Looking for information on the upcoming November 3, 2020 election? Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, voting will be unusual for many of us this year. Information is constantly changing and being updated, so there can be much confusion and misinformation surrounding the upcoming election. Here are some great resources with authoritative and accurate information from the New Jersey State Library and the League of Women Voters of Bucks County to help you get the facts before you vote.
Designed to help you analyze and evaluate websites, news articles, and social media posts, this guide provides links to many fact checking resources as well as great information on journalism and types of news articles. The guide includes a specific resource for the November 3, 2020 General Election that includes fact checking links to national and general information.
You can also find the most accurate and up to date information about voting in your area from either your state’s or county’s official Division/Board of Elections page. The November 3, 2020 Election section contains links to New Jersey Division of Elections and Vote411.org, a national voter information site from the League of Women Voters. This resource contains voting information for all 50 states, plus links to their official Division of Elections pages. The Fact Checking and Media Literacy Guide is available to any user 24/7 on the New Jersey State Library’s webpage (to find research guides from the main page, select Research Library drop down and Research Guides. All research guides are listed in alphabetical order on the page.)
This research guide is an in-depth resource for New Jersey voters with great information for regional non-New Jersey resident voters as well. The guide offers national resources for voters and links to obtain absentee ballots. New Jersey residents will be able to see a visual mapping of Drop Box locations around the state for Mail-In Ballots, plus available polling locations in NJ for the November 3rd 2020 election. (Please note that this feature is coming, but not yet available on the guide.) The guide includes links to all of the county election boards, plus relevant state-wide information. In addition, information on the guide includes election board/division links to out-of state counties in NY and PA that border NJ.
For the most up to date information on voting in New Jersey, visit the Voting in a Pandemic section of the guide. This guide is available from the New Jersey State Library’s webpage.
For assistance finding resources on the State Library’s webpage, please contact the Reference Department at refdesk@njstatelib.org.
Information for Bucks County Residents from the LWV of Bucks County
The League of Women Voters of Bucks County has produced three in depth videos for Bucks County, PA residents. The videos are about 15 minutes in length per video, and each covers a unique topic:
If you have any questions about any of the videos, please contact the LWV Bucks County at (215) 230-9986 or lwvbuckspa@gmail.com.
Make a Voting Plan
Plan how and when to vote ahead of Election Day
If you are going to the polls to vote:
Determine your voting location if you are going to the polls. Visit Vote.gov to find your polling place
Determine if you need to bring your ID to vote.
Plan how you will get to your polling place.
If you are voting using a mail-in ballot:
Determine the deadlines. Visit: Vote.org to determine the voting deadlines for your state.
Schedule a date and time to complete your mail-in ballot.
Schedule a time to mail the ballot well in advance of the deadline.
Research who and what is on your ballot
Use a resource like BallotPedia.org and access “What’s on your ballot?” to learn more about the candidates and issues in the upcoming election.
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