Your Voice Matters! How To Register To Vote In Mercer County.

Hamilton New Jersey

The 2020 elections are on the way!

Here at PATH Academy we want to encourage all American citizens to excercise their right to vote. In order to make change we must be a part of the process. Make a difference! Get involved!

Roughly 43 percent of eligible voters didn't bother filling out a ballot in the 2016 election, according to turnout estimates from the U.S. Elections Project. To look at it another way, the people who could have voted but chose not to vastly outnumbered those who cast a vote for Clinton, Trump or a third-party candidate.

The U.S. Elections Project, run by a political scientist at the University of Florida, estimates that there are about 251 million voting-age people in the U.S. But not all of them are eligible to vote: some are non-citizens living in the U.S., while several million more can't legally vote because they're in prison, on parole, or have a past felony conviction in states where that's a barrier to voting. Subtract all those people and you've got about 232 million people potentially eligible to cast a vote this fall. But only about 132 million of them did, give or take the one or two million votes that have yet to be officially certified. That means that 100 million people who have the legal right to vote simply decided it wasn't worth the hassle in 2016.

Let's not make the same mistake again!

Listed below in a link to the Mercer County NJ voter registration website and important information about your voting rights and options.

http://www.mercercounty.org/departments/superintendent-of-elections/voter-registration

Voter Registration:

Am I Registered?

Where Do I Vote?

Who Can Register?

To register in New Jersey you must be:

A United States citizen.

I am at least 17 years old, and understand that I may not vote until reaching the age 18.

A resident of the county for 30 days before the election.

You are NOT currently serving a sentence, probation or parole because of a felony conviction.

Where to Register:

Applications for registration can be obtained from the Superintendent of Elections/Commissioner of Registrations in the County where you live or from your Municipal Clerk, County Clerk or the State Division of Elections. Registration forms are also available at Division of Motor Vehicle offices. You can also register to vote at the same time you are applying for assistance or service at the following agencies:

NJ Medical Assistance & Health Services Program WIC (Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infant & Children)

Work First NJ Programs Division of Developmental Disabilities Office of Disability Services

Department of Human Services

Public Offices Armed Forces of the United States Recruitment Offices Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Department of Labor Commission of the Blind & Visually Impaired County Welfare Agency or County Board of Social Services

You can also print a registration application and after entering required data, mail it to the:

Mercer County Superintendent of Elections/Commissioner of Registration 640 S. Broad St P.O. Box 8068 Trenton NJ 08650-0068

You may also call the Superintendent’s office at (609) 989-6750 and a form will be mailed to you. In addition, this form can also be used for a name change, address change, signature update, Political Party Affiliation or Non-affiliation Change. No faxed copies or an electronic transmission of a voter registration form can be accepted since an original signature is required. The registrant must down load the form and send the hard copy to the Superintendent of Elections.

Registration Deadline: 21 days before an election.

Voter Drive:

If interested in having a voter drive you can obtain up to 200 voter registration forms from our office. If more forms are needed please go to the State Division of Elections.