vote, you may choose to affiliate with a party at that time, or you may choose to remain unaffiliated. Unaffiliated voters may vote in general elections, but under NJ's closed primary system, only voters affiliated with a major party (Democrat or Republican) may vote in that party's primary.

If you are registered with one party and wish to change your affiliation before a primary election, you must do so 55 days before primary election day.

If you are unaffiliated and wish to declare affiliation with a party to vote in that party's primary, you can do so up to and including primary election day.

Every address in the U.S. is part of a number of different organizational frames known as districts. What district you are in determines by whom you are represented on the state and federal level.

Hoboken: 33rd legislative district, 8th Congressional district

Jersey City: 31st/33rd legislative districts, 8th/10th Congressional districts (use the links below to search with a full address)

Image: Map of the 8th Congressional District (source: ziplook.house.gov)