I lived in New Jersey as a teenager, and I will admit that I am concerned about the integrity of the election process in that state. Big Government posted an article yesterday about some of the things they are seeing as New Jersey prepares to go to the polls tomorrow. Dirty tricks are not new to political campaigns, but it is a good idea to be aware of them when deciding how to vote.
The article points out:
"(Chris) Daggett's run for office is certainly convenient for Corzine, as he will help split any anti-Corzine vote. And, as a Corzine political appointee, one wonders if his candidacy wasn't a set up to begin with. Now, in the final days of the campaign, it appears state democrats are paying for robo calls supporting Independent Chris Daggett. First reported here, the robo calls attack Christie (but not Corzine) and promote Daggett. At the end of the call, it is mentioned that the calls are paid for by a "project of the NJSDC." No idea what that acronym stands for, but New Jersey State Democratic Committee, isn't too big of a stretch. More interesting is the fact that the return number on the calls is the same number that was used to promote Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's election in closing days of the 2006 race."
The fact that Chris Dagget was a political appointee of Jon Corzine leads me to believe that either Chris Daggett is challenged in the area of political loyalty or that his running for governor was designed to re-elect Jon Corzine, who has dropped significantly in popularity. The other interesting aspect of this race is the appearance of people wearing ACORN t-shirts at a hospital in Newark signing and collecting absentee ballots.
My favorite quote from the article:
"...the state Democratic Committee recently sent a letter to the Secretary of State, arguing that any absentee ballot that is rejected should still be counted as a "provisional" vote. The letter complained that almost 3,000 absentee ballots had already been rejected "solely on the basis of a comparison of their signature to the signature on record." Solely? If the signature of the voter doesn't match the signature on the ballot, is there really a reason to look at anything else? The letter from the state Democrats suggests that election officials should simply verify that the address on the absentee ballot matches the address on record. Right, and my bank should go ahead and cash any suspicious check as long as the address on the check matches my home address."
I don't know if things have changed, but the joke in Jersey City when I was young was that as voter registration was going on, you would see people walking through the cemeteries with clipboards collecting names. Are we still there?
If you are a New Jersey resident concerned about election integrity, please follow the link to the Big Government website to see what steps you can take to prevent election fraud.
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