County Installs Ballot Drop Boxes In Long Branch, Eatontown

EATONTOWN, NJ — In order to help make the November election (which is almost entirely vote by mail in New Jersey, among other states) go as smoothly as possible — and to make sure all ballots are counted — Monmouth County Freeholders are installing ballot drop boxes in many towns.

Ballot drop boxes are collected and returned directly to the Monmouth County Board of Elections office. These ballots are only handled by designated Board of Elections representatives.

Gov. Murphy ordered that the Nov. 3 presidential election be vote by mail in New Jersey, due to COVID fears.

Expect to start getting your ballots mailed to you soon. All registered voters can deposit their completed mail-in ballot in a drop box by 8 p.m. on Nov. 3 at the following locations:

• Aberdeen Township Aberdeen Municipal Building 1 Aberdeen Square Aberdeen, NJ 07747
• Allentown Borough Allentown Borough Hall 8 North Main Street P.O. Box 487 Allentown, NJ 08501
• Asbury Park City Asbury Park City Hall City Council Chambers (Bangs Avenue Entrance) 1 Municipal Plaza Asbury Park, NJ 07712
• Belmar Borough Borough of Belmar Municipal Building 601 Main Street Belmar, NJ 07719
• Eatontown Borough Eatontown Borough Municipal Building – Rear Entrance 47 Broad Street Eatontown, NJ 07724
• Freehold Township Board of Elections Office Special Services Complex Building – Side Entrance 300 Halls Mill Road Freehold, NJ 07728
• Hazlet Township Hazlet Agency - NJ Motor Vehicle Commission 1374 Highway 36 Airport Plaza Hazlet, NJ 07730
• Howell Township Howell Township Municipal Building – Rear Entrance 4567 Route 9 North Howell, NJ 07731
• Long Branch City Long Branch City Hall 344 Broadway Long Branch, NJ 07740
• Manalapan Township Manalapan Township Municipal Building 120 County Rd 522 Manalapan, NJ 07726
• Middletown Township Croydon Hall 900 Leonardville Road Middletown, NJ 07737
• Middletown Municipal Building 1 Kings Hwy Middletown Township, NJ 07748
• Neptune Township Neptune Township Municipal Building 25 Neptune Boulevard Neptune, NJ 07753
• Ocean Township Ocean Township Town Hall 399 Monmouth Road Oakhurst, NJ 07755
• Red Bank Borough Red Bank Borough Municipal Building 90 Monmouth Street Red Bank, NJ 07701
• Rumson Borough Rumson Borough Hall (front parking lot) 80 East River Road Rumson, NJ 07760
• Wall Township Wall Township Municipal Building 2700 Allaire Road Wall, NJ 07719

And if you do not want to mail in your mail-in ballot, you can also vote at your assigned place on Nov. 3, Election Day. But even then you will only be able to vote by paper ballot-marking device and not by machine. There will no voting machines in New Jersey this fall.

“Regardless of the state-mandated changes, it is essential to have your vote counted for the general election,” said Freeholder Lillian Burry, liaison to the Board of Elections. “On November 3, there will be limited in-person polling locations with only paper ballots available. Because of the State mandates, residents will need to utilize the 17 mail-in ballot drop boxes throughout the County to deposit your mail-in ballot.”