Alicia D'Alessandro Archives - New Jersey Globe

Thanks to statewide recalibration, voter rolls dropped significantly in March

April 6, 2022 5:31 pm

At first glance, one would think a calamity struck New Jersey in March. According to the Secretary of State’s monthly voter registration statistics, the state lost a whopping 180,000 voters over the course of the month, falling from 6,603,125 to...

Way warns against double voting as Trump again urges supporters to cast multiple ballots

September 4, 2020 11:49 amSeptember 4, 2020 12:28 pm

New Jersey’s secretary of state is warning voters against casting multiple ballots in the coming election after President Donald Trump urged North Carolinians to do just that. “New Jersey state law says ‘any person who votes more than once at...

State admits computer glitch led to rise in third-party voter registration

July 1, 2020 12:01 amJuly 1, 2020 12:03 am

The New Jersey Division of Elections has acknowledged that a computer glitch at the state Motor Vehicle Commission is responsible for a sudden surge that attaches the wrong party identification to some voters, limiting their ability to participate in next...

Voters who asked for mail-in ballots in last two elections must reapply, state says

August 15, 2019 4:02 pmAugust 16, 2019 1:03 pm

In a move that creates even more confusion with New Jersey election law, Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration has decided that voters who requested vote-by-mail ballots in 2017 and 2018 must reapply to receive mail-in ballots for the upcoming election. That...