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Asbury Park · Asbury Park Press / app.com
The Asbury Park Press (app.com) weekly fan vote for the top prep athlete across Monmouth and Ocean counties — any sport, any season. Sponsored by Larson Ford, hosted on app.com and syndicated to Yahoo Sports, and closes Monday at 10 p.m. Eastern.
The Courier-Post / Atlantic City Electric weekly fan vote for South Jersey high school girls basketball — run by Gannett on courierpostonline.com and syndicated to Yahoo Sports. Fifteen-nominee ballot covering the Cape-Atlantic League, Colonial Conference, SICL, and Tri-County Conference, closing Sunday with a per-device voting pattern unlike the unlimited SI polls.
The weekly Jersey Sports Zone fan vote for New Jersey high school football's "Game Ball." Reporters nominate standout performances from North, Central, and South Jersey on a single statewide ballot, and fans vote for the week's winner through Tuesday 3:00 p.m.
The High School on SI statewide fan vote for New Jersey's best boys basketball performance of the week. SI editors nominate eight players from across all NJSIAA sections; anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — one day earlier than the statewide football polls.
The High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best New Jersey prep football performance of the week. SI editors pick the nominees from all NJSIAA sections and non-public divisions, anyone can vote without an account, and the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a day earlier than some regional counterparts, which concentrates the decisive push into Sunday afternoon.
Statewide New Jersey · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group)
Season-end fan-vote recognition programme run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/new-jersey, open to all NJSIAA-member schools statewide. Editors nominate standout athletes by sport after the season concludes; fans vote online with no per-vote cap until 11:59 p.m. Eastern on the published closing date.
A weekly fan vote from NJ MileSplit naming the top New Jersey boys track & field or cross country performer, run as a recurring series across three separate seasons each year: outdoor track in spring, cross country in fall, indoor track in winter, rather than a single season-long ballot.
Woodland Park · NorthJersey.com / The Record (Gannett / USA TODAY Network)
Free weekly fan-vote poll at NorthJersey.com, run by The Record and Herald News (Gannett / USA TODAY Network), honouring the standout North Jersey high school athlete each week of the NJSIAA sports calendar. One vote per hour per device, no login required. Covers Bergen and Passaic County schools.
Atlantic City · The Press of Atlantic City (Lee Enterprises)
Weekly fan poll at pressofatlanticcity.com selecting one standout Cape-Atlantic League prep athlete per week across South Jersey's Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, and Ocean County schools. The Press of Atlantic City (Lee Enterprises) runs the ballot; voting closes Friday at noon and the winner appears in Saturday's print edition.
Shore Sports Insider's weekly Shore Conference boys basketball fan vote for Monmouth and Ocean counties, NJ. Ten nominees across eight divisional slots plus two wild cards — voting is limited to once per hour per voter, the ballot closes Saturday 10:00 AM, and the winner receives a Broad Street Dough Co. gift card.
Shore Conference region · Shore Sports Insider
Shore Sports Insider's weekly fan vote for the best girls basketball performance in the Shore Conference (Monmouth and Ocean counties, NJ). Twelve nominees across eight divisions plus four wild cards; closes Friday at 10:00 PM; capped at one vote per hour — a harder mechanic than most regional polls in the state.
Shore Sports Insider runs three separate weekly fan-vote polls — Offensive, Defensive, and Special Teams — for Shore Conference football covering Monmouth and Ocean counties. Voting closes Wednesday at 10:00 PM, earlier than any other New Jersey football poll, and the Wednesday close is the one fact that trips up first-time campaigns.
Regional Media's annual Jersey Shore readers-choice awards, running nominations across roughly 230 categories before daily public voting on finalists at bestofjerseyshore.com.
NJBIZ's statewide Reader Rankings, a two-stage nominate-then-vote business awards ballot covering finance, real estate, education, retail, health care, and law.
CommunityVotes' annual public nomination-then-vote ballot for Jersey City businesses, run at jerseycity.communityvotes.com across restaurants, services, health, and beauty categories, with the 2026 cycle's nomination window confirmed for January 16 to May 10.
New Jersey Monthly's statewide dining readers' poll, split into North, Central, and South regional ballots across dozens of restaurant categories, now in its 42nd consecutive year.
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