TRENTON
– Attorney General Zulima V. Farber
announced today that a total of 4,837,943
New Jersey residents were registered to
vote after the close of registration for
the June 6, 2006 Primary Election.
The number was tallied following the close
of voter registration on Tuesday, May 16.
The overall number reflects voter registrations
submitted to the Division of Elections,
County Superintendents of Election and Commissioners
of Registration.
The updated, pre-primary voter registration
total reflects a 20,023 increase in the
number of registered voters in New Jersey
compared with the pre-primary voter registration
total for 2005. Of those currently registered
to vote: 1,137,312 persons are declared
Democrat, 878,906 are declared Republican,
and 2,820,183 are unaffiliated. There are
also 735 registered Green Party voters,
519 Libertarian Party voters, 50 Natural
Law Party registrants, 106 Reform Party
voters, and 132 U.S. Constitution Party
registrants.
Attorney General Farber, the state’s
Chief Election Official, noted that newly
registered voters will be eligible to vote
in either party’s primary, but must
declare their party affiliation at the polls
on June 6. Any registered Democrat or Republican
who wanted to change affiliation and vote
in the other party’s primary had to
have filed a change of party affiliation
by April 17. In addition, any voters registered
with one of the following political groups
– Green, Libertarian, Natural Law
Party, Reform or U.S. Constitution –
cannot vote in the primary unless they changed
their affiliation by April 17.
Division of Elections Deputy Director Maria
Del Valle Koch said that, under election
legislation enacted in 2005, all registered
New Jersey voters now have the option of
voting either in person or by absentee ballot.
The deadline for mail-in absentee ballot
applications is Tuesday, May 30.
Voters can still apply for an absentee ballot
in person at their county clerk’s
office up until 3 p.m. Monday, June
5.
A list of candidates for the June 6 Primary
Election is available on the Division of
Elections Web site www.NJElections.org.
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