2021 Elections: Vote-By-Mail Drop Box Set Up In Moorestown

MOORESTOWN, NJ — A vote-by-mail drop box is set up at Moorestown Town Hall, 111 West Second Street, according to Burlington County officials.

It is one of 28 drop box locations countywide, including 15 new boxes the county recently installed for voters to securely submit completed ballots, officials said on Tuesday.

A list of locations is available online at the New Jersey Elections page and the Burlington County Board of Elections website.

All 28 drop boxes are accessible 24 hours a day, and all of them are subject to video surveillance and other security measures.

“Voting by mail is safe, secure and a convenient way to exercise what is a fundamental right,” Burlington County Board of Elections Chair Joseph Dugan said. “The additional drop boxes will make it even easier for those who choose to vote this way to submit their ballots.”

Moorestown residents will vote for governor and state legislative seats, as well as local school board and a seat on Township Council.

Democrat Quinton Law, who was appointed to an open seat on Moorestown Council in January following the resignation of a former councilman, and Republican Vick Bobadilla will run in a Nov. 2 special election to fill the remainder of the term. The winner will also run in next year's general elections.

Six candidates will pursue three open seats on the Moorestown Public School District Board of Education in November, and none of them are incumbents. Board of Education President Caryn Shaw and Board Member David Weinstein are both up for re-election, but neither decided to run for re-election.

Alexandria Law was also up for re-election, but she resigned from the board earlier this year due to personal reasons. Katherine Mullin was appointed to her seat. Mullin is not one of the candidates pursuing the three open seats. The following candidates are running in the Nov. 2 elections:

• Jill Fallows Macaluso (Children First)
• Joseph Horwitz
• David Vosbikian
• Cheryl Makopoulos (We're Better Together)
• Melissa Arcaro Burns
• Billie Danielle Thomas (Unifying, Respectful Leadership)

In District 7, State Senator Troy Singleton, a Democrat, will be challenged for his seat by Republican Michelle Arnold. Assembly Members Herb Conaway and Carol Murphy, both Democrats, will be challenged by Republicans Douglas Dillon and Joseph Jesuele.

In addition to the drop boxes, voters can mail their sealed ballots to the Board of Elections or hand-deliver them to the Board of Elections Office at 50 Rancocas Road in Mount Holly. Delivered ballots must be personally returned by the voter or delivered by an authorized “ballot bearer” who agrees to hand deliver it to the Election Board.

Ballot bearers may deliver no more than three ballots and must provide identification to the Election Board and sign the bearer book recording that they transported the ballots to the office and delivered them.

Completed vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked or placed in secure drop boxes or submitted to the Election Board office on or before 8 p.m. on Election Day, which is Nov. 2. Unlike during the 2020 General Election, completed VBM ballots will not be accepted at regular polling sites for the November election.

Nearly 40,000 vote-by-mail ballots have been printed and sent to Burlington County voters on the County’s All Future Elections Vote-by-Mail list, but all registered voters can request a Vote-by-Mail ballot in person at the Burlington County Clerk’s Office up until 3 p.m. on Nov 1.

Voters can also request a vote-by-mail ballot from the Burlington County Clerk’s Office by mail until Oct. 26. The application is available by clicking here.

Besides vote-by-mail, registered voters also have the option of voting in-person with a machine at their normal polling location on Election Day or at one of Burlington County’s seven early-voting locations during the new nine-day early voting window.

A list of early voting locations is available online at https://www.co.burlington.nj.us/593/Election-Voter-Services.

Early voting runs from Oct. 23-31, and polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. Appointments are not required, and accommodations will be made for voters with disabilities.

Voters who have already received a vote-by-mail ballot or requested one this year will not be permitted to vote with a machine during the early voting period or on Election Day, and must complete and submit their VBM ballot or vote in-person with a provisional ballot.

Voters can check their registration and status online at Vote.NJ.Gov under the “Am I Registered?” tab. For any election-related questions or issues, call the Burlington County Elections hotline at 609-265-VOTE (8683).

“Voting is secure, easy and more accessible and convenient than ever,” Burlington County Commissioner Linda Hynes, liaison to the Board of Elections said. “You can vote early or on Election Day or by mail, drop box or hand delivery. It doesn’t matter how you cast your ballot, the most important thing is that you do, and we hope all voters will take the time to exercise that right.”

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