If you are a qualified and registered voter of the State who wants to vote by mail in the MAY MUNICIPAL ELECTION to be held on TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2026, the following applies:

You must complete the application form below and send it to the county clerk where you reside or write or apply in person to the county clerk where you reside to request a mail-in ballot.

The name, address, and signature of any person who has assisted you to complete the mail-in ballot application must be provided on the application, and you must sign and date the application.

No person may serve as an authorized messenger or bearer for more than three (3) qualified voters in an election, but a person may serve as such for up to five (5) qualified voters in an election if those voters are immediate family members residing in the same household as the messenger or bearer.

No person who is a candidate in the election for which the voter requests a mail-in ballot may provide any assistance in the completion of the ballot or serve as an authorized messenger or bearer.

A person who applies for a mail-in ballot must submit his or her application at least seven days before the election, but such person may request an application in person from the county clerk up to 3 p.m. on the day before the election.

Voters who want to vote by mail in all future elections will, after their initial request and without further action on their part, be provided with a mail-in ballot until the voter requests otherwise in writing, or beginning with the 2026 general election cycle, if the voter does not vote by mail in four consecutive years, then the voter shall no longer be furnished with a mail-in ballot for future elections and the voter shall be notified in writing of the change.

Application forms may be obtained by applying to the undersigned either in writing, by telephone, visiting our website at www.hudsoncountyclerk.org or the application form provided below may be completed and forwarded to the undersigned.

E. Junior Maldonado
Hudson County Clerk
257 Cornelison Avenue - 4th Floor
Jersey City, NJ  07302
(201) 369-3470, Option 6

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