Robert Giles Archives

Voting rights groups’ complaint demands electronic ballots for displaced voters

October 16, 2020 2:00 amOctober 16, 2020 9:11 am

Two voting rights groups sued New Jersey’s top election officials Wednesday, asking a Mercer County Superior Court judge to force the state to electronically transmit mail-in ballots to some voters. The complaint, filed by the state branches of the American...

Kanye West bid to get on N.J. ballot faces legal challenge

July 29, 2020 10:54 amDecember 17, 2020 7:36 pm

Kanye West’s bid to run as an independent presidential candidate in New Jersey may be in some trouble. Just seven of the fourteen electors he filed appear to be registered to vote, voter registration records show. Scott Salmon, an election...

Murphy says administration taking ballot concerns ‘very seriously’

July 2, 2020 2:23 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy pushed back on the idea that his administration was minimizing technical problems that could disenfranchise some voters in next week’s primaries on Thursday. “We take all — any — concerns that we’ve heard very seriously, and we...

Murphy won’t say if he’s concerned technical problems will disenfranchise primary voters

July 1, 2020 5:39 pm

Amid election officials’ mounting concerns about technical problems and U.S. Postal Service delays, Gov. Phil Murphy declined to say whether he believed persistent technical problems would disenfranchise some voters ahead of the state’s July primaries. “I would say, on the...

New Jersey spent $89,000 for one online voter

June 2, 2020 10:33 amJune 2, 2020 10:34 am

New Jersey spent $89,000 to test online voting, but just one voter used the system in the May 12 non-partisan municipal elections. New Jersey Division of Elections director Robert F. Giles awarded the contact, obtained by the New Jersey Globe,...

New Jersey making plans for all-VBM primary, officials say Murphy must decide by next week

March 26, 2020 2:16 pm

New Jersey election officials are actively working on plans for primary election conducted entirely through vote-by-mail ballots, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Five senior election officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity say that Gov. Phil Murphy will...

Murphy won’t say if he agrees with mail-in ballot ruling

August 19, 2019 3:12 pmAugust 20, 2019 2:23 am

Gov. Phil Murphy deflected questions on his administration’s ruling that blocks voters who requested mail-in ballots in 2017 and 2018 from receiving such ballots perpetually. “To the best of my knowledge, it’s possible the Secretary of State and her team...