Brian Stack Archives - New Jersey Globe

Senate committee approves early voting

August 20, 2020 11:57 amAugust 20, 2020 2:01 pm

A State Senate committee today approved a measure that would establish early voting in New Jersey next year. The plan would establish early voting centers – the number would vary based on county population – for the 15 days prior...

Murphy: Unclear if early voting can be enacted for November races

August 14, 2020 3:51 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy isn’t sure the state can pass early voting in time for November’s elections. “We actually had an early voting conversation among our team this morning, and I continue to be a huge proponent, and I think the...

Coughlin: ‘We should certainly consider’ early voting

July 30, 2020 5:05 pmJuly 31, 2020 9:47 am

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Woodbridge) said New Jersey’s lawmakers should consider enacting an early voting program in the state Thursday. “Look, I think we should do everything to give people the opportunity to vote,” he said. “And early voting, I...

Stack set to introduce early voting bill in coming weeks

July 30, 2020 3:11 pm

State Sen. Brian Stack (D-Union City) intends to introduce a bill to allow early voting in the coming weeks. “I would support it, and I’ll sponsor it,” Stack told the New Jersey Globe Thursday. “I have something I’m working on...

Progressives came reasonably close in one Hudson freeholder race

July 23, 2020 1:16 pm

A closer-than-expected Democratic primary for Hudson County freeholder has left some local political observers wondering if a progressive strategy to challenge four other incumbents was an overreach that limited their chances to win one seat and break through a county...

Hudson organization Democrats lead in all freeholder races

July 8, 2020 8:26 pm

All nine freeholders backed by the Hudson County Democratic Organization are maintaining leads over a slate of progressive challengers after more than 5,000 additional vote-by-mail ballots were counted today. The closest race is in the 4th district, where Yraida Aponte-Lipski...

In Hudson, organization-backed freeholder candidates lead in all races

July 8, 2020 3:09 amJuly 8, 2020 5:54 am

With the vast majority of ballots uncounted, organization-backed candidates in Hudson County lead progressive challengers in all nine district freeholder races. Freeholder candidate Yraida Aponte-Lipski holds a slight lead, but so few votes have been counted that it’s insignificant. There...