South Orange Election Day: What You Need to Know

Election day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, will decide on a New Jersey governor and members of the South Orange and Maplewood Board of Education.

Governor

State Senate

General Assembly

Board of Chosen Freeholders

South Orange and Maplewood Board of Education.

Candidates include incumbents Elizabeth T. Daugherty, David K. Giles and newcomers Stephanie M. Lawson-Muhammad, Johanna Wright and Marian Cutler.

Daugherty, Giles and Lawson-Muhammad are running a joint campaign.

This will be the first board of education election on the November ballot based on a law signed by Gov. Chris Christie. The law allows school districts that vote in April to change their election date to coincide with the November general election, and bypass voter approval for budgets that do not exceed the statutory 2 percent cap on property tax hikes.

State Public Questions

State Public Question No. 1 
Constitutional Amendment to Permit Money From Existing Games of Chance to Support Veteran's Organizations.

Do you approve amending the Constitution to allow veterans’ organizations to use money collected from existing games of chance to support their organizations? 

Interpretive Statement
This amendment to the Constitution would allow veterans’ organizations to use the money collected from existing games of chance (such as bingo, lotto or raffles) to support their organizations. At present, the Constitution allows this money to be used only for educational, charitable, patriotic, religious or public-spirited purposes. Currently, only senior citizen groups may use the money they collect from existing games of chance to support their groups.

State Public Question No. 2
Constitutional Amendment to Set a State Minimum Wage With Annual Cost of Living Increases.

Do you approve amending the State Constitution to set a State minimum wage rate of at least $8.25 per hour? The amendment also requires annual increases in that rate if there are annual increases in the cost of living. 

Interpretive Statement
This amendment to the State Constitution sets the State minimum wage at the level in effect under current law, or $8.25 per hour, whichever is more. Cost of living increases would be added each year. Also, if the federal minimum wage rate is raised above the State rate, the State rate would be raised to match the federal rate. Future cost of living increases then would be added to that raised rate.

Polling Locations

• District 1 Fr. Vincent Monella Center of Italian Culture 133 Fairview Avenue
• District 2 Marshall School 262 Grove Road
• District 3 South Orange Middle School 70 North Ridgewood Road
• District 4 Our Lady of Sorrows Church (lower level) Fourth Street
• District 6 Baird Community Center 5 Mead Street
• District 7 South Mountain Annex 112 Glenview Road
• District 8 Baird Community Center 5 Mead Street
• District 9 First Presbyterian and Trinity Church 111 Irvington Avenue
• District 10 Marshall School 262 Grove Road
• District 11 First Presbyterian and Trinity Church 111 Irvington Avenue
• District 12 Seton Hall University, Walsh Library 400 South Orange Avenue
• District 13 South Orange Middle School 70 North Ridgewood Road

South Orange registered voters who need to confirm their voting district should contact the Village Clerk’s Office at 973-378-7715 (ext. 1). On the day of the Election the Clerk’s Office can be contacted between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.