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Election Day changes trigger new ELEC deadlines

March 23, 2020 10:25 am

Changes of special election and school board elections dates have triggered new reporting deadlines for the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. Gov. Phil Murphy announced last week that he was moving March 31 special elections in Atlantic City, Old...

Armstead denied admission to Union Democratic breakfast

October 27, 2019 11:06 amOctober 28, 2019 10:37 am

There was some drama this morning at the annual Union County Democratic pre-election breakfast when Linden Mayor Derek Armstead was refused admittance because he is supporting an independent mayoral candidate in Dover. Armstead, who is also the Linden Democratic Municipal...

Jonathan Petro is accused of election fraud.

Petro camp used fake group to smear Hill, lawyer alleges

October 17, 2019 11:36 amOctober 17, 2019 12:49 pm

A complaint alleging election fraud by Toms River Democratic mayoral candidate Jonathan Petro was filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission today by an attorney representing the Republican nominee, Mo Hill. The complaint alleges that Petro and Toms...

Big six fundraising, spending still subpar

October 17, 2019 11:32 amOctober 17, 2019 1:01 pm

Though they’ve exceeded fundraising benchmarks they set in 2015, New Jersey’s big six are still far behind where they were a decade ago. The state’s legislative leadership committees and state parties raised a total of $3.7 million and spend $3.5...

ELEC reports uptick in county party fundraising

May 7, 2018 10:43 amMay 7, 2018 4:09 pm

County political parties have more cash-on-hand after the first quarter of 2018 than in previous years, according to quarterly reports filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). The numbers were slightly better than the 14-year average since...

Russo settles election law violation

April 4, 2018 11:27 amApril 4, 2018 11:27 am

Hoboken City Councilman Michael Russo has settled a 13-count complaint filed against him by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission in 2016. The complaint alleged various violations of state campaign finance laws involving his 2009 campaign for Council. Russo...

ELEC files complaint against Freeholder

March 22, 2018 10:17 amMarch 22, 2018 10:43 pm

A seven-count complaint has been filed against Cumberland County Freeholder Darlene Barber alleging that she failed to provide obligatory information about donors to her 2013 campaign to the state Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). The ELEC complaint, filed five years...