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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...

The switch

August 13, 2019 1:47 amAugust 13, 2019 1:44 am

Bob Torricelli, seeking re-election to a second term in the United States Senate in 2002, was severely admonished by the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics on July 31 for accepting expensive gifts from one of his campaign contributors, David...

The Twelve Days of Torricelli

August 13, 2019 1:44 amAugust 13, 2019 1:43 am

Woodbridge Mayor James E. McGreevey had emerged as the front-runner for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. McGreevey came within 25,426 votes of ousting Whitman in 1997 and never stopped campaigning. On July 20, 2000, U.S. Senator Bob Torricelli began seeking support...

Maps: August voter registration numbers

August 6, 2019 9:43 amAugust 6, 2019 12:39 pm

Unaffiliated voters remain the largest single group of registered voters statewide in New Jersey, accounting for 2,363,874 voters, or 39.5% of registered voters within the state. Democrats remain in a razor-thin second place, accounting for 2,291,008 voters, or 38.3% of...

Booker won debate, Menendez says

August 5, 2019 1:22 pmAugust 5, 2019 5:02 pm

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez thinks New Jersey’s junior senator got a boost from last week’s debates. “I think he was the winner of that debate, and a whole host of political analysts said so,” Menendez said of U.S. Sen. Cory...