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Somerset tried to count ballots on Friday, but deputy attorney general left early

November 9, 2019 10:05 pmNovember 11, 2019 9:28 am

Two Somerset County elections commissioners wanted to start counting votes in the race for control of the freeholder board on Friday afternoon, but the deputy attorney general representing the Board of Elections scooted out of work early on Friday and...

Bergen election officials ignored notice of voter fraud

April 30, 2019 11:28 amApril 30, 2019 3:52 pm

County election officials were told about allegations of vote-by-mail improprieties in Elmwood Park two months before the November 2018 general election but did nothing to investigate at the time, the New Jersey Globe has learned. “I have become aware of...

State not looking to take Gilmore pension

April 24, 2019 5:19 pmApril 25, 2019 10:07 am

Former Ocean County GOP chairman George Gilmore will not lose his state pension, the state Attorney General’s office said today. “The details of the forfeiture are dependent on the nature of the criminal activity, particularly if it related to the...

Grewal voices support of free press, won’t comment on Suarez specifically

April 4, 2019 2:09 pmApril 4, 2019 2:10 pm

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal declined to comment on the specifics of Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez’s call for Jersey City residents to ignore NJ.com and use her office’s Twitter feed instead to get local crime news. But Grewal...