More than 44% of requested absentee ballots have been returned as of Monday, according to an analysis by Associated Press elections researcher Ryan Dubicki.
470,657 New Jersey voters have submitted their ballots out of the 1.060 million people who have requested mail-in ballots. 50.3% of Democrats and 47.6% of Republicans have returned their requested absentee ballots, according to the analysis.
Registered Democrats account for 292,687, or about 62.2%, of the returned ballots. Republicans are responsible for 97,065 returned ballots (20.6% of the total) and unaffiliated voters have submitted 79,263 (16.8%).
Early ballots from Democrats, who are more likely to vote early and have more registered voters in the state, generally outnumber Republican mail-in votes.
Dubicki wrote that at this point in time in 2022, 320,936 voters had returned their ballots.
In the competitive 7th congressional district, 49,077 ballots have been sent in, good for a 44.5% return rate. 55.6% of those ballots belong to registered Democrats, and about 26% belong to registered Republicans.
At this point in 2022, 35,408 voters had returned ballots in the 7th district, according to Dubicki.
The 1st and 2nd congressional districts have each returned more than 50% of requested ballots; 51.1% and 51.2% return rates, respectively.