Election Guide: Municipal, County and Federal
Brush up on all of the info Haddonfield and Haddon Township voters need.
Poll are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Nov. 6.
Here are the Haddonfield voting locations, based on district:
- 1: Methodist Church, 29 Warwick Road, Welcome Center
- 2: Borough Hall, 242 Kings Highway East
- 3: Crows Woods Building, 993 S. Atlantic Ave
- 4 & 5: Middle School, Chestnut Avenue
- 6 & 7: Elizabeth Haddon School, 501 W. Redman Ave
- 8 & 9: Lutheran Church, 204 Wayne Avenue
- 10: Tatem School, 1 Glover Avenue
- For Haddon Township voting locations, please see the attached PDF file.
- Haddonfield Board of Education: The school board election will feature three incumbent board members running unopposed for three seats. Andrew Berlin, Maureen Eyles and Dennis Kelleher each are running for three-year terms. Berlin was appointed to a seat vacated by Marsha Marshall last fall and Eyles was selected by the board in May to fill Lynn Biehn's seat. Kelleher ran for a one-year term last year and will run for three this year.
- Haddon Township Board of Education: The election features four candidates running for three, three-year terms. Charles Albino and Robert Brown are incumbents. Marie Dezii and Jill Noller are challengers.
- Camden County Freeholders: Two Democrat incumbents Jeffrey Nash and Ian Leonard and newcomer Michelle Gentek face Republican challengers Diana Escobar-Wachter, Ian Gill and Eugene Lawrence.
- 1st Congressional District: Incumbent U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews (D) faces Greg Horton (R) from Haddonfield.
- U.S. Senate: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D), the junior United States Senator from New Jersey who was first appointed in 2006 to fill Jon Corzine's seat, takes on Republican challenger Joe Kyrillos, who easily defeated three opponents in the primary.
- U.S. President: President Barack Obama faces former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in a campaign that has already focused heavily on the economy and job growth.
Click on the PDFs, above, to view the sample ballots for Haddonfield and Haddon Township.
Polling issues
WHAT IF I'M VOTING BY MAIL?
The county clerk must receive mail-in ballots before polls close at 8 p.m. You can drop off your ballot to:
The Hon. Joseph Ripa
Courthouse, Rm 102
520 Market Street, P.O. Box 150
Camden, NJ 08101-0150
856-225-7219
WHAT IF I HAVE A PROBLEM VOTING? First, talk to a poll worker. If it’s not resolved or your problem is with the poll worker, call the Camden County Board of Elections at 856-401-8683.
Do not leave a polling location before your issue is resolved. For more information, see the state’s voter information frequently asked questions.
Ballot questions
The referendums before the voters concern two questions: extra funding for colleges’ infrastructure and benefits payments for judges.
#1: Do you approve the “Building Our Future Bond Act”? This bond act authorizes the State to issue bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $750 million to provide matching grants to New Jersey’s colleges and universities. Money from the grants will be used to build, equip and expand higher education facilities for the purpose of increasing academic capacity.
#2: Do you approve an amendment to the New Jersey Constitution, as agreed to by the Legislature, to allow contributions set by law to be taken from the salaries of Supreme Court Justices and Superior Court Judges for their employee benefits?
Question #1 would provide additional funding to New Jersey’s 31 public colleges and universities, 19 county colleges and some private higher education institutions for long-term facility needs.
Question #2 would, if approved, become a state constitutional amendment. Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill into law mandating that judges contribute to their benefits. A lawsuit followed, and the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled the law was unconstitutional. Approval of the question would override that ruling.
The League of Women Voters of New Jersey prepared a pros and cons list for each question for voters to consider.
Y wing@deliciousness
11:19 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
We need a change all around. Vote out all incumbents. They made the mess.
All we got from Obama was more debt and no jobs!