Election Day In Moorestown: When, Where To Vote

MOORESTOWN, NJ — Polls are now open as Moorestown residents vote in a special council election, and school board and statehouse elections. Polls are open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Unlike last year, where New Jersey voters were forced to vote only by mail, voters have many more ways to vote this year: Machine vote early from Oct. 23 - 31, vote on Nov. 2 Election Day or vote by mail.

Moorestown Council Special Election

Democrat Quinton Law was appointed to an open seat on Moorestown Council in January. He and Republican Vick Bobadilla will run against each other in a special election to fill the remainder of the term in November. Read more about each candidate below.

• Meet The Moorestown Council Candidate: Quinton Law
• Meet The Moorestown Council Candidate: Vick Bobadilla

Moorestown Board of Education

Board of Education President Caryn Shaw and Board Member David Weinstein are both up for re-election, but neither board member filed petitions to run in the Nov. 2 elections. 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, but is not running in this year's elections. The following candidates are running for three open seats on the Moorestown Public School District Board of Education:

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

See related: Takeaways From Moorestown's School Board Candidate Forum

7th Legislative District Elections

State Senator Troy Singleton (D) will face a re-election challenge from Republican Michelle Arnold. Assembly Members Herb Conaway and Carol Murphy, also Democrats, face a challenge from Republicans Douglas Dillon and Joseph Jesuelea.

Singleton was first elected in 2017. According to his website, he promotes a forward-thinking economic development agenda; health care that meets the needs of the individual recipient; promotes women's rights; protect the environment while encouraging economic growth; expanding educational opportunities; and taking a "practical approach" to combating gun crime.

Arnold grew up in Cinnaminson and focused on environmental cleanup and economic development as a member of Palmyra Borough Council. As a realtor, Arnold serves on the Professional Standards Committee of New Jersey Realtors and on the National Association of Realtors' Business Development Committee. She's a Rowan College at Burlington County alum.

Conaway is the Burlington County Health Officer who was appointed to head the Burlington County Coronavirus Task Force in March 2020, shortly after the pandemic resulted in a statewide shutdown. He has been a member of the Assembly since 1997.

Murphy was elected to the Assembly in 2017. She says officials must focus on supporting small businesses, restaurants and breweries recovering from the past year, safe reopening of our schools, and assist the growing mental health challenges exacerbated by the pandemic.

Dillon has served on the boards of the Burlington County Shrine Club, the Moorestown Township Zoning Board, and Rittenhouse Park Community Association. He spent 33 years working in the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

As a small business owner, Jesuele opposes what he calls the "burdensome regulations imposed on the business community by Trenton politicians." A lifelong New Jersey resident, Jesuele previously served on his township Zoning Board.

New Jersey's 7th Legislative District spans the Burlington County towns of Beverly City, Bordentown City, Bordentown Township, Burlington City, Burlington Township, Cinnaminson Township, Delanco Township, Delran Township, Edgewater Park Township, Fieldsboro Borough, Florence Township, Moorestown Township, Mount Laurel Township, Palmyra Borough, Riverside Township, Riverton Borough and Willingboro Township.

For the second year in a row, residents can vote by mail. They can also use the vote-by-mail drop boxes that have been set up across the district. A vote-by-mail drop box is set up at Moorestown Town Hall, 111 West Second Street.

Traditional polling locations are also set up in Burlington County. You can find your polling location here.

Vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked or placed in drop boxes on or before 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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