Want To Vote In 2018 Election? Register Now In Monmouth County

FREEHOLD, NJ — The 2018 national general election is less than a month away. If you are not a registered voter and wish to vote in the election next month, time is running out to register.

The New Jersey deadline for registering to vote in the general election is 21 days before the election. This year, that date is Oct. 16.

To register to vote in New Jersey you must be:

• A United States citizen
• At least 17 years old; you may not vote until you are 18 years old
• A resident of the county for 30 days before the election
• You cannot be currently serving a sentence, probation or parole because of a felony conviction

To register in Monmouth County, you can click here to access the voter registration form. You can print out the form and fill it out by hand, then mail it (the form included a postage-page mailer) or you can hand-deliver it to Mary DeSarno, Monmouth County Superintendent of Elections, 300 Halls Mill Road, Freehold.

The form must be received at election office by Oct. 16.

The form provides an option to choose to vote by mail. If you choose to vote by mail, you will receive vote-by-mail ballots until you inform the the clerk's office in writing that you no longer want to vote by mail.

Further information is on the Monmouth County Clerk's website. Click here.

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