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How New Jersey voted in the 2020 election: The pictures

A photo essay of our election by students from Montclair State University

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LITTLE FALLS, Nov. 2, 2020: Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-11) held a rally, speaking to an audience mostly parked in their cars in Lot 60 at Montclair State University.
LITTLE FALLS, Nov. 2, 2020: Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-11) held a rally, speaking to an audience mostly parked in their cars in Lot 60 at Montclair State University. Credit: Kasey Coury/Montclair State University

Montclair State University students fanned out across New Jersey over several days to capture images of the 2020 election.

The students, who are in Professor Thomas E. Franklin’s photojournalism class at the School of Communication and Media, had as their assignment to visually report events related to the election and to publish a selection of their work on Instagram.

This is a sampling of their photographs as published in NJ Spotlight. You can see much more on Instagram, under the hashtag #scm_photojournalism2020.

UNION CITY, Nov. 3, 2020: Voters line up to drop off their ballots at the Blue Flame pizzeria. The back of the pizzeria was a polling location for residents in Ward 1.
UNION CITY, Nov. 3, 2020: Voters line up to drop off their ballots at the Blue Flame pizzeria. The back of the pizzeria was a polling location for residents in Ward 1. Credit: Joni Mae De Los Santos/ Montclair State University
CLIFTON, Nov. 3, 2020: Handing paperwork through a window at the Clifton Municipal Building to avoid risk of contracting COVID-19 while voting on Election Day.
CLIFTON, Nov. 3, 2020: Handing paperwork through a window at the Clifton Municipal Building to avoid risk of contracting COVID-19 while voting on Election Day. Credit: Anton Specht/Montclair State University
CLIFTON, Nov. 3, 2020: A Passaic County resident places a ballot into the drop box at the Clifton Municipal Building on Election Day.
CLIFTON, Nov. 3, 2020: A Passaic County resident places a ballot into the drop box at the Clifton Municipal Building on Election Day. Credit: Anton Specht/Montclair State University
CLIFTON, Nov. 3, 2020: Voters wait their turn outside Elementary School 9 in Clifton on Election Day.
CLIFTON, Nov. 3, 2020: Voters wait their turn outside Elementary School 9 in Clifton on Election Day. Credit: Chad Morrison/Montclair State University
MONTCLAIR, Nov. 3. 2020: On Election Day, residents fill out their ballots at Nishuane Elementary School, one of eight polling places in the town.
MONTCLAIR, Nov. 3. 2020: On Election Day, residents fill out their ballots at Nishuane Elementary School, one of eight polling places in the town. Credit: Joni Mae De Los Santos/Montclair State University
Montclair, Nov. 3, 2020: A voter waits inside the polling center at Edgemont School.
Montclair, Nov. 3, 2020: A voter waits inside the polling center at Edgemont School. Credit: Kalimah White/Montclair State University
MONTCLAIR, Nov. 3, 2020: Residents fill out their ballots at the Montclair Municipal Building.
MONTCLAIR, Nov. 3, 2020: Residents fill out their ballots at the Montclair Municipal Building. Credit: Kalimah White /Montclair State University
TITUSVILLE, Nov. 1, 2020: Jim Worthington of the People4Trump organization leads Trump supporters in a march across the General Washington Memorial Bridge at Washington Crossing State Park in honor of George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware and in support of reelecting President Trump.
TITUSVILLE, Nov. 1, 2020: Jim Worthington of the People4Trump organization leads Trump supporters in a march across the General Washington Memorial Bridge at Washington Crossing State Park in honor of George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware and in support of reelecting President Trump. Credit: Drew Mumich /Montclair State University
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Nov. 3, 2020: Watching the results at a restaurant on election night
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Nov. 3, 2020: A crowd watches the election results at the Italian Affair restaurant in Washington Twp. Credit: Gabby Tancredi/Montclair State University