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To ensure some level of dignity to the incarcerated, legislators last year passed a reform law that gave broad powers to the corrections ombudsman and created an advisory board to assist those efforts. At the moment, New Jersey has neither.
The current ombudsman said he would retire on Aug. 1, but he is on an extended leave until then, using up paid time off.
Seats on the advisory board remain open, and members of that board have been unable to meet both because they lacked a quorum and because there is no ombudsman to coordinate with.
New Jersey Election Protection Coalition Releases Report on 2020 General Election April 29, 2021, 1:37 pm | in
New Jersey Election Protection Coalition Releases Report
on 2020 General Election
NEWARK – The New Jersey Election Protection Coalition (the “Coalition”) today released a report (the “Report”) analyzing issues New Jersey voters encountered during the November 3, 2020 general election, including in the weeks leading up to it beginning on October 15. A full copy of the Report can be found here.
The Report highlights the challenges posed in an election run during a global pandemic and notes that, despite these challenges, New Jersey administered a safe and sound election. Indeed, the data show significant successes: more than 400,000 voters used a new online voter registration system that launched the month before the voter registration deadline, and turnout was historically high. At the same time, issues reported by voters throu
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Like many Democratic Party figures last week, Gov. Phil Murphy characterized the guilty verdict of the Minneapolis police officer for the murder of George Floyd as a milestone in a long, unfinished struggle against systemic racism. This is a journey that we ve been on and we will remain on, Murphy said last week.
Yet it remains to be seen how that journey will take place in a Democratic-controlled Legislature alongside a self-styled progressive governor running for reelection this fall. Will the party, where people of color remain a powerful and important constituency, burn some of its political capital and push through long-sought but politically sensitive change?
Because of this law, elections will be fairer | Opinion
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Assemblyman Bill Moen says that while well-intentioned, and even helpful in some circumstances, statutory requirements regarding ballot box placement have created these situations that caused the boxes to be bunched together. A new law resolves that situation.
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By Bill Moen
Imagine for a moment someone with long, unpredictable work hours that make it hard for them to know what their schedule will look like day-to-day. When it comes to voting, they’re never sure if they’ll have time to visit their polling site and wait in line to cast a vote on election day. To guarantee their voice is heard, regardless of their availability on election day, they decide to complete a mail-in ballot and drop it off in a box ahead of time.
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