Candidates challenging Hackensack mayor, council want early voting. Can it happen?
HACKENSACK — A slate of challengers running for council is pushing the city to allow early voting in the May election, arguing it will increase voter turnout and engagement.
Hackensack Unites, a slate of five candidates challenging Mayor John Labrosse’s team in the election, wrote a letter to the council urging members to vote to request the option from the Bergen County Clerk for three days of early voting. But so far, city officials have not acted on the request.
City officials declined to comment on the issue, but a spokesperson for the incumbents’ campaign said they may discuss it at Tuesday’s council meeting.
The Hackensack Unites candidates — Caseen Gaines, Agatha Toomey, Roberto Diaz, Philip Carroll and Sonya Clark-Collins — last week delivered more than 400 petitions to the city clerk to secure a spot on the ballot.
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/hackensack/2025/03/06/hackensack-nj-election-early-voting/80259578007/