On November 2nd, 2021 the New Jersey elections were held. Registered voters had the opportunity to vote early in person, by mail in ballot, or go into the polls to vote on the day of the election. In person early voting takes place nine days before the election. This allows people to choose to vote on the day that works best for them, if they can not come in to vote on Election Day. Another option for early voting is to vote with a mail in ballot. This gained a lot of popularity because of the pandemic since people did not want to go into the polls to vote. Voters can request a mail in ballot, fill it out, and then mail it to their county’s Board of Elections or deliver it there themselves. The last, and most well known way to vote is by going to the polls on Election Day. This allows voters to cast their ballots in person on the day of the election. 

The results of the election were very exciting since they were not able to be announced right away, especially the race for governor. It was very close between Democrat Phil Murphy, the incumbent, and Republican Jack Ciattarelli. Ultimately, they called Phil Murphy as the winner. There were many more positions voted on in this election, such as State Senate, General Assembly, Town Council, Board of Education, and Board of County Commissioners. Marlboro is in the thirteenth legislative district. Republican Declan O’Scanlon won for Senate and Republicans Gerard Scharfenberger and Victoria Flynn won for General Assembly in the thirteenth district. In the Town Council, Republicans Michael Milman, Antoinette DiNuzzo, and Juned Qazi won. Also, Christina Russotto, Kathleen Amster, Aldo Patruno, and Jessica Piernik won for the Board of Education and Republican Susan M. Kiley won the Board of County Commissioners. The state constitutional questions for this election were about betting on college sports and about letting organizations keep the money they make from raffles, or other games of chance, for themselves. The majority of people answered no to college betting, while they answered yes on the profits from games. Finally, the Freehold Regional High School District proposed a referendum that would give them money to help their schools. This referendum was passed, which is very beneficial for the district because now they have help with paying for the things they need. People clearly exercised their right to vote on November 2nd and were hopefully satisfied with the results of the election.