FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon is advising voters that mail-in ballots for the 2025 Democratic and Republican Primary Elections are now available.

“To vote by mail, eligible voters must first fill out an Application for Vote -by-Mail Ballot which can be downloaded from MonmouthCountyVotes.com or the Monmouth County Votes mobile app,” said Clerk Hanlon. “This application may also be obtained in person by visiting the County Clerk’s Election Office or from the Municipal Clerk of a resident’s town.”

The County Clerk’s Office must receive the completed application form by mail no later than June 3, 2025, at least seven days before the June 10th Primary Election Day. Voters who submit the form in person at the County Clerk’s Election Office may do so up until June 9, 2025, at 3 p.m., the day before the election.

Simple instructions for completing and returning a mail-in ballot are included in the ballot package. Voters may submit completed mail-ballots to the County Board of Elections for counting either by mail, in-person at the County Clerk’s Election Office (at 300 Halls Mill Road, Freehold) or at one of the County’s ballot drop box locations. A list of drop box locations can be found online at MonmouthCountyVotes.com or on our Monmouth County Votes mobile app.

Voters can also track the status of a mail-in ballot by signing up for the Monmouth County “BallotTrax” system, which provides online ballot tracking and offers enhanced features of status notifications to voters via voice, email or text message. Voters can sign up for BallotTrax online at http://monmouthcountyballottrax.com.

Questions about voting or the elections process can be directed to Jesse Estlow of the Monmouth County Clerk’s Elections Division at 732-431-7790, ext. 7794, or by email at Jesse.Estlow@co.monmouth.nj.us.

About the Monmouth County Clerk

The Office of the Monmouth County Clerk is comprised of five divisions handling property recordings, elections, archives, passports and records management.  The County Clerk’s Office also provides resident, veteran and Gold Star Family identification cards to eligible county residents, administers oaths to notaries and public officials and performs wedding ceremonies. The Monmouth County Clerk is a constitutional and administrative officer elected to a five-year term by the voters of Monmouth County. Christine Giordano Hanlon, Esq. was elected Monmouth County Clerk in November 2015 and was re-elected to a second term in November 2020.