Press Releases

FREEHOLD, NJ – Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing guidelines, Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon has announced changes for the upcoming ballot drawing for the 2021 Primary Election. In accordance with N.J.S.A.19:23-24, the ballot drawing for the 2021 Primary Election will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 16, 53 […]
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FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon is advising all registered voters that the upcoming June 8, 2021 Primary Election will be conducted in the normal course per New Jersey law. The Primary Election will have in-person voting at polling locations with the use of voting machines. According to Governor Phil Murphy, all […]
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Submission Deadline is Friday, April 30 at 4:30 p.m.
Click here to view the official contest rules flyer. If you have any questions, please call the County Clerk’s Office at 732-431-7324 ext. 8739. FREEHOLD, NJ – To commemorate National County Government Month in April, Monmouth County Constitutional Officers, County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon, Surrogate Rosemarie D. Peters, and Sheriff Shaun Golden are inviting the […]
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FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon is reminding residents that the Federal REAL ID Act compliance deadline is approaching on Oct. 1 of this year. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security had previously extended the enforcement deadline of the Federal REAL ID Act from October of 2020 to October 1, 2021, due […]
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FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon is advising all registered voters that the upcoming April 20 Fire Elections and May 11 Municipal Elections will be conducted in the normal course per New Jersey law. The following towns will hold Fire Elections on April 20: Aberdeen, Englishtown, Freehold Township, Howell, Manalapan, Manasquan, Marlboro, […]
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FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon is advising candidates that Governor Phil Murphy recently signed Executive Order No. 216, which changed the petition requirements for upcoming elections occurring during the State Public Health Emergency. In addition to the statutory in-person collection of hand-written signatures, the Executive Order permits electronic collection of signatures […]
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MANALAPAN, NJ – The Monmouth County Clerk’s Office is pleased to announce that Julia Telonidis of Ocean Township has joined the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office as the County’s new Archivist. Ms. Telonidis replaces long-time County Archivist Gary D. Saretzky who retired in October of 2019. Telonidis has more than 20 years of archival and management […]
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LINCROFT, NJ – Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon proudly took the oath of office as she was sworn to a second five-year term as Monmouth County Clerk by Superior Court Judge Joseph W. Oxley on January 7 at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. Clerk Hanlon was re-elected in November and serves as the 29th […]
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COMMEMORATIVE VIDEO TO BE LIVESTREAMED FOR PUBLIC VIEWING
Watch the livestream on Tue., Dec. 22 at 7:30 p.m. on the Monmouth County Clerk’s YouTube channel by clicking here. FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon is pleased to announce that the 25th Annual Monmouth County Archives and History Day will take place as a live virtual event on Tue., Dec. 22 […]
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FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon is pleased to announce the First, Second, and Third Place Winners of the County Clerk’s 2020 High School Elections and Voting Video Contest. The contest’s theme related to the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment which granted women the right to vote and the 150th anniversary […]
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