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Camden Strong:
Falio Leyba-Martinez

WARD 3 CANDIDATE

Falio Leyba-Martinez, a member of The Camden Strong Team, is running to expand economic growth, ensure safe streets, and continue improving our public schools.

About the Candidate

Camden City Advisory Board of Education member Falio Leyba-Martinez was in third grade when he moved to Camden from North Jersey with his family back in 1996. His parents bought a small store in the Centerville neighborhood, Leyba Grocery, and 25 years later it’s still going strong. He was elected to the Advisory Board of Education in 2019 and since joining the board, he’s been proud of several district initiatives that he has supported, including a safe zone resolution for undocumented residents and that the Camden school board is now the first in New Jersey to have a live simulcast of its board meetings in Spanish.

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Beyond the school board, Leyba-Martinez has also found success in restarting Little League baseball in East Camden after too many years without such an outlet for kids in the neighborhood. He launched the East Camden Little League in 2019 with just one team that included his oldest son – 12 players in all. Today, just four years later, the league has eight teams with hundreds of city kids involved.

ENDORSEMENTS

Governor Phil Murphy

Senator Cory Booker

Mayor Victor Carstarphen, Camden County Sheriff Gilbert “Whip” Wilson, state Senator Nilsa Cruz Perez, City Council President Angel Fuentes and the Camden City Democratic Committee universally endorsed the Camden Strong slate in the upcoming Democratic primary in June.

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Additionally, the Camden Strong team is endorsed by former Camden City Mayor Dana Redd, former Cleveland Cavalier, Dajuan Wagner, former Los Angeles Laker and current University of Louisville Coach Milt Wagner, Camden City Council Vice President Shelia Davis, Camden City Councilmember Nohemi G. Soria-Pérez, Assemblyman William Spearman, Camden residents Min. Wassim Muhammad, N’namdee Nelson, Nyemah Gillepsie, Jeanette Alvarez, Cameron Hudson and several others.

How to Vote

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Vote By Mail

  • All registered voters are eligible to receive a VBM Ballot. Voters must apply to receive a VBM Ballot.

  • Mail-in ballots are available now!​

There are two ways to return your mail-in ballot:​

  • Return your ballot by secure dropbox at one of these 29 locations.

    • Drop boxes are open 24 hours a day in well-lit locations and are under video surveillance.

    • The drop boxes are open until the close of polls, 8 PM on June 6th, 2023.

  • Return your ballot by mail​.

    • They can be returned to any US Post Office or in a USPS mailbox.

    • Near Election Day, it is recommended that you ask the Post Office to hand cancel the envelope to assure it has a readable postmark.

    • Ballots postmarked on or before Election Day will be counted if received by June 12th, 2023.

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In-Person Voting (Election Day - June 6, 2023)

  • Polls will be open 6 AM to 8 PM.

  • All polling locations are ADA accessible.

  • Voters will be able to vote in their local polling place on a voting machine.

  • Each voter is sent a Sample Ballot that lists their polling place. For a complete list of all polling places CLICK HERE.

  • When the voters enter the polling place, they will be checked-in on an electronic poll book. To speed up the check-in process, voters can bring their sample ballot with its scannable barcode to find their voter record faster.

  • Any voter that was sent a Vote by Mail ballot cannot vote in a machine on Election Day. These voters, however, can cast a provisional ballot.  The provisional ballot will be counted once all timely Vote by Mail Ballots arrive, and it is verified that the voter did not cast two ballots.

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In-Person Early Voting

  • ​The Early Voting locations are open from June 2, 2023, and June 3, 10am to 8pm and June 4, 2023, 10am to 6pm.

  • All Camden County registered voters can appear at any early vote location – voters are not assigned a specific location. Ballots for all Camden County municipalities are available at each location.

  • There are seven (7) early voting sites located throughout Camden County. The locations can be found HERE.

  • Any voter that was sent a Vote by Mail ballot cannot vote in a machine during Early Voting. These voters, however, can cast a provisional ballot.  The provisional ballot will be counted once all timely Vote by Mail Ballots arrive, and it is verified that the voter did not cast two ballots.

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