Voter turnout in N.J. over 15% as early voting explodes
New Jerseyans are taking to early voting like Chris Christie to an expensive hotel room with 381,147 in-person early votes cast on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.
With 637,478 vote-by-mail ballots returned so far, 1,018,625 voters – 15% of the total electorate and about 17% of active registered voters – have already voted in the 2024 general election, according to an analysis by Ryan Dubicki, an Associated Press election researcher.
In the highly competitive 7th district congressional race between Republican incumbent Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) and Democrat Sue Altman, 116,898 votes have already been cast, a turnout of over 18% one week before Election Day.
In NJ-7, Republicans are outpacing Democrats in early voting by 7,385 votes, 46%-30%, but Democrats have a 19,274-vote edge in returned mail-in ballots, 53%-26%. In total advance votes cast, 11,889 more Democrats than Republicans (44%-34%) have voted.
County clerks in the 7th have mailed 56,536 VBMs to Democrats, 27,536 to Republicans, and 30,971 to unaffiliated voters. Democrats have 19,210 outstanding vote-by-mail ballots, while 10,484 Republicans and 16,627 unaffiliateds have not yet returned their ballots or had them marked as received by election officials.
https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/voter-turnout-in-n-j-over-15-as-early-voting-explodes/