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Murphy signs bill allowing election boards to pick drop box placement

April 9, 2021 4:29 pmApril 9, 2021 6:36 pm

County election boards will be allowed to decide the placement of ballot drop boxes under a bill Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law Friday. The measure allows county election boards to decide by simple majority vote the placement of secure...

Murphy says threat of prison will stop election officials from releasing early results

September 2, 2020 4:04 pmSeptember 3, 2020 1:46 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy isn’t prepared to call for county party chairs to resign from their seats on county election boards over a provision allowing the panels to begin canvassing ballots 10 days before election day. “I haven’t thought through who...

Election officials can count ballots 10 days before polls close

September 1, 2020 1:43 pm

New Jersey’s election officials will be able to start counting mail-in ballots 10 days before election day under a law Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law last week. The provision, first reported by Politico New Jersey Tuesday, was added into...

Senate Panel advances Beach bill allowing early ballot processing

August 20, 2020 12:43 pmAugust 20, 2020 12:48 pm

A Senate Panel advanced a bill that would allow election officials to begin opening vote-by-mail ballots in the five days preceding an election Thursday. The measure, advanced by the State Government, Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation Committee in a vote...

Opinion: ‘It’s Relatively easy to qualify to run in a county-wide race’

April 30, 2020 9:04 pm

OPINION It is important that New Jerseyans are made aware of something very serious that happened last week that you may have missed with the crush of news during this pandemic. As anyone who watches or cares about politics in...

South Jersey goes for Biden in massive endorsement

March 11, 2020 3:35 pmMarch 11, 2020 3:35 pm

South Jersey Democrats moved solidly behind Joe Biden for president today in a gargantuan organizational juggernaut that includes endorsements from Senate President Steve Sweeney, seven Democratic county chairs and every Democratic legislator in the southern part of the state. The...

Camden Dems attack Altman over appearance with Booker challenger

February 26, 2020 3:55 pmFebruary 26, 2020 4:18 pm

Camden County Democrats attacked activist Sue Altman over her appearance alongside U.S. Senate candidate Larry Hamm at a Progressive Democrats of Union County event on Saturday. “We are proud to support Cory Booker for another term in the Senate and...