Voting

A federal lawsuit seeks to end the use of 'the line' in desiging ballots for primary elections in New Jersey.

It didn't take long after Governor Phil Murphy announced this week that masks would be required for in-person voting at the polls in the primary election for Ocean County Assemblyman Ron Dancer (R) to toss out the red challenge flag.

Around 1.4% of ballots cast in the mostly mail-in election were rejected. That's half the rate from the July primary but double that of the 2016 election.

Here are how the votes and races are shaping up from Election Tuesday as reported by the Ocean and Monmouth County Clerks Offices.

Counties can proces mail-in votes now but not tabulate them until election night. Provisional votes cast at polling places won't be counted until Nov. 10.

In these unprecedented times, there are many challenges with a primarily and universal mail-in ballot/drop off ballot Election process in 2020.

Here are how the votes and races are shaping up from Primary Election Tuesday as reported by the Ocean and Monmouth County Clerks Offices.