The SandPaper’s managing editor has been flooded with phone calls and emails from people asking questions about vote-by-mail ballots in the past couple of weeks. But that flood looks like a mere trickle when compared with the number of queries the Ocean County Clerk’s Office and the Ocean County Elections Board have been receiving.

During a SandPaper phone interview with Ocean County Clerk Scott M. Colabella on Monday, his phone was constantly ringing off the hook with other calls.