PUBLIC NOTICE

CITY OF ORANGE TOWNSHIP

NOTICE TO PERSONS WANTING MAIL-IN BALLOTS

Vote By Mail Notice – PDF

If you are a qualified and registered voter of the State who wants to vote by mail in the CITY OF ORANGE TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL ELECTION to be held on May 10, 2022 complete the application form below and send to the Essex County Clerk, or write or apply in person to the same at once requesting that a mail-in ballot be forwarded to you.  The request must state your home address and the address to which the ballot should be sent.  The request must be dated and signed with your signature.

If any person has assisted you to complete the mail-in ballot application, the name, address and signature of the assistor must be provided on the application, and you must sign and date the application for it to be valid and processed.  No person shall serve as an authorized messenger for more than 3 qualified voters in an election. 

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 may serve as an authorized messenger or bearer.

No mail-in ballot will be provided to any applicant who submits a request therefore by mail unless the request is received at least seven days before the election and contains the requested information.  A voter may, however, request an application in person from the County Clerk up to 3 p.m. the day before the election, (May 9, 2022).

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.

Voters also have the option of indicating on their mail-in ballot applications that they would prefer to receive mail-in ballots for each election that takes place during the remainder of this calendar year.  Voters who exercise this option will be furnished with mail-in ballots for each election that takes place during the remainder of this calendar year, without further action on their part.

Application forms may be obtained by applying to the Essex County Clerk either in writing or by telephone, or the application form provided below may be completed and forwarded to the following address:

Christopher J. Durkin, L.S.
Essex County Clerk
465 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
Newark, NJ 07102
973-621-4923

If additional information is needed regarding the May 10, 2022 Municipal Election, you may contact Joyce L. Lanier, City Clerk at (973) 952-6344 or via email at jlanier@orangenj.gov.

Vote By Mail Notice – PDF

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