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Mar 20
Yesterday brought the surreal experience of headlining POLITICO's NJ Playbook, which lands in my email every morning. That a seemingly minor Facebook fracas has evolved into this...
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Hold up - LOCAL PARTIES get to decide if the ballot order is randomized? And only AFTER the ballot order is drawn???
AKA, if the machine comes 1st on the ballot, no randomization. But if a challenger comes 1st, randomize it???
NJ machines need to stop trying to rig the ballot.
A Democratic assemblyman has introduced legislation to rotate candidate names on primary election ballots by voting district.
newjerseyglobe.com/legislatu…
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Venezia's plan would allow party leaders to see how the ballot draw goes before opting in to randomization. Some may view it more as an insurance policy than a reform.
A Democratic assemblyman has introduced legislation to rotate candidate names on primary election ballots by voting district.
newjerseyglobe.com/legislatu…
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Jun 16
Just finished answering an internal NJ-07 poll for the Kean campaign.
Survey started by asking if anyone in my household worked for the media or a political campaign - clearly, to prevent leaks. I answered no. Whoopsie :)
Anyway, here’s the messages I remember them testing:
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Jun 14
This remains one of the most unhinged things ever admitted on the record by a candidate for public office. To the NYT no less.
“I admit that I am trafficking in a deeply problematic lie. I know I am doing it, it makes me really uncomfortable, but I must do it to win. And so I will.” — Brad Lander
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Jun 13
Happy 100-Days-Without-Tom-Kean Day, for all who celebrate!
Don’t worry, I’m sure he’ll be back to work soon, after he recovers from r̶e̶h̶a̶b̶ his unspecified illness.
Just like he said last month. And the month before that. And the month before that.
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"eggplant parmesan right here, boom, on garlic bread"
best state in the US of A
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Jun 11
You might be thinking "Hmm... Tom Kean's been missing for months, Jon Bramnick is talked about as a potential replacement and he's sending mailers out from his state Senate account a year before his own primary." But Bramnick insists this really is about his state Senate seat...
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Jun 11
Judge tosses NJ-7 Libertarian from ballot for having New York circulators. That could benefit Tom Kean, Jr.
Also -- and this is meant sarcastically -- if New York can have a stadium in East Rutherford, why can't they have circulators?
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Jun 11
Thread!
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🧵 For new NY Knicks fans who don’t know what the name means. The legal name of the team is “The New York Knickbockers.” What is a Knickbocker? Technically, it’s a type of pant that used to be worn by schoolboys but is now really only worn in football and baseball.
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Jun 11
Attn public agencies: Listen to the unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court
(OPRA victory today!)
njcourts.gov/system/files/co…
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Jun 10
Some serious First Amendment issues in quickly advancing legislation on abortion and trans health care. Initially it would have criminalized making clinic staff or patients feel "mental anguish." Come on.
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"A small rally outside Rahway City Hall, a surprise disavowal at the mic, and questions about the municipal budget and water utility defined Monday night's meeting."
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Seriously?! And all of these twisted knickers about Sue Altman and/or Tom Malinowski swapping districts?
As for Randall Terry’s Tennessee address: You can run for Congress in NJ without living there as long as you do by the time you’re sworn in. And you never have to live in the district you represent. But he’s also running for governor of Hawaii….
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Jun 7
The Democratic party is throwing their friends under the bus for no reason. People are non-reactive to loss of Black voting rights. Nobody cares that Jews are being targeted for murder. Now? Domestic violence doesn't matter. MeToo never mattered at all.
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Jun 5
Y’all want me to move mountains for Graham Platner but you wouldn’t push a pebble for Kamala Harris.
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Jun 5
From the bottom of my heart, thank you. I am proud of what we have done together.
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Noting the trend of candidates in New Jersey winning elections with less than 30% of the total vote, state Senator @vingopal tells @MattFriedmanNJ he is exploring either instituting runoff elections, or ranked-choice voting.
Several municipalities in the state already have runoff elections, which may make it easier to expand on a state level.
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Jun 5
‘Blue No Matter Who’ is for normal candidates who you may not have voted for in the primary and may not be particularly fond of, but are still perfectly fine; not unfathomably flawed candidates with Nazi tattoos and claims of domestic violence. The fuck are you talking about??
Dems' reactions to Platner making it transparently clear that "Vote Blue No Matter Who" was always just a way to make leftists to shut up and vote for centrists, not an actual principle
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