Primary Day: Election Information, Polling Places

It's Primary Day in New Jersey, the day that Democrats and Republicans choose which candidates they want to run in the November general election.

Polls are open now and will remain open until 8 p.m. A complete list of polling places throughout Ocean County is available through the clerk's office.

Only those registered to a political party can vote today, but registered voters who are unaffiliated can declare a party at the polling station.

Manchester, a township with a nonpartisan form of government, will not hold a primary for its Township Council candidates since they do not have party affiliations. through the clerk's office. 

A sample primary ballot for Manchester is available here.

In , a borough with a partisan form of government, the terms of Republican Borough Council members James Davis and Gary Lowe will expire in 2012. 

Borough Clerk Bernadette Dugan said that both incumbents have filed petitions to run in the primary. No Republican challengers or Democratic candidates filed petitions, Dugan said. 

, filling the seat left vacant when former councilman Harry Robbins became mayor. 

Lakehurst's sample primary ballot is available here.

Independents have up until June 5 to file with the Ocean County Clerk, Dugan said.

Across the Garden State, there are five candidates vying for nominations for one of state’s two U.S. Senate seats, and a slew of hopefuls for state Assembly.

Despite that the two major contenders have wrapped up their party's nomination, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are also on today's ballot.