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  Voting in Polling Places I Absentee Ballot Voters  
  Pursuant to the federal “Help America Vote Act of 2002" (HAVA), if you registered to vote by mail in your county after January 1, 2003, and never voted in a federal election in the county, you were required to provide your county commissioner of registration with identification.  
  If you did not provide identification to the county commissioner of registration or if the identification information could not be verified (i.e., your driver’s license number or the last four digits of your social security number),  
 
YOU MUST SHOW IDENTIFICATION AT THE POLLING PLACE WHEN YOU GO TO VOTE.
 
  Identification may include, but not limited to,  
  Any Current and Valid Photo ID:  
 
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Driver’s license

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Student or job ID

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Military or other government ID

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Store membership ID

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Bank statement

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Car registration

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Government check or document

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Non-photo driver’s license

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Rent receipt

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Utility bill

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  If you show identification, you will vote in the voting machine.  
  If you do not show identification, you will vote by provisional ballot and have until the close of business on the second day after the election to provide identification to the applicable county election office. You will be given a hand-out at the polling place that will tell you which county election office to contact.  
 
YOU SHOULD BRING IDENTIFICATION WITH YOU TO THE POLLING PLACE IN CASE YOU NEED IT.
 
  Voting in Polling Places I Absentee Ballot Voters  
  If you applied for an absentee ballot, and were required to show identification, you should have received a request for identification in your absentee ballot materials.  
  The identification requirement, however, does not apply to any absentee voter who receives a ballot because of temporary illness or a temporary or permanent disability or any absentee military or overseas civilian voter.  
  If you have any questions, you can call 1-877-NJVOTER (1-877-658-6837).  
 

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