New Jersey
What to know ahead of New Jersey’s 2024 primary election
What are the deadlines I need to know?
Below are deadlines specific to voting in the primary election.
- Voter registration
- In person, by mail or online: Tuesday, May 14
- Mail ballot request
- In person: 3 p.m. Sunday, June 2
- By mail: Tuesday, May 28
- For qualified overseas civilians and military voters: Friday, May 31
- Mail ballot return
- In person: Tuesday, June 4
- By mail: Postmarked by Tuesday, June 4
- Early voting: Wednesday, May 29 – Sunday, June 2
Can I still register to vote?
The deadline for New Jerseyans to register to vote for the primary election is Tuesday, May 14. New Jerseyans can find out whether they are registered to vote online.
Who can register to vote?
Anyone can register to vote, so long as they are a U.S. citizen, will have been a resident of their New Jersey county for at least 30 days before the election, and are going to be at least 18 on or before Election Day.
In 2019, the state restored the right to vote to people who are on probation and parole.
What does a ‘closed primary’ mean?
New Jersey has a closed primary system, which means that only Democrats and Republicans can vote for their party’s nominees to run in the general election. However, people who don’t belong to the two major parties can still vote on local ballot questions.
The voter deadline to switch party affiliation is April 10.
Voters can fill out a New Jersey Political Party Affiliation Declaration Form and mail or deliver it to the commissioner of registration in their county, or they can file it with their municipal clerk. These forms are also available at a commissioner of registration office.
Can I still apply for a mail ballot?
New Jerseyans may apply for a mail ballot via mail by Tuesday, May 28, or in person by 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 2.
Qualified overseas civilian and military voters must apply to receive mail ballots electronically by Friday, May 31.
Can I vote early in person?
New Jerseyans who are registered to vote may do so in person at their county board of elections offices. Early voting for the primary election will open Wednesday, May 29, and continue through Sunday, June 2.
Every county will provide registered voters with in-person early voting locations. The list of early voting locations can be found online. Early voting will be open from 10 am. to 8 p.m. Friday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday.
When must mail or absentee ballots be received?
Voters have until 8 p.m. on Election Day to return their mail ballots to their county board of elections office in person or drop it off in one of their county’s secure ballot drop box locations.
Mail ballots sent through the mail must be postmarked by Election Day and received by the county boards of elections on or before Monday, June 10.
Vote-by-mail ballots cannot be returned to a voter’s polling location.
How will I know if my mail ballot was processed?
Voters can check the status of their mail ballots online.
What if I am a member of the military, other uniformed service or a civilian living overseas?
Qualified military or overseas voters must be registered to vote in New Jersey in order to obtain a ballot for the June election, either by using a state form or a federal postcard application (FPCA).
Only the federal postcard application can be used for both voter registration and ballot request. Voters who use the state forms must separately submit a New Jersey voter registration form and a New Jersey mail ballot application.
Mail ballots for qualified military or overseas voters can be obtained via a voter’s county clerk’s office or the secretary of state office.
Not sure which county clerk’s office to send your application? Contact the New Jersey Division of Elections or call 1-877-NJVOTER.
Completed mail ballots must be delivered to the appropriate county board of elections office by 8 p.m. on Election Day. Mail ballots sent via mail must be postmarked on or before Election Day.
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A severe thunderstorm watch looms over North Jersey on the evening of June 12 after days of extreme heat.
Nation Weather Service New York declared a severe thunderstorm watch for numerous North Jersey counties including Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Morris and Sussex among other Central Jersey and New York counties. The watch is in effect until 9 p.m., according to the NWS statement.
In an hourly forecast from The Weather Channel for Paramus, there is a 74% chance of thunderstorms at 7 p.m.
High temperatures reached past 90 degrees in many parts of North Jersey on June 11 and June 12 as a heat advisory also remains in effect until 8 p.m., said NWS New York.
“Dangerous heat is expected to continue across much of our region through today, with several record highs likely to be challenged again. High temperatures are forecast to peak into the low to mid 90s across most of the area,” the National Weather Service said Friday.
A Heat Advisory is in effect until 8 p.m. across the state except for Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Salem counties.
PHILADELPHIA – Philip McPherson II, a 37-year-old from Riverside, New Jersey, was sentenced Thursday, June 11, to 78 months in prison for his role in a 2022 plane crash in Lehigh County that killed a student pilot, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Sentencing and charges for fatal Lehigh Valley crash
What we know:
United States District Judge John M. Gallagher sentenced McPherson to 78 months in prison, three years of supervised release, a $5,000 fine, a $4,300 special assessment, and $19,530 in restitution. Judge Gallagher also barred McPherson from working in the aviation industry.
McPherson pleaded guilty in October to involuntary manslaughter, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, obstruction of an administrative proceeding, and 40 counts of serving as an airman without a certificate.
The backstory:
Court filings show that on September 28, 2022, McPherson took off from Queen City Airport in Allentown as the pilot-in-command with student pilot K.K. and crashed shortly after, resulting in K.K.’s death.
Prosecutors said McPherson acted with gross negligence, knowing he was not competent to fly as pilot-in-command. He had two prior crashes, nearly a third, and failed a reexamination for his pilot’s certificate in September 2021.
McPherson voluntarily surrendered his pilot’s certificate in October 2021 and let his Temporary Airman Certificate expire in November 2021, acknowledging his inability to meet FAA standards.
He admitted to flying with passengers without a valid FAA pilot’s certificate between October 12, 2021, and September 20, 2022.
Investigators from the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General, FAA, and Salisbury Township Police Department worked on the case, which was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert Schopf and Special Assistant United States Attorney Marie Miller.
What we don’t know:
Authorities have not released further details about the circumstances leading up to the crash.
The Source: Information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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