New Brunswick Voter Irregularities in Contested Elections Plus other areas

[Joanne O'Neill]

Quote of the Day : "The Truth is heavy, therefore few care to carry it. "

 

Yesterday delivered a major blow to the progressive movement in NJ with the defeat of Jon Corzine and Loretta Weinberg.

 

Unfortunately any hopes of gaining Marriage Equality or the passage of the resolution for Single Payer in NJ has been diminished.

 

From the little I have listened to MSM remarks concerning the election yesterday, it seems they are portraying it more as a failure of Obama to take the leadership role as promised in his campaign last year.

 

Too many who were energized last year into believing promises of Obama  as being progressive in ending the wars, providing affordable healthcare, and restoring financial stability, didn't bother to show up at the polls due to the helpless feeling of "what's the use" or for reasons similar to 1994 when they voted for the Repugs to show their disappointment in the failure of the Dems to pass healthcare reform back then.

 

The end results of both attitudes caused profound circumstances . 1994 began the reign of Republican terrorists into the destruction of what little moral values and fiduciary responsibilities  there was left .

 

Since then it has been a down hill spiral into a barbarian civilization where torture , the occupation and destruction of other nations and the plundering of our financial institutions  is acceptable. Where the elected "servants" of the people have their coffers filled by corporate elite and do their bidding, instead of looking out for the good of people as a whole.

 

Next year there is another important race in NJ, one of our senators is up for re-election. I know Menendez has been a disappointment on many fronts, but now is the time to let him know we will not allow him to pander any longer to the right leanings  if he wishes our support. No More Patriot Act! No More Military Commissions Act! No More Giving Into Pharma Contributors & Denying Healthcare Reform !!!!

 

Time to let him know we expect him to support Bernie Sanders S700 bill for single payer,we  want him to support Feingold's bill S1686 and if it gets to the Senate , house bill HR104 .The bill would establish a commission to investigate policies of the Bush Administration and reign in presidential powers .

 

Many of you have been missing from the progressive movement, but everyday you justify your absence, there are other movements gaining strength to make our job harder...... remember the 912 tea baggers are growing beyond belief.

 

If you don't think they didn't play a part in yesterday, you are easily fooled !!!! Who do you think was pushing the ACORN fraud issue?

 

In closing I leave you with this question ....... if Tea Baggers can hold weekly meetings for strategy sessions, why is it so hard for progressives to even make one meeting a month?

 

Be sure to read the irregularities from yesterdays election:

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Submitted by Jim Walsh

For Immediate Release	Contact:
November 3, 2009	Charlie Kratovil 908.295.8909

New Brunswick Ballot Question Yet to Be Decided
Voter Irregularities Appear Widespread

New Brunswick, NJ: A hotly contested ballot question pertaining to the form of New Brunswick’s municipal charter is still yet to be settled. At present, over 180 provisional ballots have yet to be counted, which will likely determine the outcome of this race, whose margin is 113 votes.

Further complicating the election are widespread accounts of voter suppression, fraud and irregularities that are being brought forward by election monitors and community leaders.

 “These unconscionable actions are the last ditch effort of an entrenched political machine that is more concerned with maintaining power than addressing the concerns of their constituents,” said Martin Perez, Chair Person for the Coalition for Democracy, “We will work to make sure the voice of the people of New Brunswick is heard,” added Perez.

Among numerous concerns raised are legitimate voters being turned away at the polls, residents casting double ballots and poll clerks telling voters the way they should vote on the municipal question.

“Voters from all over the City are demanding a voice, and as we have seen so many times before, the city is throttling our voice,” said Martha Guarnrei, President of Empower Our Neighborhoods.

 

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Irregularity Already Surfaces in Referendum Vote

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

A tipster wrote that the polling machines were down at Hillside School this morning at 6:15, and all voters were using paper ballots. The problem was that the school board referendum question was reduced to two words, "Municipal Referendum."
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From Brad Blog

Sequoia touch-screen failures in Essex, Somerset and Goucester Counties, NJ. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/voting-machine_problems_crop_u.html

Other than that, we're just stunned that ACORN did such a terrible job, yet again, at "stealing the election" in New Jersey