NJ county clerks nudge mail voters to drop boxes for 2026 election

County clerks are deemphasizing mail returns and stressing the security of drop boxes even after courts blocked President Trump's mail voting rules.

By: Nikita Biryukov

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: October 15, 2026

Words: 1,170

Last Updated: 1 day, 16 hours ago

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Some New Jersey county clerks are nudging voters to cast mail-in ballots by depositing them in ballot drop boxes and deemphasizing postal returns in a shift driven by the Trump administration’s stalled efforts to limit mail voting through U.S. Postal Service rules.

No clerks have urged voters not to mail their ballots back in, and none have voiced worries about fraud at the Postal Service, but the shift in their messaging has …

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