posted July 08, 2020 09:01 PM            

Spc. Carlos Concepcion sorts mail-in ballots during Election Day today in Trenton, N.J. “Our impact feels bigger because we are right here in our own communities when they need us.

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Is it to fill the gap left by senior citizens who usually work the polls on election day or could it be because of hundreds of voter fraud claims in Paterson, N.J. last month?

State Attorney General Gurbir Grewal alleges that Councilman Michael Jackson and Councilman-elect Alex Mendez handled mail-in ballots improperly. Jackson possessed too many mail-in ballots that were not his own and Mendez submitted voter registration applications he knew were false, Grewal claims. Two workers for a third campaign were also charged with election fraud.

Gov. Phil Murphy ordered May’s local elections and July’s primaries to be conducted almost entirely by mail as part of the state’s effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Since then, the missteps have included:

Republican voters in Somerset County received ballots meant for Democratic voters.Morris Township ballots were destroyed when a mail truck caught fire June 20.Possible computer glitches at the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission assigned the wrong party registration to some voters and sent two ballots to voters who have legally changed their names, according to New Jersey Globe.One out of 10 ballots in May’s local elections were not counted, according to NJ Spotlight.

‘It’s a mess’: Paterson voter fraud just a taste of mail-in ballot issues plaguing New Jersey

https://www.njherald.com/news/20200630/its-mess-paterson-voter-fraud-just-taste-of-mail-in-ballot-issues-plaguing-new-jersey