A state superior court judge ruled Wednesday that a new election will be held for a disputed Paterson, New Jersey city council seat after allegations of voter fraud via mail-in-ballots. The ruling comes only weeks after voter fraud charges were brought against the May 12 election winner Alex Mendez, per the Associated Press.
Mendez was charged with voter fraud along with Paterson Council Vice President Michael Jackson, Shelim Khalique and Abu Rayzen — all of whom have denied the charges, according to The Hill. An investigation performed by the U.S. Postal Service’s law enforcement arm found hundreds of mail-in ballots in a Paterson mailbox, as reported by the AP.
Ultimately, 800 ballots were discounted by the Passaic County Board of Elections and another 2,300 ballots were rendered ineligible after analyzing signatures on file and comparing them to those on the ballots, according to the Hill. A Passaic County report shows that these 3,100 disqualified ballots is equal to more than 22% of the total votes cast in the election.
A June press release from the office of the New Jersey attorney general quoted Attorney General Grewal, saying, “Today’s charges send a clear message: if you try to tamper with an election in New Jersey, we will find you and we will hold you accountable. We will not allow a small number of criminals to undermine the public’s confidence in our democratic process.”
An attorney for Mendez’ opponent Councilman William McKoy swiftly obtained an injunction that prevented Mendez from taking McKoy’s seat and being sworn in, reports The Hill.
You have to really search to find out the party affiliation of these accused of voter fraud via mail-in balloting.
They’re all DEMOCRATS.
And, WHY do we have any mail-in ballots outside of Absentee Ballots?
Recent data has not shown a compelling public health justification for mail-in voting.
In Wisconsin’s April election, only 52 of more than 400,000 voters and poll workers were confirmed to have contracted the Chinese coronavirus.
None of those cases were fatal.
This equals an infection rate below two-hundredths of one percent.
If Democrats go to these illegal lengths for a damned city council seat, imagine what they’ll do for the Presidency, with Soros’ money.
This did not happen. It is just a Republican ploy to deny the vote to ***.
No harm was done.
Trust me.
Without mail-in voting, how do you expect Dems to win the election?
My goodness. Purple thumbs would be such an incredible impediment. And we can’t vote in public because …well, because of COVID-19.
And denying a voter the chance to mail in multiple ballots is just wrong. Every vote counts. Every illegal vote counts.
And you should not have to prove citizenship to vote. Everybody votes. Votes often. Votes for the dead. Votes for cats, dogs, parrots, snakes, whatever. Especially illegals.
What convenient timing!
@Greg: Yes. Elections happen at regular intervals.
Funny you imply the Dem-lead NJ AG is working for Trump
Any proof or sources?
@Greg: Democrat fraud. Probably a dry run to practice for the national election.