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JON S. CORZINE |
Nina Mitchell Wells |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
Contact: Shawn Crisafulli |
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SECRETARY OF STATE NINA MITCHELL WELLS REMINDS CITIZENS OF JUNE 3 PRIMARY ELECTION Trenton, NJ — Tuesday, June 3, 2008 is Primary Election day in New Jersey. New Jerseyans will be selecting the major party nominees for United States Senate, United States House of Representatives and county and municipal offices. Republican primary voters will also choose delegates for the party’s nominating convention. The polls will be open from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Any eligible voter can also choose to vote by absentee ballot. To vote by absentee ballot within 7 days of the election, however, voters must deliver the absentee ballot application in person to the office of their county clerk. Absentee ballot applications will be accepted up to 3:00 p.m. the day before the election (Monday, June 2). Registered Democrats and Republicans, and Unaffiliated voters, are only eligible to vote in their party’s primary. Unaffiliated voters can declare their affiliation at the polls on Primary Day. (Voters who are registered as members of the Conservative, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, Reform, or U.S. Constitution parties are not eligible to vote in the primary). A county chart of voter registration figures, absentee ballot applications, and a list of county clerk’s offices can be found on the Division of Elections website at www.njelections.org.
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