TRENTON - Anticipating a high turnout for the Primary Election on June 7, 2016, the Mercer County Clerk Paula Sollami Covello announced that her election office will be offering extended hours for those that wish to Vote-By-Mail prior to Election Day.

In additional to regular business hours, the County Clerk’s Office will be open on Saturday, June 4, 2016 from 9am to 1pm.

The Superintendent of Elections office, under Cathy DiCostanzo, will be open for the same duration.  Further, the Board of Elections, chaired by Joanne Palmucci, will be open a half-hour longer than the other offices, for those wishing to return their completed ballots on these dates.

The Mercer County Clerk’s Election Office is located at 240 West State Street on the 7^th floor in Trenton.  Sheriff Officers will be on-site to provide security.

For the Primary, Vote-By-Mail ballots, sent by mail, must be received by the County Clerk’s office no later than Tuesday, May 31, 2016.  However, voters may visit the County Clerk’s Election office today and apply for a Vote-by-Mail ballot, and vote in person up until 3:00 pm on Monday, June 6, 2014, the day before the election.

The Mercer County Clerk’s Office can process a Vote-by-Mail application and provide a ballot on site, if the voter applies in person. However, the ballot must be returned directly to the Mercer County Board of Elections at the McDade Administration Building at 640 South Broad Street in Trenton, in order for the vote to be counted. That office will also be offering extended hours.  In order to Vote-By-Mail in New Jersey and obtain a mail-in ballot, you must already be a registered voter in Mercer County.

The County Clerk has offered these expanded Vote-by-Mail hours to make it convenient for those who might not be able to visit the Clerk’s Office during regular business hours.  “Voting should be accessible to any registered voter and sometimes business hours are not convenient for working people. That is why I extended the hours so ballots can be obtained prior to the election,” said Clerk Sollami Covello.

County Clerk Sollami Covello also reminds voters to follow the instructions carefully.

Vote-by-Mail applications can also be downloaded from the New Jersey Division of Elections website at www.NJElections.org in English, Spanish, Korean, Indian (Gujarati), and Chinese.

Additionally, the applications may be obtained at the Mercer County Connection office, located in the Hamilton Square Shopping Center at Route 33 and Paxson Avenue in Hamilton. However, ballots are only available at the Trenton office.

For more information, please call the Mercer County Clerk’s Election’s Office at 609-989-6495.