Election Info

The South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education consists of nine members, each elected to a three-year term. Each year, three of the nine seats are up for election.

At each election, voters are entitled to cast three votes for the Board of Education candidates listed on the ballot. The top three voter-getters are elected.

Make a Plan to Vote

If you are a voter by mail, complete your ballot and return it; we strongly suggest you use one of the available ballot drop boxes rather than risking the U.S. Mail. For drop box locations in Essex County, see: https://www.essexclerk.com/_Content/pdf/drop-box-locations.pdf

If you are voting in person, early voting starts Saturday, October 24 and runs through November 1. For times and locations, see: https://tinyurl.com/essexcty-earlyvoting

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3. Polls are open from 6:00 AM - 8:00 PM. Check your polling place here: https://voter.svrs.nj.gov/polling-place-search

Note that the Maplewood Municipal Building (Town Hall) is no longer a polling place. Districts 1, 3 and 6 now vote at the Maplewood Memorial Library

Maplewood:

51 Baker St (Maplewood Memorial Library)
Districts 1, 3, 6
****Changed In 2026 - Starting With June Primary****
60 Woodland Road (The Woodland)
Districts 7, 8, 2, 17
27 Berkshire Road (Clinton Elementary School)
Districts 4, 10, 16, 22
646 Prospect Street (Prospect Presbyterian Church)
Districts 5, 15, 19, 20
120 Burnett Avenue (Maplewood (Dehart) Community Center)
Districts 9, 11, 12, 21
129 Boyden Avenue (Maplewood Health Department and Community Support Center)
Districts 13, 14

South Orange:

1. Seton Hall University (Bethany Hall), 400 South Orange Avenue
Districts 1, 12

2. Marshall Elementary School, 262 Grove Street
Districts 2, 10

3. South Orange Middle School, 70 North Ridgewood Road
Districts 3, 6, 8, 13

4. Our Lady of Sorrows (Lower Level), 172 Academy Street (4th Street Entrance)
Districts 4, 7

5. First Presbyterian & Trinity Church, 111 Irvington Avenue
Districts 9, 11