Early Voting for Bayonne’s 2026 Municipal Election Set for May 8, 9, and 10
Editor’s note:Votes cast in-person, whether during early voting or after, are counted the same as those cast in-person on election day itself. Mail-in votes are also all counted, often before all of the other votes. Mail-in ballots are more likely to be challenged or thrown out than in person votes, but this is not always the case. It depends on the requirements of your state. To give you an idea of the rate of rejection, New Jersey in 2020 rejected 1.18% of mail-in ballots, while New York rejected 3.62% of such ballots. The rejections can occur for various reasons, so in order to ensure that your vote is counted, going in person is always the best way to ensure that it is actually counted and not subject to challenge. As in most states, mail-in ballots must be postmarked by election day. There are only two early polling locations in the City of Bayonne: City Hall and the Bayonne Community Museum.
City Clerk Madelene Medina announced that early voting for Bayonne’s May 12 Municipal Election will take place on the following dates and times in the Council Chambers at City Hall and at the Bayonne Community Museum:
Friday, May 8, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 9, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 10, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
City Hall is located at 630 Avenue C, between 27th and 28th Streets. The Bayonne Community Museum is located at 229 Broadway at the corner of 9th Street. Designated, short-term parking spaces for voters will be established in front of City Hall and the Bayonne Community Museum on May 8, 9, and 10. The Council Chambers are located inside City Hall on the ground floor of the building, immediately inside the main glass door entrance to the building. Voting will take place in the Community Museum on the ground level of the building. Handicapped parking and a handicapped ramp are available at the rear of the Community Museum.
The offices up for election in the Bayonne 2026 Municipal Election are Mayor (vote for one), Council Members At-Large (vote for two), and Council Member for each ward (vote for one in either the First Ward, the Second Ward, or the Third Ward), depending on your place of residence. Voters from throughout the city will be allowed to participate in the early voting at City Hall and at the Bayonne Community Museum. Votes cast in the early voting period will be counted with those cast in the voter’s ward of residence on Election Day.
Only those who are registered to vote in the City of Bayonne may participate in the early voting program for the Bayonne Municipal Election. Anyone who votes early on May 8, 9, or 10 will not be allowed to vote on Election Day, which is Tuesday, May 12, because they will have voted already.
The early voting process will be administered by City Clerk Medina and her staff.
Banner Image: Voting. Image Credit – Phil Hearing
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Bayonne is a community that retains many of the elements of a small town. One and two family homes, small apartment buildings, and small business predominate. There is a population of 62,000 people who take pride in their hometown and its history. Bayonne residents and their ancestors moved to the city from many parts of the world. During colonial times and the first century of the American Republic, the Dutch, British, and Africans were the first groups to arrive after the Native Americans. Subsequent waves of immigrants came from all over Europe, especially between the 1880s and the 1920s. In recent decades, sources of immigration have largely been represented from countries in Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeastern Asia. Each group has left its mark on the cultural, religious and political life of the community.
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