COUNTY CLERK EXTENDED HOURS TO VOTE BY MAIL

From the Essex County clerk website:

ATTENTION: Important Election Notice

Chris Durkin

Due to the conditions caused by Hurricane Sandy, the Clerk's Office will operate extended hours, so that voters may collect a vote-by-mail ballot and submit it without going to the polls.

The Clerk's Office is located in Room 247 of the Essex County Hall of Records, 465 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Newark. We will be open:

Thurs. Nov. 1: 8am - 5:30pm
Fri. Nov. 2: 8am - 5:30pm
Sat. Nov. 3: 9am - 4pm
Sun. Nov. 3: 10am - 2pm
Mon. Nov. 4: 8am - 3pm (latest allowed by NJ law)

If you plan to visit the polls on Election Day, be sure to check this site to make sure that your usual polling place is operational. Some polling places may need to be moved due to damage or loss of power. 

Meanwhile, PATCH reports the clerk promises all will get to vote Tuesday:

Hurricane Sandy can't stop the election.
"People are wondering if the election is still on. It absolutely is," said Christopher J. Durkin, the Essex County Clerk, who said he has been meeting with municipal clerks to find ways to make sure people can vote on Tuesday, Nov. 6.
"It's going to be county by county," he said. "Each county has its own unique obstacles and circumstances."
With a close national election and dozens of municipal races, local and county election workers are challenged to open polling places a week after the devastating storm left entire municipalities without power.
"This is unprecedented," said Durkin, who added that each town will look for the best solutions for its voters. For example, he said, Glen Ridge and Fairfield's polling places have power, while many in other cities do not. Durkin said municipal clerks may not know until the day before elections which sites will be open.
In some cases, he said polling places may be merged so voters do not have to travel too far to cast their ballots. In all cases, he said additional provisional ballots will be given out in each voting district. If the ballots are the same in a particular polling place - remaining provisional ballots can be shared with another polling location.
"Each town clerk will have an abundance," he said.
Durkin said there are 306 polling places in Essex County, but it may be right up to the wire to know which ones will be open on election day. He said, "We are going to be working straight through Monday."