We have two fundraisers on tap for Northfield’s Democratic Candidates for City Council. Please add these dates to your calendar:

Cocktail Happy Hour
Thursday, July 23rd from 5 – 7 pm
Atlantic City Country Club, Northfield

Sunday Brunch
Sunday, August 16th from 11 am – 1 pm
Atlantic City Country Club, Northfield

Invitation and tickets to follow.

Mays Landing, NJ—Atlantic County Clerk Edward P. McGettigan today announced that his office is reaching out to Military and Overseas voters who wish to vote in the Presidential Election by offering new methods to cast their ballots. The Atlantic County Clerk’s Office will accept applications for absentee ballots from overseas and military voters via email for the upcoming election. If the voter requests, ballots can be emailed back to the voter.

The voter would then print the ballot, vote it, scan it and return it via email to the Board of Elections to be counted. Voters would, however, have to sign a form to waive their right to privacy to vote via email. The absentee ballot application can be obtained anywhere in the world at www.fvap.gov and then could be emailed to the Atlantic County Clerk’s Office at evote_request@aclink.org to be processed.

The New Jersey State Legislature recently provided for emailed ballots in response to a growing demand for the service, particularly in the military. The legislation continues to provide for voting by fax as well, although it is believed that fax machines are not as available as computers and scanners in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Fax requests will be accepted at 609-909-0147.

“This is a great opportunity to extend the services of our office as well as a convenient voting mechanism to to men and women in the armed services everywhere as well as American citizens living abroad,” McGettigan said. “We are particularly gratified to be able to provide this service during this historic Presidential election so that all Atlantic County voters can participate no matter where they happen to be in the world.”

McGettigan added that the system will be versatile. Military and Overseas voters could, for example request a ballot via email or fax and ask that a hard copy ballot be mailed to them to preserve their privacy, which would still expeditie the processing.