msnbc   |  November 04, 2012

N.J. residents can vote by email, fax

New Jersey voters who were displaced by Sandy now can cast their ballot by email or fax. NBC's Ron Allen reports.

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>>> states left powerless are facing complications on election day . to avoid the hassles, new jersey is letting residents vote by e-mail or fax. still some are showing up in person to vote early. ron allen is live in little ferry , new jersey. good sunday to you. how is the recovery effort there? are people going to be able to hopefully. the voting machines are here. this is a usual polling place . it's an elementary school . the question is where can they set this up because this took on a lot of water. so they have been working all day to try to create a place in the school to set up the voting machines . the school won't be open for the kids though. that's one problem. all across new jersey and new york and connecticut as well, county election officials are working to try to sort this out. they are tstill trying to make assessments so they know how many places can't be used or can be used. one issue is power. in some cases, military trucks will be arriving at the polling places . but the bottom line is they are making every effort to make votes accessible and the best is to vote by mail . you can do that between now and election day .

>> less than 48 hours to straighten it out. the east