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Do we need Jimmy Carter to monitor Monmouth County elections?

The editorial board of the Asbury Park Press Neptune Nudniks want the State Attorney General’s office to monitor the ballot positioning draw for Monmouth County elections until such time as the legislature takes the chance out of ballot positioning.

Even though they acknowledge that there is no way to prove their allegations, the Nudniks are basically accusing Monmouth and Essex County Clerks, and the Monmouth GOP and Essex Democrats by inference, of fraud because the results of ballot positioning draws have defied statistical probability by huge margins over the past few decades.

Ballot drawings should be watched. But the Attorney General or Jimmy Carter don’t have to do the watching.  The APP should send a reporter and write about the process.

One reason this matters, the Nudniks and the “experts” they refer to say is because voters who are uninformed about candidates will vote for candiates in the first ballot position.  It seems to me that “voters” who are uninformed about the candidates stay home.  They APP could impact this problem by doing a better job covering candidates and campaigns.

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Posted: October 9th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Asbury Park Press, Neptune Nudniks | Tags: , , , , | 1 Comment »

One Comment on “Do we need Jimmy Carter to monitor Monmouth County elections?”

  1. They are irrelevant said at 1:52 pm on October 9th, 2012:

    and looking for a few alarmist bucks. Pathetic excuse for a paper. How about filing a complaint with Elec for an in-kind contribution to the Dems’ campaign?.. Nobody ever saw or heard Steinhorn’s name til they gave him a freebie!