Yesterday I spoke with a friend who is the Commissioner of Elections in one of the counties here in NJ. Since in person voting involves provisional ballots, he suggested that I instead use a “Murphy mail-in ballot,” carefully follow the instructions, including intelligible signature and inserting it in the proper envelope and, instead of mailing it, deposit it, on election day, into the special box which will be placed in front of the county administration building. He’s a stalwart conservative and assured me that if the above procedure is scrupulously followed, my vote will be counted.
Make sure you staple, superglue, duck tape the envelope you sign before you return. Don’t make it easy for them to steam open the envelope and take out your ballot and insert one of theirs.