New Jersey Sample Ballot 2026: How to Get Yours, the U.S. Senate Candidates and Early Voting Oct. 24-Nov. 1

New Jersey voters get their Nov. 3, 2026 sample ballot from their county clerk, who mails it to active registered voters before the election. The ballot has a U.S. Senate race, all 12 House seats and county and local offices. Your sample ballot also shows your polling place.

How to get your New Jersey sample ballot

• Check your mail. County clerks send sample ballots before each election. Inactive voters do not receive one.
• Look on your county clerk’s website. Many post sample ballots by town and district.
• Find your polling place with the state’s Polling Place Search at Vote.NJ.Gov if the mailer has not arrived.

Confirm that your registration is active at Vote.NJ.Gov or by calling the state voter hotline at 1-877-658-6837. For other states, see our sample ballot lookup for all 50 states.

Key dates

Date	What
Tue., Oct. 13	Registration deadline (passed)
Sat., Oct. 24 to Sun., Nov. 1	Early in-person voting, Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tue., Nov. 3	Election Day, polls open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.; drop boxes and county board offices take mail ballots until 8 p.m.
Within six days after Nov. 3	Last day for a mailed ballot postmarked by Election Day to arrive

During early voting you can use any early voting site in your county. Mail ballots cannot be dropped off at early voting sites or polling places.

What is on the ballot

U.S. Senate

The Division of Elections’ official list, dated July 27, shows four candidates:

• Cory Booker, Democratic (incumbent)
• Justin Murphy, Republican
• Veronica Fernandez, End the Corruption!
• Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party

U.S. House and local races

All 12 congressional districts are on the ballot. The official House list was last updated on Sept. 4. County offices such as clerk, sheriff and commissioner, plus municipal races, vary by county.

Public questions

The Division of Elections’ 2026 general election page lists no statewide public question. Local questions, such as open space funding, appear only in the towns that have them.

ID rules

Most New Jersey voters do not need ID. Some first-time voters who registered by mail without providing an ID number must show ID the first time they vote. That can be a photo ID or a document with your name and address, such as a utility bill or a bank statement. A voter without one casts a provisional ballot and has 48 hours to bring ID to the county.

Print your checklist

The free checklist below lists the Senate candidates, early voting hours and mail ballot rules, with room for your House, county and local races. New Jersey’s polls close at 8 p.m.; see poll closing times for every state, and the New York ballot guide if you vote across the river.