Gov. Murphy: November Election In NJ Will Be Mostly Mail-In

NEW JERSEY – Gov. Phil Murphy said on Friday that the New Jersey election will be mostly mail-in, with everybody getting a ballot that they can send through the US Postal Service.

Murphy told CNN that every voter is going to be mailed a ballot weeks ahead of the Nov. 3 election. The step is being taken as New Jersey continues to deal with the effects of the coronavirus. Read more: Read more: NJ Coronavirus, School Reopen Updates: What You Need To Know

If you do vote in person, you will have to do "what we call provisional voting because the folks won't necessarily know at the voting location whether or not you have already mailed a ballot in."

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Murphy is expected to address the issue further during a 1 p.m. news conference on Friday. Read more: WATCH LIVE: Gov. Murphy's NJ Coronavirus, School Reopen Update

Murphy said he will also have more secure drop boxes, all part of a hybrid model that the state used in the primary.

President Trump has criticized mail-in balloting, and he admitted in a Fox Business interview on Thursday that he's withheld funding from the Postal Service because he's afraid that it will give too much of an advantage to the Democrats.

The Trump administration has also cut back services and overtime at the Postal Service – which Democrats say is an implicit way of impacting mail-in balloting.