# Middlesex County Board of Elections Meeting - 10/8/2026


**Body:** New Brunswick Today
**Date:** October 07, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Information Technology, Regulatory Compliance


The Middlesex County Board of Elections meeting on October 8, 2026, focused on preparations for the upcoming election. Staff reported that voter registrations and mail ballots were being processed, poll-worker training and recruitment were underway, and election data was being loaded and tested on voting machines and poll books. Staff also said they planned to introduce an online poll-worker training portal, developed with a vendor, in about 10 days to gather feedback; no contract award, purchase, spending amount, or procurement vote was identified. The board unanimously approved the September meeting minutes and later voted to enter executive session, with the stated basis involving privileged information.

Discussion also covered backup polling locations and plans for communicating relocations, review of voter-record lists and ballot challenges, language access under recently enacted voting legislation, and poll-worker instructions and polling-site addresses. Staff said the new online training process would be evaluated for possible changes before next year’s election. No other procurement or budget actions were reported.

**Source:** New Brunswick Today