TRENTON — Slightly more New Jerseyans are registered to vote with the Nov. 2 election less than two weeks away. The state Elections Division says more than 5.27 million residents have registered. That's up from 5.22 million in 2009 when residents elected Republican Chris Christie as governor. The 1.75 million registered Democrats are lower than the 1.77 million who...
Former Congressmen DIck Zimmer emerges from a voting booth in 2008 file photo. The number of registered voters in New Jersey has increased since 2009.TRENTON — Slightly more New Jerseyans are registered to vote with the Nov. 2 election less than two weeks away.
The state Elections Division says more than 5.27 million residents have registered. That's up from 5.22 million in 2009 when residents elected Republican Chris Christie as governor.
The 1.75 million registered Democrats are lower than the 1.77 million who were on the voter rolls in 2009. The number of registered Republicans is up 10,000 at 1.07 million.
Nearly half the voters, 2.44 million, are unaffiliated. That's up from nearly 2.4 million in 2009.
Voters will elect members of the House of Representatives along with county and local lawmakers.
Previous coverage:
• Number of N.J. voters down from last year
• Jersey totals record 5.2 million registered voters
• N.J. Sen. Goodwin, Assemblywoman Greenstein run in special election for Senate seat
• Voters in N.J. 13th Congressional District face stark political choice in upcoming elections