Summary of Services
Services provided to the public:
- Certify Polling Places conform to all facets of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Help America Vote Act (HAVA), and N.J.S.A, Title 19, including conduct of all elections.
- Oversee conduct for annual inspection of Polling Place locations; certify Polling place accessibility compliance
- Receive, process, canvassing & counting of all Mail-In ballots, including Overseas Civilian, Military, Provisional and Emergency ballots for all elections
- Recruiting, training, certifying and assigning Poll Workers to each of the 45 Polling Districts in Salem County and supervising them on Election Day
- Verify eligibility and process Challenger requests, distribute Challengers credentials, permits & badges for all elections
- Redistricting Election Districts, when appropriate, in conjunction with Municipal Clerks to maintain proper voting districts. Drawing of district lines, certifying voting districts, filing maps & the legal boundary descriptions of the election districts with the Secretary of State
- Serve as a Polling location for Mail-In ballot voters for all elections
- Conduct recounts of election results as required by court order
- Register new voters, update & maintain registration rolls, purge registrations as required by law for deceased, disenfranchised and inactive status registrations
- Custodians of Voting machines and other voting equipment
- Maintenance and programming of voting machines
- Certification of election vote tabulation equipment
- Certifying election results as the Board of Canvassers with the County Clerk