Any registered voter with a primary residence in Bergen County may use a mail-in ballot.

See the important dates and elections page for further information.

Any registered voter may apply to vote by mail using an authorized messenger. The messenger must be a member of the voter's family or a registered voter of Bergen County. The voter must provide the authorized messenger's name and address in section 12 of the application, and must sign the application on the line provided. The authorized messenger must show photo ID and sign the application in the presence of a county clerk election official and deliver the mail-in ballot directly to the voter. An authorized messenger will be permitted to serve as a messenger for no more than 10 qualified voters per election.

Call the County Clerk's Election Division immediately. There are many reasons why an application can be rejected. Usually, this happens because the signature on the application does not match the signature on file in voter registration, or because there is some other discrepancy with your registration. These problems are usually resolved easily, but we can only help if you call the office at 201-336-7020.

You may submit a military vote-by-mail application for any election if you are a registered voter in Bergen County and are any of the following:

• An active member of the armed forces
• A spouse or dependent of a member of the armed forces
• A patient in a veteran's hospital
• A civilian attached to or in service with the armed forces out of state, or a spouse or dependent residing with or accompanying that person.

You can also obtain a Federal and/or military vote-by-mail application from the Bergen County Clerk's office, your local municipal clerk's office, from the proper military personnel, or from the Federal Voting Assistance Program's website. The Application is only valid for 1 year and must be renewed every year. You will receive a mail-in ballot for each election held in your municipality during that year.

In Section 11, you must provide your name, address, and signature thereby identifying yourself as an assister.

If you are unable to sign your name the way it appears in the voter registry, you may indicate your mark, such as an X, in Section 8 of the application. Place this mark on the line provided for your signature. Your name must be printed next to the mark. Any person assisting you with the application must fill in the box and sign his or her name as an assister.

No. Candidates in an election for which a voter is requesting a mail-in ballot cannot be an assister or authorized messenger.

If you are a U.S. citizen living overseas, either temporarily or indefinitely, you can still vote. You will need to fill out and send us a Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) . In section 1 of this form, you must indicate if you are residing outside of the U.S. temporarily or indefinitely. This application must be renewed every year, in January. Federal Voting Assistance Program

You must submit an application to the County Clerk's Election Division. These applications are available at the County Clerk's Election Division, at your local municipal clerk's office, or you may download and print the vote-by-mail application.

Once your Application has been approved by the county clerk's office, and the ballot has been mailed out to you, you will not be permitted to vote at your polling location for that election.