Voting In New Jersey

Time off to vote is subject to the employer. New Jersey state law does not require employers to grant time off to vote for employees.

If you do not show identification, you will vote by provisional ballot and have until the close of business on the second day after the election to provide identification to the applicable county election office.… Click to learn more

Voting by Paper Provisional Ballot
You cannot vote in the voting machine and must vote by Paper Provisional Ballot if:

• your voter registration information is missing or is not complete in
  the poll book. (i.e., your signature is missing.)
• you moved from your registered address to another one in the same county and
  you did not tell the county commissioner of registration in time before the election.
• you are a first-time registrant by mail in your county after January 1, 2003
  and you did not provide ID (or your identification numbers could not be verified)
  to the county commissioner of registration before the election or you do not
  show it to the board workers in the polling place on the day of the election.
• there is an “A” in the poll book but you never received your absentee
  ballot, or you tell the board workers you never applied for an absentee ballot.
  

Completing the Provisional Ballot:

• Complete the provisional ballot affirmation statement that is on the
  provisional ballot envelope.
• Sign the statement. If you don’t, the ballot will not be counted.
• Place the voted ballot into the envelope and seal it.
• Do not detach the affirmation statement. Keep it on the envelope.
• After you give your provisional ballot to a board worker, you must be
  given a piece of paper that will tell you how you can find out if your ballot
  was counted by the Board of Election.

NOTE: If it is determined after the election that you are not a registered voter, the
Provisional Ballot will not be counted, but the Provisional Ballot Affirmation
Statement will be processed as a Voter Registration Application for future
elections. You will be notified by the County Commissioner of Registration
whether your application is accepted.

You have until the close of business on the second day after the election to provide identification to the applicable county election office. You will be given a handout at the polling place that will tell you which county election office to contact.

After the election, you can call 1-877-NJ-VOTER (1-877-658-6837) to find out if your ballot was counted. If your ballot was not counted, you can find out why it was rejected.