NJ Lt. Gov: State sees over million people cast ballots with early in-person voting
This was the first time the state has had early in-person voting for a presidential election since its implementation in 2021.
Early Voting ended Sunday in the Garden State, and over a million New Jersey residents broke records by voting early, according to Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way.
This was the first time the state has had early in-person voting for a presidential election since its implementation in 2021.
Lt. Gov. Way oversees the state’s Division of Elections and says the big turnout is, in part, due to voter awareness.
"I’m so thrilled. I, of course, want to thank all of the election workers throughout the state and, of course, those who have voted," said Way.
News 12 saw lines of residents across the state casting their votes ahead of Election Day.
Way tweeted on Monday that over 150,000 residents cast their votes on the final day of Early Voting.
"We’ve already had 1,173,400 folks who have cast their ballot Early Voting," said Way.
That also includes vote by mail, which has already seen over 750,000 votes come in.
There are over 9.3 million New Jersey residents, and of those, 6.6 million are registered voters.
In the 2020 presidential election, 4.6 million New Jersey residents voted, this was before early in-person voting was implemented
However, Early Voting in this election cycle is already around 25% of the 2020 numbers.
There are no predictions from the lieutenant governor on voter turnout for Tuesday.
However, she wants voters to know their rights and where they can go if they’ve got questions and concerns and any other election information you might need.
