Every year, the affiliated union organizations that comprise the New Jersey State AFL-CIO vote on which election candidates to endorse based on voting records and working family issues. The New Jersey labor movement has a proud history of supporting candidates who support working families. Working in partnership with the New Jersey State AFL-CIO’s political department, the state’s central labor councils and affiliated local unions, the Committee on Political Education (COPE) makes every effort to educate union members and their families about these endorsements and why they were made.
compiled 1/9/23
January 20 Candidate petition deadline: February fire district election
January 24 Election Day: January special school bond & Trenton Council
January 28 Voter registration deadline: February fire district election
February 11 VMB application deadline by-mail: February fire district election
February 17 VBM application deadline in-person: February fire district election
February 18 Election Day: February fire district election
March 6 Candidate petition deadline: April school board election
March 6 Candidate petition deadline: May non-partisan elections
March 14 Election Day: March special school bond
March 25 VBM ballots mailed: May non-partisan election voting begins
March 27 Candidate petition deadline: June primary election
April 4 Voter registration deadline: April school board election
April 12 Change of party affiliation deadline: June primary election
April 18 VBM application deadline by-mail: April school board election
April 18 Voter registration deadline: May non-partisan election
April 22 VBM ballots mailed: June primary election voting begins
April 24 VBM application deadline in-person: April school board election
April 25 Election Day: April school board election
May 2 VMB application deadline by-mail: May non-partisan election
May 5-7 Early voting: May non-partisan election (if approved by municipality)
May 8 VBM application deadline in-person: May non-partisan election
May 9 Election Day: May non-partisan election
May 16 Voter registration deadline: June primary election
May 30 VBM application deadline by-mail: June primary election
June 2-4 Early voting: June primary election
June 5 VBM application deadline in-person: June primary election
June 6 Election Day: June primary election
June 13 Election Day: May non-partisan run-off election
June 13-14 New Jersey State AFL-CIO Endorsement Conference
July 31 Candidate petition deadline: November school board & fire district election
August 7 Constitutional ballot question deadline
August 12-13 New Jersey State AFL-CIO 27th Annual Labor Candidates School
August 29 Deadline for submission of public questions (not Constitutional Amendment)
Sept. 5 Candidate petition deadline: November non-partisan election
Sept. 23 VBM ballots mailed: general election voting begins
Sept. 26 Election Day: school bond
October 17 Voter registration deadline: general election
Oct. 28-Nov. 5 Early voting: general election
October 31 VBM application deadline by-mail: general election
November 6 VBM application deadline in-person: general election
November 7 Election Day: general election
November 13 VBM ballot must be received by county
November 20 County Board of Elections meetings
December 5 Election Day: non-partisan run-off
December 12 Election Day: December special school bond election