Sparta: Registered Voters To Receive A VBM Ballot Before Primary Election

Press release from Sparta Township:

May 16, 2020

In an effort to protect all New Jersey voters from the spread of COVID-19, Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order to create a modified vote-by-mail election for the July 7th Primary. The order requires that each county’s elections officials send vote-by-mail ballots to all registered Democratic and Republican voters and send VBM ballot applications to unaffiliated and inactive voters. All VBM ballots and VBM ballot applications will come with pre-paid postage.

The order also requires opening a minimum of at least one polling place in each municipality, and provided that there are enough poll workers, a minimum of 50 percent of polling places in each county to provide New Jersey voters who may need access to in-person voting opportunities. Polling locations will be required to follow public health standards including ensuring six feet of distance, requiring poll workers to wear face coverings and gloves, frequent sanitization of high-touch areas, and providing sanitization materials to all individuals at a polling place.

Gov. Murphy's EO No. 144

This press release was produced by Sparta Township. The views expressed here are the author’s own.