If you are a qualified and registered voter of the State who wants to vote by mail in the Municipal Election to be held on May 12, 2026, complete the application form below and send to the undersigned or write or apply in person to the undersigned at once requesting that a mail-in ballot be forwarded to you. The request must state your home address and the address to which the ballot should be sent. The request must be dated and signed with your signature.
If any person has assisted you to complete the mail-in ballot application, the name, address and signature of the assistor must be provided on the application, and you must sign and date the application for it to be valid and processed. No person shall serve as an authorized messenger for more than three (3) qualified voters in an election, but a person may serve as such for up to five qualified voters in an election if those voters are immediate family members residing in the same household as the messenger or bearer. No person who is a candidate in the election for which the voter requests a mail-in ballot may provide any assistance in the completion of the ballot or may serve as an authorized messenger or bearer.
No mail-in ballot will be provided to any applicant who submits a request therefor by mail unless the request is received at least seven days before the election and contains the requested information. A voter may, however, request an application in person from the County Clerk up to 3 p.m. of the day before the election.
Voters who want to vote only by mail in all future elections in which they are eligible to vote, and who state that on their application shall, after their initial request and without further action on their part, be provided a mail-in ballot by the County Clerk until the voter requests that the voter no longer be sent such a ballot. A voter’s failure to vote in the fourth general election following the general election at which the voter last voted may result in the suspension of that voter’s ability to receive a mail-in ballot for all future general elections unless a new application is completed and filed with the County Clerk.
Application forms may be obtained by applying to the undersigned either in writing, by telephone, on-line at www.capemaycountyvotes.com, or the application form provided below may be completed and forwarded to the undersigned.
Dated March 18 2026
Rita M. Rothberg, County Clerk
County of Cape May
7 North Main Street
PO Box 5000
Cape May Court House, NJ 08210-5000
(609) 465-1013
