Cherry Hill Special Election: See Results Of $363 Million Bond Referendum

Patch will be updating this story Thursday evening as results come in from the Camden County Board of Elections.

CHERRY HILL, NJ — Township officials say reported issues at "a few" polling locations in Cherry Hill have been fixed, and that all locations have provisional ballot envelopes for Thursday's special election.

Polling locations are open until 8 p.m., as residents vote on a proposed $363 million bond referendum to benefit the Cherry Hill Public School District.

The money, raised from property taxes, would help fund what the district says is much-needed renovation and/or addition work in all 19 buildings. If the bond passes, the state would fund about one-third of the cost.

Cherry Hill voters rejected a $210 million referendum in 2018.

The township put up a notice shortly before noon about the issues, but did not specify which locations had problems.

The county says there was only one "significant" issue reported to election officials.

Cherry Hill officials said anyone experiencing issues at their polling location may call the Camden County Board of Elections at 856-401-8683.

Read more about the special election here, and click here to find your polling place if you need to.

Dan Keashen, a spokesperson for the county, said there was an issue with the electronic poll book databases at St. Mary's for districts 7 and 45.

"The issue was resolved early in the morning and the voters at the time were told to come back and to vote on the machine once they were corrected," he said, adding there were several complaints to the Board of Elections in other districts but nothing "significant."

Keashen also said several other districts did not have envelopes to put provisional ballots in, but "envelopes were delivered soon after the deficit was identified."

Keashen said the county will not extend voting hours because of the issues.

Yoni Yares, a civic activist who has been encouraging people to get out and vote, has been keeping track of reported problems Thursday. He said residents reported issues to him and other civically-active community members at polling places across the township.

“Tablets were down for several hours this morning at at least four sites that we know of, there could be more,” said Yanes, adding that other residents reported computers not working at their polling places.

Yares said he supports the bond, but alerted someone he knew who was against it about the potential voting problems “because it was the right thing to do.”

Cherry Hill's bond referendum was one of 11 special school elections in the Garden State Thursday, and has the biggest price tag of the spending plans up for a public vote on the 6th, per NJ Advance Media.