NJ-Sen: GOP candidate committing voter fraud?

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Thursday March 27, 2008 · 9:22 PM PDT

2008/03/27 · 21:22

New Jersey Republican Senate candidate Andy Unanue has a problem.

Earlier today, his campaign manager responded to charges that the candidate lives out of state and said that Unanue lives and votes in New Jersey:

"Andy Unanue lives in New Jersey, he votes in New Jersey, his car is registered in New Jersey, he pays New Jersey auto insurance, and his business is in New Jersey. Andy Unanue is New Jersey."

But Andy Unanue told the Star Ledger today that he doesn't live in New Jersey:

"For the past few years I've lived in New York. I'm in the process of moving back to New Jersey."

So if he votes in New Jersey, but lives in New York, isn't that voter fraud?

Cross-posted from Blue Jersey

Mass GOP Defection in NJ: What's really going on?

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Monday October 22, 2007 · 8:21 PM PDT

2007/10/22 · 20:21

This is cross-posted and adapted from Blue Jersey to provide some context on the mass GOP-to-Dem party switching taking place in Lyndhurst, NJ that Markos linked to earlier.

In a rare shift in party affiliation, the entire membership of the all-Republican governing body in Lyndhurst will switch from Republican to Democrat tomorrow. Nearly 60% of Lyndhurst's Republican County Committee will become Democrats too.

The party realignment, first reported in PoliticsNJ.com last summer, is far greater in scope than speculated. It represents, perhaps, the most massive shift in Party affiliation of elected and Party officials in a single community in one day. "It's safe to say something like this certainly doesn't happen in politics everyday," said Lyndhurst Mayor Richard DiLascio.

This story is significant, but not because an entire town is switching sides. That doesn't happen in the real world. As is almost always the case in New Jersey, and especially Bergen County, there's likely more to the story.

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Monday December 11, 2006 · 7:22 PM PST

2006/12/11 · 19:22

This month, Blue Jersey tried something new for the netroots with our Think Equal campaign. Often campaigns like these go from video to the web. We went from the web to video. And while our campaign is aimed at New Jersey's voters, it's also directed at the netroots around the country. For this reason, we've been getting some e-mails asking us how Think Equal came together. What inspired us to do this and, more so, how we pulled it off. So here's the story:

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Saturday December 09, 2006 · 9:41 AM PST

2006/12/09 · 09:41

(cross-posted on behalf of Jack Bohrer)

Blue Jersey's Think Equal project is up with our third short, and in this one, married and civil unionzed receive unwanted advances at a bar. We make light of the confusion involved in the situation here, but consider the real world hassle of having to explain your lesser marital status. It's not only degrading, it automatically 'outs' a person to an employer or someone he or she feels uncomfortable sharing that information with. It's the legal and real world differences like this that make it so important that we settle for nothing less than marriage equality.

It's been a whirlwind week here in Trenton. The NJ State Assembly Judiciary Committee rushed through a discriminatory civil unions bill after only a few hours of public hearings. The vote was 4-2.

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Tuesday October 24, 2006 · 1:24 PM PDT

2006/10/24 · 13:24

The NJ Supreme Court will announce it's decision tomorrow at 3pm on whether gays in NJ should have the right to marry. Tomorrow is the chief justice's 70th birthday, and by law the day she must step down. I don't want to unreasonably raise expectations, but she's considered a liberal justice in arguably one of, if not the most liberal courts in the country. I can't imagine her waiting until her last day on the court to announce a decision against marriage equality, but we'll find out tomorrow.

Below is the announcement sent out by the LGBTI-rights group, Garden State Equality just now regarding a rally to take place tomorrow night after the ruling. Read More

NJ-Sen: Quid-Pro-Kean is Déjà Vu All Over Again

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Friday September 15, 2006 · 8:03 AM PDT

2006/09/15 · 08:03

Learning from the example of a father willing to desecrate the history of our nation for short term partisan political gain, it's not surprising that Quid-Pro-Kean Jr would sell his vote away so easily. And that's before you even consider the long Kean family history of trading influence for campaign dollars. So today's revelation should come as no surprise:

The same day state Sen. Tom Kean Jr. voted twice to let Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey keep a $40 million tax exemption, he collected $13,300 in contributions for his U.S. Senate race from 17 company executives and their family members.....including $4,100 from Horizon CEO and president William Marino and his wife, Paula.

Campaign contributions in exchange for corporate favors. Why does that sound so familiar? Read More

NJ-Sen: Kean Family 'Ethics': A History of Shakedown Schemes

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Monday August 21, 2006 · 12:02 PM PDT

2006/08/21 · 12:02

Tom Kean Jr's campaign against Senator Menendez relies heavily on his family name and uses ethics reform as its central theme. The truth is, he has no right to lecture anyone on ethics.

