hoping to unseat democratic governor phil murphy. murphy looks to be the first democrat reelected as governor since 1977. we re live at a polling place in jersey city. welcome to fox news alexis. hello. good morning, bill. thank you very much for the welcome. very happy to be here and excited to be part of the fox team. here in jersey city the polling location things are picking up a little bit. poll locations have been open since 6:00 this morning expecting people to keep coming in throughout the day to cast votes. the state of new jersey has more registered democrats than republicans the race is tighter than people expected. new jersey governor phil murphy, democrat, is running for his second term in office. incumbent squaring off against assemblyman jack ciattarelli. top concerns are taxes and the covid-19 pandemic. fox news spoke with both candidates on the campaign trail in the last few days.
the rights. some reminders, january 6th, a violent mob hundred members of congress and brutally attacked police. a rally later this month, in washington, september 18. in support of the jailed insurrectionists. that many are worried would bring more violence. parents across this country, harassing educators and health care workers who advocate for wearing masks in schools. you will remember there s a plot to kidnap the governor of michigan, because of the covid restrictions she put in. placed public officials are being targeted at their, homes over election lies. in reuters just identified more than 100 and threats of death or violence, against election officials, inspired by trump s lies. texas is already codified violence in its republican supporter which empowers partisan, armed poll ruptures two poll locations and intimidate voters. now it s quantify vigilante justice, by incentivizing just
Apr. 25—Early voting for the May 1 election continues with several races taking place in Parker and Palo Pinto counties. Early voting in Parker County will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April, 26 and 27. Poll locations for early voting include the Aledo ISD Administration Building, Hudson Oaks City Hall, Parker County Courthouse Annex, Precinct 3 County Barn, Springtown Senior Center, .
election, you know, in a sense, they both go hand in hand. there is no evidence behind a rigged election. right. he didn t say the media is bias. in a tweet today, he said there is rigging going on at the polls, you know, the poll locations. polling sites. right. and then this, there is no evidence to this either. right. you re having a growing list of republican officials from paul ryan to the secretary of state in ohio saying this is wrong and dangerous rhetoric. as i said, i think for donald trump supporters, a big part of his appeal has been that he violates all the norms of propriety. they believe the system is so disea diseased, that it is failing to meet their needs and they want someone to throw rocks through every window. the problem is, that is somewhere south of 40% of the country. consistently in polling, at least 60% of americans have said they don t believe he has the temperament needed to succeed as president and 60% said he is not
blacks said yes. how are the numbers affected by this law? i think civil rights advocates would say this is a lot more subtle than someone being excluded right at the door of the voting booth, for example. they are talking about changes in poll locations, changes in lines. but the polls do, i think, drive, in part, the supreme court majority u its fundamental point is look, it s been decades since these groups these jurisdictions were originally identified. congress needs to update that list because it s operating unfairly on a lot of the country that doesn t engage in that kind of discrimination. quickly to all three of you, tom what do you think the outcome s going to be? i think the statute is going to get struck down, sorry to say for civil rights advocates, this court signaled several years ago and had real concerns about the law. mike? yep. court said congress fix this three years ago, congress zupt didn t fix it court will this time strike down the preclearance provi