1.9M Ballots Already Cast In NJ: See The Latest Data

NEW JERSEY — More than 1.9 million New Jerseyans have already cast their votes for the 2024 presidential election as Tuesday approaches, data shows.

According to the state Division of Elections, New Jersey voters have cast 1,173,400 early in-person and 763,180 mail-in ballots as of Monday morning: a total of 1,936,580 votes.

According to a Monday analysis by NBC News of data from election officials across the country, 59 percent of early votes in New Jersey were cast by Democrats, 21 percent were by Republicans and 20 percent were by people who haven’t declared a party.

Not all New Jersey residents who requested an early-vote ballot had returned them by Monday. The returned ballots represent 55 percent of those requested by Democrats, 19 percent by Republicans and 26 percent by no-party voters.

Early voting officially ended on Sunday, but those people with mail-in or absentee ballots still have until Tuesday at 8 p.m. to make sure they are postmarked, return them at a local ballot box, or hand them in at their local Board of Elections.

The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5 (which is a state holiday) for millions of other registered Garden State voters to vote in-person.

About 6.73 million residents were registered to vote as of Nov. 1, so that means more than 26 percent of registered voters have turned in their ballots.

As Tuesday is a state holiday but not a federal one, the post office will operate as usual and most banks will be open.

However, many public schools will be closed to allow buildings to serve as polling places. State offices, courts, and Motor Vehicle Commission locations are also closed on Tuesday.

This is a major election year across the country, with the race for United States President at the top of the ticket. New Jersey voters will also select a new U.S. Senator to replace Bob Menendez after his conviction on federal bribery charges, and all 12 of the state's seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are also on the ballot.

Voters will see a number of races on the local and county level including for school boards, town councils and committees, and county commissioners.

Who's On The Ballot?

Presidential candidates include Vice President Kamala Harris (Democrat), former president Donald J. Trump (Republican), Chase Oliver (Libertarian), Jill Stein (Green Party), Claudia De La Cruz (Party for Socialism and Liberation), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., (Independent), and Randall Terry (Constitution Party). Though Kennedy has suspended his campaign, he will appear on the presidential ballot in New Jersey and several other states.

Candidates for New Jersey's U.S. Senate seat who will appear on the ballot include Andy Kim (Democrat), Curtis Bashaw (Republican), Kenneth R. Kaplan (Libertarian), Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party), Christina Khalil (Green Party) and Patricia G. Mooneyham (Independent).

New Jersey has 12 representatives in the U.S. House, and residents will see candidates for their local congressional district on the ballot. Here are the candidates.

NJ-1

• Donald Norcross (D-inc.), Teddy Liddell (R), Robin Brownfield (Green), and Austin Johnson (Independent).

NJ-2

• Jeff Van Drew (R-inc.), Joe Salerno (D), and Thomas Cannavo (Green).

NJ-3 (note that current Rep. Andy Kim is not listed, as he is running for U.S. Senate)

• Herb Conaway (D), Rajesh Mohan (R), Chris Russomanno (Libertarian), Steven Welzer (Green), Justin Barbera (Independent), and Douglas Wynn (Independent).

NJ-4

• Chris Smith (R-inc.), Matthew Jenkins (D), John Morrison (Libertarian), Barry Bendar (Green)

NJ-5

• Josh Gottheimer (D-inc.), Mary Jo-Ann Guinchard (R), James Tosone (Libertarian), Beau Forte (Green), Aamir Arif (Independent).

NJ-6

• Frank Pallone (D-inc.), Scott Fegler (R), Matthew Mitriano (Libertarian), Herb Tarbous (Green), and Fahad Akhtar (Independent)

NJ-7

• Thomas Kean Jr. (R-inc.), Sue Altman (D), Lana Leguia (Libertarian), and Andrew Black (Green)

NJ-8

• Rob Menendez (D-inc.), Anthony Valdes (R), Christian Robbins (Green), Lea Sherman (Socialist Workers), Pablo Olivera (Labour)

NJ-9 (to succeed Rep. Bill Pascrell, who died in August)

• Nellie Pou (D), Billy Prempeh (R), Bruno Pereira (Libertarian), and Benjamin Taylor (Green)

NJ-10

• LaMonica McIver (D-inc.), Carmen Bucco (R), Jose Serrano (Green), Cynthia Johnson (Independent), Michelle Middleton (Independent), and Donna Weiss (Independent).

NJ-11

• Mikie Sherrill (D-inc.), Joseph Belnome (R), Lily Benavides (Green), and Joshua Lanzara (Independent).

NJ-12

• Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-inc.), Darius Mayfield (R), Vic Kaplan (Libertarian), and Kim Meudt (Green).