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RandySF

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Tue Oct 7, 2025, 06:59 PM Oct 7

N.J. voter turnout at 3%; 15% of all voters received VBM ballots [View all]

With four weeks remaining until Election Day, New Jerseyans have returned 196,429 vote-by-mail ballots, according to an analysis by VoteHub.

Of those ballots, 122,543 (62.7%) are from registered Democrats, 45,474 (23.3%) are from registered Republicans, and 27,411 (14%) are from unaffiliated voters. About 14% of all registered voters statewide have requested mail-in ballots; that number is actually close to 15% when roughly 470,000 inactive voters are deducted from the total .

Republicans are returning their VBMs at a slightly higher rate than Democrats: 25.7% compared to 23.5%.

But Democrats have a massive 57.7% to 19.5% advantage in the number of ballots mailed by county clerks. Out of 906,708 ballots mailed, 521,514 went to Democrats and 177,191 to Republicans. This represents a confluence of a voter registration advantage in a state with 832,537 more Democrats than Republicans, and a general distrust in vote-by-mail ballots by Republicans nationally.





https://newjerseyglobe.com/fr/n-j-voter-turnout-at-3-15-of-all-voters-received-vbm-ballots/

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