John Wallace Archives - New Jersey Globe

N.J.’s new congressional map is looking pretty sturdy for Democrats

November 11, 2022 5:01 pmNovember 11, 2022 7:57 pm

Going into this year’s midterm election, one of the biggest open questions in New Jersey politics was how the state’s new congressional map would hold up. Drawn by Democrats on the Congressional Redistricting Commission, the map aimed to make nine...

Oroho asks SCI to investigate Sam Wang

April 29, 2022 3:41 pmApril 29, 2022 4:29 pm

New Jersey Senate Minority Leader Steve Oroho has asked the State Commission of Investigation to launch a probe into allegations that Princeton Gerrymandering Project head Sam Wang manipulated data while serving as a paid advisor to the independent tiebreaker on...

GOP asks Wallace to release Wang congressional redistricting data

April 29, 2022 12:19 pmMay 2, 2022 1:49 am

Republicans have asked the court-selected tiebreaker for New Jersey congressional redistricting to publicly release all data provided by the Princeton Gerrymandering Project following reports that Princeton University has launched an internal investigation into allegations that one of their professors, Sam...

Steinhardt wants N.J. redistricting commission to reconvene for discussion on Wang

April 28, 2022 10:47 am

The Republican chairman of the New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission wants the panel to reconvene to discuss revelations that the top advisor to tiebreaker John E. Wallace, Jr. is the subject of an internal investigation at Princeton University after complaints...

Princeton University investigating Sam Wang for research misconduct, toxic workplace issues

April 28, 2022 9:01 amMay 5, 2022 6:22 pm

Princeton University has launched an internal investigation of Sam Wang, the controversial head of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project, after members of his staff alleged that he was manipulating data to match his personal agenda, and for mistreating people who worked...

Just one state has no law to break election ties and it’s New Jersey

March 23, 2022 12:08 pm

New Jersey is the only state that doesn’t have a tie-breaking statute, so seats sit vacant until judges and county election officials can agree on a date for a do-over election that typically draws relatively few voters. In South Toms...

N.J. Supreme Court dismisses GOP lawsuit on congressional redistricting

February 3, 2022 11:28 amFebruary 3, 2022 12:10 pm

The New Jersey Supreme Court has dismissed a legal challenge from Republicans over congressional redistricting, declining to accept a GOP argument that tiebreaker John E. Wallace Jr. flubbed his role in the process. “No count in the complaint, however, asserts...