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RandySF

(70,652 posts)
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 09:12 AM Mar 2020

New Jersey making plans for all-VBM primary, officials say Murphy must decide by next week

New Jersey election officials are actively working on plans for primary election conducted entirely through vote-by-mail ballots, the New Jersey Globe has learned.

Five senior election officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity say that Gov. Phil Murphy will need to make a decision on the June New Jersey primary by early next week, if not sooner.

“If the governor doesn’t make the call by Tuesday or Wednesday, we might not be able to have an election on June 2,” one official said. “He might have to push the primary to later in June.”

Plans for an all-VBM primary election comes at a time when other states have postponed primaries scheduled for March, April and May to June 2. It’s possible that a Democratic presidential candidate cannot mathematically clinch the nomination until June 2 – something that makes the New Jersey primary theoretically relevant.

Another official cited the lead time on printing ballots and envelopes and the challenge of meeting the April 19 target date to send out VBM ballots.

Robert Giles, the director of the state Division of Elections, told officials in a conference call that he has identified out-of-state vendors to help with printed, if needed, an official said.

An all-VBM primary would mean that every unaffiliated voter, sometimes known as independents, would receive ballots for each party. New Jersey has nearly 2.4 million unaffiliated voters.




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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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New Jersey making plans for all-VBM primary, officials say Murphy must decide by next week (Original Post) RandySF Mar 2020 OP
I dunno about that. marble falls Mar 2020 #1
If we can fill out the Cencus online duforsure Mar 2020 #2
Totally possible JustAnotherGen Mar 2020 #3
 

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
2. If we can fill out the Cencus online
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 09:27 AM
Mar 2020

Why can't we vote that way too.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

JustAnotherGen

(33,587 posts)
3. Totally possible
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 10:18 AM
Mar 2020

It's not here until June. We have time.

We signed petitions for local candidates yesterday electronically - to get them to our town clerk and County Leadership.

I don't know if the GOP can get organized - but the Democratic Committee - smallest towns to state wide- we are #DemocraticStrong #BlueJersey.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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