Elections 2020: Burlington County Sees Record Voter Turnout

CINNAMINSON, NJ — A record number of voters came out to vote in this year’s elections in Burlington County, according to officials.

As of Wednesday morning, the county had received 235,940 vote-by-mail ballots, which is a new record for Burlington County residents participating in an election, according to Burlington County spokesman David Levinsky. No number was available for the number of provisional ballots that were cast countywide.

The previous record came in 2008, when there were 224,740 voters (208,809 by machine, 13,235 by absentee and 2,696 provisional). This year’s number will continue to change because the U.S. Postal Service is still delivering ballots, and any ballots that were postmarked on or before Nov. 3 will be counted.

Participation rate in 2008 was 80 percent, and Levinsky estimates that about 68 percent of registered Burlington County voters have voted in this year’s election so far.

There were no contested races in Cinnaminson this year, but 16,064 people voted in the Board of Education elections, and 9,334 people voted in the Cinnaminson Township Committee race.
Kathleen Quinn collected 5,371 votes in the Board of Education elections, followed by Daniel Gaffney with 5,234 and Edward Kenney with 5,130 votes.

Committeeman Ernest McGill collected 4,610 votes, and Cinnaminson Mayor Ryan Horner received 4,753, according to unofficial results that were updated on Wednesday evening.