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Judge lets Somerset man who tried to register before deadline to vote

November 2, 2024 5:35 pm

A Somerset County man will be permitted to vote in the 2024 election after a judge found that he had made a good-faith effort to register before the October 15 deadline. The voter, whose name is being withheld by the...

New U.S. citizen can vote because she mailed registration in before deadline, judge says

October 31, 2024 3:41 pm

A Union County woman who became a U.S. citizen in June and registered to vote in September will be allowed to vote for the first time after Superior Court Judge John Deitch found that her voter registration form was mailed...

Judge allows 90-year-old woman to vote despite motor vehicles snafu

October 30, 2024 1:57 pm

A 90-year-old Monmouth County woman will get to vote this year after a judge found that she had made a good-faith effort to register and could not rule out that there could have been a mistake at Motor Vehicles Commission...

N.J. voter registration laws binds hand of judge

October 28, 2024 9:51 pmOctober 28, 2024 10:08 pm

A Monmouth County woman won’t be able to vote this year because she missed the voter registration deadline by four days. The woman told Superior Court Judge Linda Grasso Jones that she wasn’t aware of the October 15 deadline. “I...

Nine election bills advance out of Senate committee

June 23, 2022 6:06 pmJune 23, 2022 10:06 pm

Nine election bills advanced through the Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee today which would enact a variety of changes concerning mail-in balloting, poll workers, overseas voters, ballot privacy, early voting locations, campaign finance, and police at...

Assembly Judiciary Committee advances Coughlin election reform package

June 9, 2022 5:14 pmJune 9, 2022 5:18 pm

The Assembly Judiciary Committee today advanced a package of election reform bills spearheaded by Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Woodbridge); the seven bills in the package previously cleared the Assembly State and Local Government Committee last month. One of the more contentious...

Likely booted from Hudson line, Jimenez is defiant

June 6, 2022 10:43 am

Assemblywoman Angelica Jimenez (D-West New York), who will likely lose the Hudson County Democratic endorsement for re-election in 2023 due to a larger game of political musical chairs, has signaled defiance while not making any firm commitments about what she...