Andy Kim Archives - New Jersey Globe

The year of the unlikely voter: why Democrats care so much about VBM reform

August 23, 2019 2:15 amAugust 23, 2019 2:51 pm

New Jersey has elections where candidates for the State Assembly head the ticket twice in four years, every other decade. It occurred in 2015 and won’t happen again until 2035. 2019 is considered an off-off year, when voter turnout is...

Legislature may hold special session to fix vote-by-mail mess

August 21, 2019 1:41 pmAugust 21, 2019 9:14 pm

Update: The Senate and Assembly have scheduled a quorum call for Friday at 4:30 PM and could schedule a voting session early next week. The Legislature could be called back into session within the next couple of weeks to address...

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...

Van Drew plays carpetbagger card against Richter

August 13, 2019 3:58 pmAugust 13, 2019 5:53 pm

Rep. Jeff Van Drew (D-Dennis) is already raising money off the announcement that the wealthy former CEO of one of the nation’s largest construction companies will run against him in 2020, and it took him just a few hours to...

Eli Nachmany departs White House for Harvard

August 10, 2019 11:22 amAugust 10, 2019 3:38 pm

Here’s Josh Gottheimer’s 2026 Republican opponent. Eli Nachmany, a 23-year-old Closter native, left his White House job yesterday to start Harvard Law School. Nachmany took a leave from New York University to work advance and press Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential...

Andy Kim backs extension of ERA ratification deadline

August 7, 2019 9:00 amAugust 7, 2019 11:50 am

Rep. Andy Kim (D-Marlton) has become the 9th New Jersey House member to support an extension to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Kim signed on yesterday to co-sponsor a House resolution that would provide another extension to allow one more...

ERA ratification movement adds Gottheimer to co-sponsor list

August 5, 2019 3:16 pmAugust 5, 2019 3:17 pm

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) has signed on as a co-sponsor of a move to extend the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Gottheimer on Friday became the 8th member of the New Jersey House delegation to co-sponsor the...