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FVAP
News Release #14
October 8, 2002 |
| Back
to 2002 Election Update
I Division
of Elections |
Department
of Defense
Federal Voting Assistance Program
(FVAP)
NEW JERSEY TO ISSUE CORRECTED
ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOR THE U.S. SENATE GENERAL ELECTION
ON NOVEMBER 5, 2002 |
On October 2,
2002, the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered the
name of Robert G. Torricelli be removed from
the November 5, 2002 General Election ballot
as a Democratic candidate for the office of
United States Senate to be replaced with the
name of Frank L. Lautenberg. The counties of
Cape May, Gloucester, Mercer, Morris and Somerset
were the only counties in New Jersey that had
already started sending out absentee ballots
with Mr. Torricelli's name on them. All of those
affected voters will receive a corrected ballot
including instructions for its return.
Uniformed Services and overseas citizen voters
from New Jersey who may have received an absentee
ballot with Robert Torricelli's name on it should
check that their second absentee ballot is marked
"Corrected". The corrected ballot
will contain the names of the following individuals
as candidates for the United States Senate:
Douglas R. Forrester, Frank R. Lautenberg, Ted
Glick, Elizabeth Macron, Gregory Pason and Norman
E. Wahner. These voters are urged to vote the
"Corrected" ballot and to return it
immediately upon voting.
New Jersey allows overseas voters to receive
absentee ballots and to return voted ballots
by fax. By judicial decree, for the November
5, 2002 election, the faxing provision has been
expanded to include stateside Uniformed Services
personnel and their family members. Those citizens
of New Jersey who desire to receive their absentee
ballot by fax should provide their county clerk
with their complete commercial fax number, including
country codes necessary when dialing from the
U.S. If the citizen returns the voted ballot
by fax, it must be followed by mailing the original,
signed voted ballot to the county clerk. Citizens
should be aware that by faxing the ballot they
are giving up their right to secrecy of their
vote. They will need to sign a waiver form that
should be included in the ballot materials.
Please refer to Appendix C of the 2002-03 Voting
Assistance Guide (available
at www.fvap.gov) for specific instructions
and blank cover sheet for use when transmitting
election
> materials electronically. Use only the
following numbers for faxing:
DSN 223-5527
(703) 693-5527
1-800-368-8683
Toll-free numbers outside the U.S. are listed
at
www.fvap.gov/learn/faxing.html.
Overseas voters who have not received their
state absentee ballot can use the Federal Write-In
Absentee Ballot (Standard Form 186) (FWAB) to
vote for candidates for Federal office. FWABs
are available from their Voting Assistance Officer
(VAO) in their unit or at their embassy or consulate.
VAOs should contact those citizens they assist
who are New Jersey voters and inform them of
this news release and provide help to them in
acquiring the corrected absentee ballot.
Further information is available at the New
Jersey Elections Division website, www.njpublicsafety.com/election2002_update.html.
Questions regarding the above may also be referred
to the Director, Federal Voting Assistance Program,
Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters
Services, 1155 Defense Pentagon, Washington,
DC 20301-1155. Additionally, the FVAP can be
reached via e-mail at vote@fvap.ncr.gov.
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