VOTER REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

Registration Deadline. 29 days before the election.

Line 6: ID Number. Leave blank.

Line 7: Choice of Party. New Jersey's voter registration form does not provide a check-off for political party affiliation. A newly registered voter or voter who has never voted in a political party primary election can declare party affiliation at the polling place on the day of a primary election. In New Jersey, a primary election is only held for the Democratic and Republican parties. A voter may also file a political party declaration form to become a member of a political party. If a declared voter wished to change party affiliation he or she must file a declaration form 50 days before the primary election, in order to vote.

Line 8: Race or Ethnic Group. Leave blank.

Line 9: Signature. To register in New Jersey you must:

1) be a citizen of the United States; 2) be at least 18 years of age by the time of the next election; 3) be a resident of this State and county at your address at least 30 days before the next election ; 4) not be serving a sentence or on parole or probation as the result of a conviction of any indictable offense under the laws of this or another state or of the United States.

Mailing address:

New Jersey Department of Law
and Public Safety
Division of Elections
P.O. Box 304
Trenton, NJ 08625-0304

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