Last day to register to vote online or in-person for the Nov. 5 election
Residents who are not yet registered to vote and would like to vote in the upcoming Nov. 5 general election must register by the end of day today, Oct. 15.
To submit your voter registration online, visit: https://voter.svrs.nj.gov/register. You must provide your date of birth and either a current and valid driver's license or non-driver ID issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) or your Social Security number.
Residents can also download a voter registration application online and submit it to the Hudson County Clerk's Office at Hudson County Plaza, 257 Cornelison Avenue, 4th Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07302, or the Hoboken City Clerk at 94 Washington Street, no later than 4 pm.
English Voter Registration Application: Click HERE
Spanish Voter Registration Application: Click HERE
The Hoboken City Clerk's Office (94 Washington Street, 1st Floor) will be open until 9 p.m. tonight, Oct. 15, to accept paper voter registration applications. Residents must enter City Hall from the Newark Street address.
On the ballot
Registered voters can vote in the upcoming Nov. 5 general election for U.S. President & Vice President, U.S. Senator, Congressperson, and Hudson County Surrogate. In Hoboken, registered voters can also cast their ballot for three trustees on the Hoboken School Board and a referendum question on the future of rent control protections.
Reminder on referendum question on the future of rent control in Hoboken
On the ballot this election cycle is a referendum question pertaining to the future of rent control protections within the City of Hoboken. Voters who receive a Vote by Mail ballot will have this referendum question on the reverse side of the ballot.
A “No” Vote Means: You support maintaining the current Rent Control Code and its current limits on permitted rent increases upon a vacancy – to 5% or the Consumer Price Index (CPI), whichever is lower; or to a maximum of 25% after a vacancy by a tenant that lasted three years or more. There would be no option for an unlimited rent increase upon vacancy coupled with a $2,500 fee paid to the City of Hoboken to be deposited in the City's Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
A “NO” vote supported by the Hoboken Fair Housing Association.
A “Yes” Vote Means: You support an amendment to the City’s Rent Control Code to allow landlords to increase the rent upon any vacancy to whatever the market would bear without any limitation (i.e., without the current 5%/CPI limit and three year/ 25% increase restriction) if they pay a fee of $2,500 per unit, which would be deposited into the Hoboken Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Thereafter, the unit’s rent would once again be subject to the Rent Control Code’s limitations. This would amend and reduce the current restrictions in the Rent Control Code.
A “YES” vote supported by the Mile Square Taxpayers Association.
Read more information: www.hobokennj.gov/rentcontrol.
