BERGEN COUNTY — Polls close at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, for the general election. If you’re in line at your assigned polling place by 8 p.m., stay in line. You have the right to vote. New Jersey Voters’ Bill of Rights
Voting in person. Your polling place is listed on the sample ballot you received in the mail. If you bring it with you, a poll worker can scan its barcode to speed up check-in, according to the Bergen County Clerk’s Office. You can also look up your polling place by street address. Find your polling place
Returning a mail-in ballot. You have until 8 p.m. Tuesday to put your completed ballot in an official Bergen County drop box or deliver it to the Board of Elections at One Bergen County Plaza, Room 310, in Hackensack. Polling places cannot accept completed mail-in ballots. Find a Bergen County ballot drop box
If you return your ballot by mail today, the county clerk advises taking it to a post office counter and asking for a same-day postmark. Mailed ballots must be postmarked by 8 p.m. Nov. 3 and reach the county Board of Elections by 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9. New Jersey vote-by-mail deadlines
Following the count. The Bergen County Clerk’s Office will post unofficial results Tuesday night as returns come in from the county’s 70 municipalities. Totals can change as officials count the remaining eligible ballots. The county will post a daily tally of ballots left to count and expects to certify results Nov. 18. And Pascack Press/Northern Valley Press will be breaking this out for readers. Bergen County election results · Daily report on ballots left to count
Election questions. Call the County Clerk’s Elections Division at 201-336-7020, the Superintendent of Elections at 201-336-6101 or the Board of Elections at 201-336-6225.