Election Information

Governor Murphy Announces Predominantly Mail-In Election in November:

• What You Need to Know to Vote in the November 3, 2020 General Election Handout
• Mythbusters Handout

For an informational flyer on what you need to know to vote in the November 3, 2020 General Election, click here.

Voters will be able return ballots:

• By USPS mail;
  • Must be postmarked November 3rd. 
• By handing it directly to a poll worker at a polling place on Election Day;
  • Oakland's polling location is at Valley Middle School ONLY, 71 Oak Street, Oakland, NJ 07436;
• By depositing it in a secure drop box - Oakland is proud to have a drop box location, which is at the Borough Hall, 1 Municipal Plaza, Oakland, NJ 07436. 
  • Please DO NOT leave ballots in the tax and utility slots.

All ballots being returned through the U.S. Postal System must:

• Carry a postmark by Nov. 3;
• Be received by the County Clerk no later than 8:00 p.m. on Nov. 10, 2020;
• Ballots that lack postmarks due to postal error and received by 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5 will be considered valid.

More Information:

• Learn about the vote-by-mail process from the County of Bergen by clicking here.
• Voters will be able to track their mail-in ballot by clicking here. 
  • An account is required, and can be set-up at the above mentioned link. 

The New Jersey Votes - 2020 NJ Voter Information Portal website can be accessed by visiting Vote.NJ.Gov

In addition, the Governor’s order requires the following:

• Each municipality will be required to open at least one in-person polling site - Oakland's will be Valley Middle School;
• Any voter who chooses to cast their vote in-person will do so on a paper provisional ballot;
• All individuals with visual disabilities will have access to an ADA-conforming voting machine.
• If you choose to go to the polls you will receive a provisional paper ballot. No voting machines will be used in this election. Accommodations will be made for voters with disabilities. 

A provisional paper ballot are ballots that are only counted once all mail-in-ballots have been counted, as they must be looked at individually to ensure that you are a registered voter and have not yet voted by a vote-by-mail ballot. We encourage all those that wish to vote by provisional ballot to do so only if you did not receive your vote-by-mail ballot in the mail, or it was destroyed, thrown away, soiled, etc. Voting by provisional ballot makes the counting process longer.