Election Day 2012 info

Election Day is here and here's your guide to exercising your right to vote.

Polling Locations

Polling places open as early as 6am and remain open until 8pm.
If you don't know your polling site - please visit these sites and put in your street address/zip:
- https://www.google.com/elections/ed/us/vote/
- http://voterhub.us/
- or text your street address, with city, state and zip code to number 877877.

As per the County Clerk's office - only 7 of the 108 polling sites are without power/access. Alternate locations were selected and are below.

North Ward:
all polling sites are the same

East Ward:
District 12 at Summo Village
changed to South Street School - 151 South Street

South Ward:
District 1, 11 at Avon Ave School
changed to JC White Manor - 516 Bergen Street

District 22 at Bragaw Elementary School
changed to The Leaguers Bldg - 731 Clinton Ave

District 20 at University High School
changed to The Leaguers Bldg - 731 Clinton Ave

Central Ward:
District 28 at Harriet Tubman School
changed to Camden Street School - 281 Camden Street

West Ward:
District 22, 7, 25 at Vailsburg Branch Library
changed to Boylan Rec Center - 916 So. Orange Ave

District 48, 7, 49 at Westside Park Community Center
changed to S. 17th Street School - 619 South 17th Street

Can't make it to the polls: Vote by fax/email
Can't make it to the polls because you are out of the area - you can still vote electronically until 8pm tomorrow. Here are the details and instructions. Basically you will need to fill out a voter application by 5pm. The clerk's office determines if you are a qualified voter and will send you an electronic ballot, which must be emailed or faxed in by 8pm.

What are you voting for?

If you didn't receive it in the mail, here you can view a sample ballot.

President/Vice President (4 year term)
Choices: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, and many other independents and other parties.

US Senator (6 year term)
Choices: Robert Menendez, Joe Kyrillos, Gwen Diakos, and many others

Member of the House of Representatives (2 year term)
Choices: Donald Payne, Jr., Brian C. Kelemen, Joanne Miller, Mick Erickson

Sheriff (3 year term)
Choices: Armando Fontoura, Orlando Mendez

Question #1: Do you approve the "Building Our Future Bond Act"? This bond act authorizes the State to issue bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $750 million to provide matching grants to New Jersey's colleges and universities. Money from the grants will be used to build, equip and expand higher education facilities for the purpose of increasing academic capacity.

Approval of this act would allow the proceeds of bonds to provide grants to NJ public and private colleges and universities to construct and enhance buildings to increase capacity.

Question #2: Do you approve an amendment to the New Jersey Constitution, as agreed to by the Legislature, to allow contributions set by law to be taken from the salaries of Supreme Court Justices and Superior Court Judges for their employee benefits?

Approval of this would require judges stated above would contribute to their pension and health care coverage (from their salaries) during their terms.