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In response to a request for voter data from a newly-formed presidential commission, the Director of the New Jersey Division of Elections said the agency would provide only the data publicly disclosable under the state’s OPRA law. NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Here is N.J.’s latest response to Trump voter fraud commission by Jonathan Read More …
The post below discusses the use of the Ridgewood Village website for a video promoting a yes vote on a ballot question in the June 21, 2016 referendum. The New Jersey Libertarian Party’s Open Government Advocacy Project and chairman John Paff have filed an ethics complaint against the Village mayor and manager alleging improper use of public resources. Read More …
A Nutley Commissioner up for re-election is questioned over what appears to be his use of municipal alert system email addresses for his own political campaign. Essex Watch founder and Nutley resident Lee Dorry, who himself received a campaign-related email sent to a personal email address that was provided for town alerts, is quoted in Read More …