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County Updates
on Nov. 3 General
Election Voting
M
9 to discuss the state mandated changes for voting in the
Tuesday, Nov. 3 General Election signed into law by Gov. Phil
Election will be conducted primarily by mail-in ballots.
All registered and active voters will automatically receive mailin
ballots submitting a vote by mail application. The mail-in ballots
were sent to voters on or before Oct. 5, per state law.
This year, there will be a limited number of polling places for in
person voting on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Paper provisional ballots only will
be available for voting. Voters with disabilities who need an accessi-
732-431-7790, or they may go to their assigned 2020 polling place
on General Election Day, where they will be provided with access to
an ADA accessible voting device.
“This year’s Nov. 3 election is unprecedented,” said Monmouth
County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon. “I encourage voters to
check MonmouthCountyVotes.com and to download our free Monmouth
County Votes Mobile App, so they can receive the latest information
about the process and procedures.”
Patricia A. Bennett, commissioner of the Monmouth County
Board of Elections, shared how voters can return their mail-in ballot
to the County Board of Elections for counting. Per the state mandate,
voters can return their completed General Election mail-in ballots
Halls Mill Rd. in Freehold, or in person at their assigned 2020 General
Election polling place.
“It is important to remember that every mail-in ballot will be
counted, pursuant to state law, before the provisional ballots from
you feel strongly about going to the polls on Election Day, Nov. 3,
I encourage you to bring your completed mail-in ballot and simply
drop it off. Since everyone wants timely results from this election, I
encourage all voters to return their mail in ballots for counting as
soon as they received them.”
BUSINESS
MATTERS
BY GLEN J. DALAKIAN, SR.
Vote. It's Important
Election Day is almost upon us. Is your opinion important? Only if
you choose to express it at the polls. Of late, I have witnessed some
of the most demanding and perhaps uncertain months of my lifetime.
There has always been confusion around elections with stories of
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slinging. But this year, we have reached new levels of insecurity and
protest. The extremes appear to be creating greater divides between us.
My goal in this article is not to choose your direction. Now more
than ever, I believe we need to go beyond the thought of whose running
and look at the big picture for our Nation. Night after night the
news shows many Americans feel we are not going in the right direction
for more reasons than ever before. The scary part of this to me
is seeing so many differing opinions from splintered corners of our
society. With that said, let’s take this time to look inward and focus
on our one vote, which only we can use wisely or not at all, as it is our
decision in the booth (private and personal).
opinions and review more than one side of each issue, make a solid
choice for good reason and then get out for the election. It is in
our mutual best interest to see as many of the electorate as possible
show up in November. Year after year we leave important decisions on
who will run government to a handful of citizens. Surveys show such
polarization, that only a small percentage of people in the middle
(“undecided voters” as pollsters call them) seem to sway the course of
leadership in our country.
Some have said, “Why vote? The outcome doesn’t seem to affect
me.” But I strongly disagree. The right to vote is one that far
too many people around the world still do not have the true freedom
to enjoy. Even if casting your ballot doesn’t seem to change an outcome,
the process may have a profound impact on you and perhaps
those around you.
This year, let’s pay more attention and seriously review the candidates.
Evaluate the parties and the individuals on the ballot and see
who would move in the direction you could agree with. I challenge
you to invest some time and make a practical and informed decision,
and my hope is that each of us will vote right.
Vote with passion, conviction and a clear understanding of what
you and your fellow Americans need most, a “government of the people,
by the people, for the people.”
“Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote
except the American people themselves, and the only way they could do
this is by not voting.” –Franklin D. Roosevelt
Glen J. Dalakian is the immediate past president of the Colts Neck
Business Association and host of Tandem Radio, a business talk show.
A writer and consummate entrepreneur, he is also the president
of CSAV Systems. Contact him at glenjd@tandemradio.com.
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