You CAN FIX YOUR BALLOT!
Senator Vin Gopal’s “The Ballot Cure Act” requires election officials:
• Record the rejection in the Statewide voter registration system
• Notify voters within 72 hours of receiving their ballot – or within 48 hours of Election Day
• Provide an explanation for the potential rejection
• Give voters a sufficient and reasonable time to have the opportunity to repair the defect.
Every vote by mail ballot that is postmarked on or before November 3, 2020, and that is received by November 10, 2020, at 8:00 p.m. shall be considered valid and shall be canvassed, assuming the ballot meets all other statutory requirements. Additionally, every ballot without a postmark, and ballots mismarked and confirmed by the post office that those ballots were received by the post office on or before November 3, 2020, that is received by the county Boards of Elections from the United States Postal Service within forty-eight (48) hours of the closing of polls on November 3, 2020, shall be considered valid and shall be canvassed, assuming the ballot meets all other statutory requirements. These VBM ballots can still be rejected for signature reasons, which would happen after election day.
Any voter whose signature was rejected must return the cure form by Nov. 18, or two days before election results are certified.
MAKE SURE YOUR BALLOT COUNTS!!!
o CALL the Monmouth County Clerk’s office at (732) 431-7790.
o VISIT www.monmouthcountyvotes.com