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Las elecciones primarias de junio

Cada mes de junio hay elecciones primarias por todo Nueva Jersey. Debe afiliarse con un partido político para participar en la elección primaria del partido que prefiere.

Acerca de las elecciones primarias “cerradas”

En Nueva Jersey, se consideran “cerradas” las elecciones primarias. Quiere decir que los votantes no afiliados – los que no son miembros de ningún partido político – solo pueden votar en las primarias si se afilian al partido político republicano o al demócrata. En otras palabras, hay que registrarse como demócrata o republicano para votar en las elecciones primarias.

Las elecciones primarias de junio son solo para los partidos demócrata y republicano. *Si usted es miembro registrado del Partido Verde, el partido Libertario, el Partido de la Ley Natural, el Partido de la Reforma, el Partido de la Constitución de EE.UU., el Partido Conservado o el Partido Socialista de Nueva Jersey puede participar en la convención de ese partido, de acuerdo con sus estatutos, pero no puede votar en las elecciones primarias demócratas o republicanas.

¿Cuándo y para qué partidos políticos?

Q: WHEN IS THE PRIMARY ELECTION HELD?

A: The New Jersey primary election will be held on June 4, 2024.

Q: WHAT IF YOU ARE AN UNAFFILIATED VOTER?

A: Steps and options:

You must affiliate with either the Democratic or Republican party in order to vote in their primary election.
If you want to vote in person, go to your polling place during In-person Early Voting Days or on Election Day and tell the poll workers which primary you’d like to vote in — Democratic or Republican (the only two parties who qualify for primary elections under state law at this time). They will provide a Political Party Affiliation Declaration Form to fill out. Once you have voted, you can fill out another form to change your status back to “Unaffiliated.”
If you vote by mail, you must affiliate with either the Democratic or Republican party first, in order to receive a ballot for that party by mail. Use either form below. Once your form has been received, you will be mailed the primary ballot corresponding to the political party you have selected. Mail-in ballots will be mailed out starting April 20, 2024 so we recommend VBM voters to affiliate before the commencement of that date. However, the absolute deadline for this is May 28, 2024.

Q: WHAT IF YOU BELONG TO ONE PARTY BUT WANT TO VOTE IN ANOTHER PARTY’S PRIMARY ELECTION EG. REPUBLICAN BUT WANT TO VOTE IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY?

A: If you are currently affiliated with a party and would like to change your affiliation to vote in another party, for example from Republican to Democratic, you must fill out the Political Party Affiliation Declaration Form at least 55 days before Election Day in order to vote in that party’s primary, which is April 10, 2024.

¿Qué formularios necesita?

Puede declarar o cambiar de afiliación a un partido político de dos maneras:

El formulario de declaración de afiliación a un partido político: debe completarlo y enviarlo por correo (se requiere un sello) o puede entregarlo en persona al secretario del condado o al comisionado de registro.
La solicitud de inscripción de votantes: necesita rellenar la casilla 1 y la casilla 13. No se requiere sello. También puede entregarla en persona a su secretario del condado.

¿Por qué es importante votar en las elecciones primarias de junio?

In highly partisan districts, it’s all about simple math. In a predominantly Democratic district, whoever wins on the Democratic primary ballot will win in the General Election due to the high number of registered voters of Democratic voters in the district (assuming that Democratic voters will vote for the Democratic candidate). The math does not allow for a Republican win in this super Democratic legislative district in the November general election Therefore, the primary election winner decides the elected official. The reverse is true for heavily Republican districts.