UpdatedThu, Mar 4, 2021 at 8:03 am ET
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The NJGOP released a list of “common sense” recommendations its members will be fighting for in future elections. (danielfela/Shutterstock)
NEW JERSEY The New Jersey Republican State Committee (NJGOP) has released a list of common sense recommendations that its members will be fighting for in 2021 and beyond.
Earlier this week, the NJGOP said that in the wake of the 2020 general election, its leaders have been listening to Republican voters sound off across the state, raising many concerns about the process in New Jersey.
In January, the NJGOP convened an election improvement committee to put together a set of recommendations about how to ensure secure and fair elections in the Garden State.
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Republicans across the country reportedly fled the party in the days following the riot at the U.S. Capitol that led to the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump.
Not so in New Jersey, according to voter registration statistics and county officials.
In fact, the number of registered Republicans in the Garden State actually crept up by 355, or 0.02% between Jan. 1 and Feb. 1, while the number of Democrats declined. However, the statewide totals are skewed by a general cleanup of the voter rolls in Union County, which is predominantly Democratic. Excluding Union from the total, Republican registration rose by 0.23%, while the ranks of Democrats increased by a higher 0.35%.
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Rep. Andy Kim, left, talks to fellow Rep. Tom Malinowski at a reception prior to 2020 New Jersey Chamber of Commerce congressional dinner in Washington. Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media
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Congressional Democrats plan to use their new-found majorities to permanently expand vote-by mail after an election that saw both record turnout and former President Donald Trump’s failed attempts to block New Jersey and other states from making it easier in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
The bill would let anyone could vote by mail for any reason and receive postage-paid envelopes for requesting and returning ballots. States would have to set up secure drop boxes for completed ballots. Any ballots postmarked by Election Day but received up to 10 days later would count, and voters whose ballots are rejected would
Trump tells supporters who stormed Capitol to ‘go home,’ continues to falsely claim election was stolen
Updated Jan 17, 2021;
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Hours after a mob of his supporters began storming the U.S. Capitol in a violent protest Wednesday, President Donald Trump released a video Wednesday calling on them to “go home in peace,” while also telling them “we love you” and continuing to falsely claim his loss in the presidential election was “fraudulent.”
“I know your pain, I know you’re hurt,” Trump said in the minute-long video originally released on Twitter that the site has since removed. “We had an election that was stolen from us.”