Plan your vote

Special Election: December 9, 4-8 pm

Make a plan for how you’ll vote!

Check registration

If you’re eligible to vote, register at voter.svrs.nj.gov/register

Not sure you’re registered? Visit voter.svrs.nj.gov/registration-check

Vote in person

Voting in person between 4pm-8 pm on Tue., Dec. 9.

The polls are open for only 4 hours! If you can’t make it, please mail your ballot in advance: every vote counts!

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Mail your ballot*

You must apply for a mail-in ballot either by mail before Dec. 2 or in person before 3 pm on Dec. 8.

See detailed instructions below*.

Request mail-in ballot

*Full steps on how to vote by mail

• STEP 1: Request a Vote by Mail Ballot

1) Print this request form.

2) In Section 1, you have 2 options:

• Select “ALL FUTURE ELECTIONS” since voting by mail is easy!

• If you’re just interested in voting by mail for this election, fill out the line that says SPECIAL or OTHER with “MONTCLAIR SCHOOL BOARD”

3) Return the form. You have 2 options:

• Mail the form in your local mailbox postmarked by Dec. 2, or

• Drop it at the County Clerk’s office by Dec. 8 at 3pm.

Keep in mind:

• If you print the form at home, you can mail your application in a regular envelope but need to address it and add postage.

• If you vote by mail in every election, you automatically receive a ballot in the mail.

• STEP 2: Ballot Sent, Check Your Mail!

• STEP 3: Complete the Ballot

● Check envelop to confirm you received:

o The ballot

o Inner envelope with attached certificate

o A mailing envelope

● Completely fill in the oval next to each of your selections in blue or black ink.

● Fill in and sign the certificate, keeping it attached to the inner envelope.

● Place ballot into certificate envelope.

● Then, place the certificate envelope into the mailing envelope.

• STEP 4: Mail It! There’s Two Options

• Drop it in a normal post office box ASAP as it must be postmarked by Dec. 9.

• Or bring it to the Ballot Drop Box at 205 Claremont Ave. by 7:59 pm on Dec. 9.

• STEP 5: Track your Ballot!

• You can track your mail-in ballot here: NJ Voter Information Portal - Track My Ballot

Election Day:

Tuesday, December 9th 4-8 pm

Plan to vote

What’s on the ballot?

Question 1: Vote YES

Pay off $12.6M debt with a one-time tax payment, and avoid a state monitor.

Question 2: Vote YES

Raise $7.6M by resetting your baseline property tax to close $7M budget gap, modernize accounting software, pay for a forensic audit of accounting records, and avoid a state monitor.