Tuesday Deadline to Register to Vote in June Primary Election

This Tuesday, May 14, is the last day to register to vote in the Primary Election to select party candidates, to be held June 4.

The Somerset County offices on Grove Street will have extended hours, from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday for anyone still looking to register.

There will be no local race in this year’s primary, with one Democrat and one Republican each seeking the one-three year seat on the Bernards Township Committee that

For the Democrats, who ran last year but was not elected to the all-Republican Township Committee, again is seeking his party's nomination to be listed on the ballot this November.

For the Republicans, Planning Board Chair Carol Bianchi gained the endorsement of the Republican Municipal Committee to seek the GOP party's official nomination in the June primary election. 

Independent candidates have until 4 p.m. June 4 to file nominating petitions to be on the November ballot.

Registration forms can be found in various places, including the township clerk's office at 1 Collyer Lane, the Bernards Township, the Division of Motor Vehicles and elsewhere, said Township Clerk Denise Szabo. 

The forms must be mailed with an original signature, not faxed, and must be received by the deadline date by the county clerk. Because the deadline is Tuesday, citizens who want to insure their application is received by the deadline might want to submit it in person in Somerville, Szabo suggested.

For further information on registering to vote, contact Rhonda Pisano at the municipal building at 1 Collyer Lane in Basking Ridge, at 908-204-3001 or at rpisano@bernads.org.

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