.votebox-results-metadata-p { font-weight: bold; } democracy is what I disagreed with. New Jerseys elections were conducted primarily by mail-in ballot last year, due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. More than 800 of the rejected ballots were invalidated because they were found tethered together in mailboxes. Paterson City Councilmen Michael Jackson and Alex Mendez, Time to Investigate Ridgewoods Failure to Repair the Kingsbridge Footbridge, The Ridgewood Historical Society will celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Schoolhouse with a Gala at Felina Restaurant on Thursday, May 18th, Kingsbridge Footbridge in Ridgewood Now in Limbo, UPDATE: Banking Kerfuffle: First Republic Shares Dropped Sharply Friday Rattling the Market. The investigation was conducted by prosecutors and detectives in the OPIA Corruption Bureau, under the leadership of OPIA Director Thomas Eicher. clearly not viable Ballots. Both the U.S. padding-left: 10px; It is alleged that Jackson violated state election laws as a candidate by approaching one or more voters in Paterson in the district where he was running and collecting their official mail-in ballots for delivery to the Passaic County Board of Elections. font-weight: 500; "It's my story, it's what happens when someone fights for freedom in America today," This is only the beginning of voter fraud. April 24, 2018. State executives | } Jackson allegedly had in his possession more than three ballots that were neither his own nor for which he was an authorized bearer. I watched the hearing video. Two city council members in Paterson have been indicted for allegedly interfering with a special election last year, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced Wednesday, in a case cited by then-President Donald Trump in his unsuccessful lawsuit to try and invalidate voting by mail in New Jersey. Mendez received 1,595 votes to McKoy's 1,350 in the five-person race. .widget-row.Libertarian { Historically, third parties have failed to thrive in America's two-party system. Ha nem szeretn, hogy mi s partnereink cookie-kat s szemlyes adatokat hasznljunk ezekre a tovbbi clokra, kattintson Az sszes elutastsa lehetsgre. font-size: .9em; All rights reserved, Judge Orders New Election for Paterson Council Seat After Voter Fraud Charges, Gov. Council President. } padding-left: 16px; Remembered how local police officers where designated to investigate the whole voters fraud thing, something they had no business doing. .leg-hnt-border-top { We invite you to become a Geller Report insider. "This is about the entire latino community. display: block; So will there be a recount? Mendez received 1,595 votes to McKoys 1,350 in the five-person race. We will not allow a small number of criminals to undermine the publics confidence in our democratic process., The residents of New Jersey have a right to free and fair elections, and we will ensure that happens, said OPIA Director Thomas Eicher. theres no love or allegiance from Arabs or Pakis or Indians, who almost exclusively vote Democrat. Jackson, 48, of Paterson; Mendez, 45, of Paterson; Shelim Khalique, 51, of He'll have a lot more than four husbands once he gets to lockup. } The indictments handed up last month charge Mendez and Jackson with multiple counts including election fraud, unauthorized possession of ballots and falsifying or tampering with public records. var monthNames = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July", Alex Mendez raising money for his legal defense fund, says he'll - MSN }. To the mayor, Andre Sayegh, Im looking forward to working with you, said Mendez. z-index:1; font-size: 90%; They love money bro and the FBI is coming for them all, believe me,