Mail-in ballots for the November 5th General Election are now being mailed out and available, Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon advised residents this week.
“Voter turnout is expected to be high in the 2024 General Election, as it has been in all presidential election years, and voting by mail is a convenient way to vote and a great way to avoid potential lines at the polls or other inconveniences,” said Clerk Hanlon.
To vote by mail, registered voters must first complete a vote-by-mail ballot application form, which can be downloaded from the County Clerk’s Elections website, MonmouthCountyVotes.com, or from the County Clerk’s “Monmouth County Votes” mobile app.
The form can also be obtained in person at the County Clerk’s Elections Office located at 300 Halls Mill Road in Freehold or from the municipal clerk of a voter’s hometown. For voters who have completed the application in the past and indicated they want it continued, their ballots are being mailed now without any further action required by them.
Completed vote-by-mail applications submitted by regular mail must be received by the County Clerk’s Office at least seven days before an election, of October 29 for the November 5th General Election.
Applications may also be submitted in person at the County Clerk’s Elections Office up until 3 p.m. on November 4th, the day before Election Day. If applying in person, voters may obtain and cast their mail-in ballots early.
Simple instructions for completing and returning vote-by-mail ballots are included in the ballot package. Voters may return completed ballots in person at the County Board of Elections located at 300 Halls Mill Road, by mail or via one of the County’s ballot drop box locations.
For more information, visit MonmouthCountyVotes.com, download the County Clerk’s free “Monmouth County Votes” mobile app or call the County Clerk’s Election Office at 732-431-7790.
The Office of the Monmouth County Clerk is comprised of five divisions handling property recordings, elections, archives, passports and records management.
The County Clerk’s Office also provides resident, veteran and Gold Star Family identification cards to eligible county residents, administers oaths to notaries and public officials and performs wedding ceremonies.
The Monmouth County Clerk is a constitutional and administrative officer elected to a five-year term by the voters of Monmouth County. Christine Giordano Hanlon, Esq. was elected Monmouth County Clerk in November 2015 and was re-elected to a second term in November 2020.
