Gloucester County Reveals Drop Box, Poll Sites For 2020 Elections

GLOUCESTER COUNTY, NJ — Following a legal battle over some polling locations, Gloucester County officials announced polling locations and vote-by-mail drop box locations on Thursday.

On Sept. 25, a state judge gave Gloucester County Clerk Jim Hogan the authority to designate the location of some polling locations after what Hogan called a “deadlock and inaction” on the part of the Gloucester County Board of Elections.

“This delay was caused by the continuing failure and inability of the Gloucester County Board of Elections Commissioners (BOE) to comply with the law, to meet, vote and agree on locations for polling places and ‘secure ballot drop boxes,’” Hogan said in a letter to the public apologizing to the public. “This has delayed the original printing and mailing of the vote-by-mail ballots for the November general election.”

After Gov. Phil Murphy declared that voting in New Jersey would be primarily vote-by-mail, he ordered the county boards of elections to pick the polling places and the locations of the secure ballot drop boxes.

On Sept. 17, Gloucester County Republican Party Chairwoman Jacqueline Vigilante and two Republican members on the board of elections filed a lawsuit in which they accused Democratic members of the board of establishing the polling locations before they were approved by the full board, and that many of them were in “predominantly democratic areas,” according to nj.com. Hogan was among the officials that were sued.

“The BOE has agreed on 13 countywide locations for ballot drop boxes,” Superior Court Judge Mary Beth Kramer said in her ruling. “Unfortunately, they are at an impasse over the location of the polling places. As a practical matter, time is running out. By statute, defendant Hogan has the authority as the county clerk to determine the location of the polling places if the BOE is unable to reach an agreement.”

After she granted Hogan the authority to determine the locations, he said the Gloucester County Superintendent of Elections, the Gloucester County Office of Emergency Management, and all the municipal clerks to confirm the polling locations. They are also being staffed and made compliant with standards set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Ballots were printed and sent out, but with a short delay, Hogan said. The polling locations and vote-by-mail drop box locations were published on Thursday, and their locations can be found below.

Polling locations for the 2020 General Election include:

Clayton
Districts 1 ­– 6
Clayton High School
55 Pop Kramer Blvd.
Clayton, NJ 08312

Deptford
Districts 1 ­– 22
Deptford Twp. High School
575 Fox Run Rd.
Woodbury, NJ 08096

East Greenwich
Districts 1 ­– 7
Samuel Mickle School
559 Kings Hwy
Mickleton, NJ 08056

Elk Township
Districts 1 ­– 4
Aura Elementary School
900 Clems Run
Glassboro, NJ 08028

Franklin Twp.
Districts 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11
Delsea High School
242 Fries Mill Rd.
Franklinville, NJ 08322

Franklin Twp.
Districts 3, 4, 9
Main Road School
1452 Main Rd.
Newfield, NJ 08344

Glassboro
Districts 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13
Glassboro High School
550 Joseph Bowe Blvd.
Glassboro, NJ 08028

Glassboro
Districts 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 12
Dorothy Bullock School
370 New St. East
Glassboro, NJ 08028

Greenwich Twp.
Districts 1 ­– 6
Greenwich Twp. Branch Library
411 Swedesboro Rd.
Gibbstown, NJ 08027

Harrison Twp.
Districts 1 – 4
Ewan Fire Hall
312 Ewan Rd.
Mullica Hill, NJ 08062

Harrison Twp.
Districts 5 ­– 9
Harrison Twp. Elementary
120 N. Main St.
Mullica Hill, NJ 08062

Logan Twp.
District 1 – 4
Living Hope Worship Center
1566 Center Square Rd.
Swedesboro, NJ 08085

Mantua
District 1 – 12
J. Mason Tomlin School
393 Main St.
Mantua, NJ 08051

Monroe
Ward 1
Williamstown Middle School
561 Clayton Rd.
Williamstown, NJ 08094

Monroe
Ward 2
Monroe Twp. Public Library
713 Marsha Ave
Williamstown, NJ 08094

Monroe
Ward 3
Williamstown Middle School
561 Clayton Rd.
Williamstown, NJ 08094

Monroe
Ward 4
Whitehall School
161 Whitehall Rd.
Williamstown, NJ 08094

National Park
District 1 – 4
National Park Fire House
523 Hessian Ave
National Park, NJ 08063

Newfield
District 1
Newfield Municipal Buildings
18 Catawba Ave
Newfield, NJ 08344

Paulsboro
District 1 – 5
Paulsboro Municipal Buildings
1211 N. Delaware St.
Paulsboro, NJ 08066

Pitman
District 1 – 7
Pitman High School
225 Linden Ave
Pitman, NJ 08071

South Harrison
District 1 – 3
South Harrison Twp. Elementary School
904 Mullica Hill Rd.
Harrisonville, NJ 08039

Swedesboro
District 1 – 2
Woolwich Fire House
1517 Kings Hwy
Swedesboro, NJ 08085

Washington Twp.
District 1 – 39
Washington Twp. High School
529 Hurffville Crosskeys Rd.
Sewell, NJ 08080

Wenonah
District 1 – 3
Wenonah Municipal Building
1 S West Ave
Wenonah, NJ 08090

West Deptford
District 1 – 19
Riverwinds Community Center
1000 Riverwinds Dr.
West Deptford, NJ 08086

Westville
District 1 – 3
Westville Community Center
1035 Broadway
Westville, NJ 08093

Woodbury
Ward 1 – 3
American Legion Post 133
1018 Washington Ave
Woodbury. NJ 08096

Woodbury Heights
Districts 1 – 4
Woodbury Heights Community Center
741 Helen Ave
Woodbury Heights, NJ 08097

Woolwich Twp.
District 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Woolwich Twp. Municipal Building
120 Village Green Dr.
Swedesboro, NJ 08085

Woolwich Twp.
District 2 – 3
Kingsway Regional High School
201 Kings Hwy
Woolwich Twp., NJ 08085

Drop box locations:

County Admin Building
2 S. Board St.
Woodbury, NJ 08096

County Complex at Clayton
1200 N Delsea Drive
Clayton, NJ 08312

Deptford Municipal Building
1011 Cooper St.
Deptford, NJ 08096

County Office of Elections
550 Grove Rd.
West Deptford, NJ 08066

Franklin Municipal Building
1571 Delsea Drive
Franklinville, NJ 08322

Glassboro Municipal Building
1 S. Main Street
Glassboro, NJ 08028

Harrison Twp. Municipal Building
114 Bridgeton Pike
Mullica Hill, NJ 08062

Mantua Municipal Building
401 Main St.
Mantua, NJ 08051

Monroe Municipal Building
125 Virginia Ave
Williamstown, NJ 08094

Paulsboro Municipal Building
1211 Delaware St.
Paulsboro, NJ 08066

County Division of Social Services
400 Holly Dell Dr.
Sewell, NJ 08080

Washington Twp. Municipal Building
523 Egg Harbor Rd.
Sewell, NJ 08080

Woolwich Municipal Building
120 Village Green Drive
Swedesboro, NJ 08085

All active registered Democrats and Republicans have automatically received a vote-by-mail ballot, officials said. Each ballot will include a return postage-paid envelope and can either be put in the mail; deposited in one of the 13 secure drop boxes located throughout the county; or delivered directly to the Board of Elections.

For more information on the 2020 General Election, call the Office of the Gloucester County Clerk’s Election Division at 856-384-4530 or visit https://office-of-elections-glouc-cty-nj.hub.arcgis.com.