Poll Worker Information
Voter Information
Challenger Information
Polling Locations
One
Bergen County Plaza, Room 310
Hackensack, NJ 07601
201-336-6225
201-336-6230
Challenger Information
All candidates or campaigns that wish to appoint challengers must submit a Challenger Request Form. Pursuant to NJ Statute 19:7-3, the Challenger Request Form must be filed 2 weeks prior to the election. And, all Challengers MUST be registered to vote within BERGEN COUNTY.
Filing a challenger application form
- Print, fill out, and submit a challenger request form.
- Form can be faxed to 201-336-6242 or 201-336-6234.
- Or, form
can be mailed to:
Bergen County Board of Elections
One Bergen County Plaza, Room 310
Hackensack, NJ 07601
What can a challenger do?
- Challengers must be seated near the boardworkers so that they may hear the names of the voters being processed.
- Challengers can write down the names and address of voters.
- Challengers can challenge a voter. This process must be done in accordance with State and Federal laws.
- Challengers may request the public counter numbers on the voting machine from the boardworkers. The boardworkers can give this information to the challengers provided they are not busy with voters or their other duties.
- Challengers can be present at the close of the polls to witness the opening of the voting machines and hear the unofficial vote totals.
What challengers cannot do!
- Challengers cannot address the voters. They must inform the Boardworkers when they wish to initiate a challenge.
- Challengers
cannot challenge a voter based on:
a) their race, sex, creed, ethnic origin.
b) how they think they might vote.
c) the fact they live in a particular ward, housing complex or section of a municipality or county. - Challengers cannot stand behind the election tables or go near the voting machines.
- Challengers cannot look over the shoulders of or sit with the boardworkers.
- Challengers cannot touch the voting machines or registration books.
- Challengers cannot use cellphones, Blackberries, iPhones, laptops or any other electronic/wireless communicating device while in the polling location.
- Challengers cannot wear any partisan/political buttons, pins, hats, clothing, signs, etc while in the polling location. They can only be identified by the County-issued badge and permit.
- Challengers cannot campaign in the polling location.
- Challengers cannot disturb the quiet and business-like atmosphere of the polling location.
- Challengers cannot harass or intimidate any voters.