Last Day to Vote in New Jersey Is Tuesday — Early Voting Has Ended, and Today's 3 P.M. Clerk Deadline Is the Last Window Before It
'Last day to vote' is the country's #2 search this morning. For New Jersey the answer is Tuesday, November 3, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. — and the only voting action left today is the in-person mail-ballot application, which closes at 3 p.m.
If you are searching for the last day to vote, here is the New Jersey answer without the runaround: it is Tuesday, November 3, at your regular polling place, between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. There is no voting today. New Jersey's nine-day early in-person voting period ended on Sunday, November 1, and the early voting locations do not reopen — Election Day voting happens only at your assigned polling place, the one listed on the sample ballot mailed to registered voters.
One window is still open today, and it closes at 3 p.m. Registered voters who would rather vote by mail can apply in person at their county clerk's office until 3 p.m. Monday and receive a mail-in ballot. A completed mail-in ballot can then be deposited in an official ballot drop box or delivered in person to the county Board of Elections by 8 p.m. on Tuesday. One rule catches voters out every cycle: do not take a completed mail-in ballot to your regular polling place — polling places do not accept them.
So the calendar for a New Jersey voter who has not yet voted is now very short. Today, until 3 p.m.: the clerk's office, if you want the mail-ballot route. Tuesday, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.: your polling place, or the drop box and Board of Elections deadline for a completed mail ballot. After 8 p.m. Tuesday there is no further window — Tuesday is, as the search says, the last day to vote.
