Mercer County Primary Election June 8, 2021

Some Things Will Change, While Others Will Stay the Same for the

Primary Election on June 8th

A Message from the Mercer County Clerk:

Some voters expressed a desire to be able to vote in a voting machine last year when the Coronavirus and the State of NJ required an exclusively vote-by-mail election. This year, voting will return to normal. For the upcoming Primary Election on June 8th, New Jersey will be returning to a traditional election where voters can choose to vote at the polls or by mail. This means that voters will not receive a vote-by-mail ballot in the mail unless they apply for one, or if they have requested to always receive a vote by mail ballot for all future elections.

Voters who remain concerned about contracting Covid-19, or who cannot otherwise get to the polls, are encouraged to apply to vote for the upcoming June 8th Primary election. In New Jersey, any registered voter can vote by mail for any reason. Voters do not have to be sick, working, or out of town to request a ballot, so this remains a viable option for those who prefer to vote from home.

On the ballot this June are races for offices ranging from Governor of NJ, to the entire State legislature, to Mercer County, and local municipal races as well as for partisan State Committee seats.

The voter registration deadline for this election is May 18th. A registered voter may apply for a ballot by completing and mailing an easy Vote-by- Mail application by June 1^st. The deadline for walk-in voters is June 7th at 3 PM.

We will also offer extended hours to walk into the County Clerk's office to pick up a ballot and vote by mail. Those hours are Saturday, June 5th from 9 AM to 1 PM. The address of the Mercer County Clerk' s Office is 209 South Broad Street, Trenton, NJ 08608.

Also new this year, the Mercer County Clerk's Office is offering vote by mail instructions in many languages including English, Spanish, Hindi, Gujarati, Chinese, Polish, Urdu, and Haitian Creole! Just check our website or call the Office at 609-989-6494, or email us with your address, MercerVotes@MercerCounty.org, and we will send them to you.

To request a Vote-by-Mail application, voters can call 609-989-6494 or the email above. Vote-by-Mail applications also are available on the web at www.mercercounty.org/countyclerk on the Elections page. The State Division of Elections website also offers vote-by-mail ballots in five languages. That website is njelections.org/voting-informtation-vote-by-mail.html.

Paula Sollami Covello

Mercer County Clerk