Just two weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal revealed the latest example of the Kean family's unethical abuses of influence and shady fundraising practices. Tom Kean Sr sits on the board of UnitedHealth Group. On May 1, he participated in a board meeting to consider whether company executives fraudulently granted themselves stock options. That same day, some of the UnitedHealth Group executives whose fate lies in the hands of Tom Kean Sr attended a fundraiser for his son, Tom Kean Jr. Former Republican chairman of the SEC, Harvey Pitt, called the situation "'ill-advised and strange' and something that could be seen as an attempt to influence a witness because of the senior Kean's role on the compensation committee."

It's not the first time the Kean family has unethically used their influence for political fundraising. Read More

Sen Menendez on Iraq: "Let us remember the lies."

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Wednesday June 21, 2006 · 5:30 PM PDT

2006/06/21 · 17:30

The US Senate is debating Iraq today and Senator Menendez announced that he will support the amendments introduced by both Senator Levin and Senator Kerry. Levin's amendment calls for Bush to "begin the phased redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq" while Kerry's amendment is stronger, calling for our troops to be redeployed from Iraq by July of next year. Senator Menendez:

It is time for the U.S. to cap the open-ended commitment of U.S. forces in Iraq and to "remove the training wheels" on the Iraqi security forces. The sooner the Iraqi security forces believe they are fighting for their country, the sooner they help stop the sectarian violence. Until that happens, the fledgling Iraqi government will continue to rely on U.S. forces to keep them from making the difficult decisions and taking tough actions. It is time for the Iraqis to step up to the plate.

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Thursday June 15, 2006 · 7:13 AM PDT

2006/06/15 · 07:13

According to a Quinnipiac poll released today, Senator Bob Menendez maintains a seven point lead over Tom Kean Jr, a slight increase from April. 17% of voters remain undecided. The poll has a MoE of +/-3%.

6/06 4/06 Menendez 43% (40%) Kean Jr 36% (34%)

Democrats and Republicans support their party's candidates by 74%-11% and 75%-12% respectively, and independents voters break 37%-35% for Menendez.

At this stage, the voters aren't buying Kean Jr's message. By 41%-23%, voters disagree "with Kean's claim that Menendez is an unethical party boss." And there's more bad news for Kean Jr: by 49%-24%, "voters agree with Menendez' claim that Kean is a "George Bush Republican" who would support Bush Administration policies." Read More

Netroots can make the difference in NJ-7 campaign

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Wednesday March 29, 2006 · 9:15 PM PST

2006/03/29 · 21:15

There's suddenly a lot of buzz coming out of the Linda Stender for Congress office. She's having a really great week and her fundraising, which has always been solid, is suddenly just...taking off. A huge goal is suddenly in reach. And she needs our help.

Incredibly, with just 48 hours left before the filing, Stender is just $15,000 from crossing the March 31 Viability Threshold; that's the number (and it's big) set by national organizations like DCCC and Emily's List to consider you viable for funding on a national level. This is huge; we need 15 seats to Take Back Congress, and one of them could be the first woman in the NJ Congressional Delegation in years. Read More

Huge: NJ Appeals Court Rules Against Electronic Voting Machines

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Thursday February 09, 2006 · 9:59 PM PST

2006/02/09 · 21:59

A suit filed in 2004 on behalf of New Jersey Assemblyman Reed Gusciora by the Constitutional Litigation Clinic at Rutgers School of Law-Newark challenging the accuracy of New Jersey's electronic voting machines was initially dismissed by the trial court. Today, the Appellate Division agreed with the plaintiffs, and has reinstated the case.

The lawsuit is the first in the nation to successfully challenge electronic voting machines..."Despite clear evidence that New Jersey's voting machines are insecure, the other branches of government failed to take appropriate action. That is why the Court stepped in," [lead counsel Penny] Venetis added.
The same voting machines used by almost all of New Jersey's five million registered voters have been found too insecure to use and have been de-commissioned by California, Ohio, Nevada, and New York City. New Jersey does not check the software of electronic voting machines to determine whether they have been tampered with or whether they are faulty.

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Sunday January 29, 2006 · 7:30 PM PST

2006/01/29 · 19:30

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On Medicare Part D: "I'm not going to accuse them of designing it to fail - although that thought has crossed my mind."

Holt answers the question: "Where are the Democrats?" and shares his thoughts on how to regain a Congressional majority.

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NJ-Sen: Kean Family 'Ethics': A History of Shakedown Schemes

Sen Menendez on Iraq: "Let us remember the lies."

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Huge: NJ Appeals Court Rules Against Electronic Voting Machines

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