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The “Vote” is in the Mail

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“Ok riddle me this….
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Democrats are up in arms because “Trump is suppressing votes by handicapping the US Mail system”
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SO…..
Why aren’t Democrats going all out to insist on In Person Voting and to ban Vote By Mail so they can bypass Trump’s “evil Postal plans” and ensure that there is no voter suppression?
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Oh right… because its easier for Democrats to cheat with Vote By Mail. “

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Ridgewood NJ, This sudden love affair with the US Post office seems very odd.  After years of being the but of so many jokes the US Postal Service has become a new media darling , in May of 2020 the Ridgewood blog reported the U.S. Postal Service reported a net loss for the quarter was $4.5 billion compared to a net loss of $2.1 billion for the same quarter last year. https://theridgewoodblog.net/u-s-postal-service-posts-net-loss-of-4-5-billion-compared-to-a-net-loss-of-2-1-billion-for-the-same-quarter-last-year/

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New Jersey State PBA Comes to Their Senses and Endorses Republican David Richter for Congress

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TOMS RIVER NJ, hopefully PBA’s across the state will realize they have no friends in the Democratic Party . David Richter, the Republican nominee for Congress in New Jersey’s Third District, announced today that he has received the endorsement of the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association (PBA), the state’s largest union representing law enforcement officers.

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New Jersey Payrolls Rebound in July as State Unemployment Rate drops to 13.8 Percent

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Trenton NJ,  Estimates released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that total nonfarm wage and salary employment in New Jersey increased by 129,900 in July to a seasonally adjusted level of 3,751,900. All of the gain was recorded in the private (+146,700) sector of the state’s economy. New Jersey has now regained a total of 341,300 jobs in the three months since a low point in April, or 41 percent of the jobs lost due to the coronavirus pandemic and shutdown measures taken in response to contain it. The state’s unemployment rate fell by 3.0 percentage points in July to 13.8 percent. See the technical notes at the end of this release for further information about the impact of the coronavirus on this month’s employment estimates.

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‘The Mail Box is Not the Ballot Box’

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Trenton NJ, New Jerseyans will not be able to vote in person in November under an executive order signed last week by Governor Murphy.

“The mail box is not the ballot box,” said Senator Kip Bateman. “Voting, in person voting, is the centerpiece of our freedom, but in Murphy’s New Jersey, residents cannot go to the polls this fall for a presidential election and vote in person. That baseless decision shuns tradition and defies our American rights, chipping away at the essence of our democracy.”

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TRUMP CAMPAIGN FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST MURPHY ADMINISTRATIONS ATTEMPTS TO UNDERMINE ELECTION INTEGRITY

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Trenton NJ, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., along with the Republican National Committee and the New Jersey Republican Party, filed suit Tuesday night to invalidate Governor Phil Murphy’s Executive Order 177. This unconstitutional order violates New Jerseyans’ 14th Amendment right to vote, as well as the Elections Clause and the Electors Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The unlawful power grab by New Jersey Democrats has demonstrably opened the state’s election system up to fraud and will lead to the disenfranchisement of New Jersey voters. In defense of free and fair elections, the Trump Campaign cannot allow for Democrat party bosses to undermine the integrity of our democracy.

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Reopening NJ Businesses is about the return of Livelihoods for Thousands of our Business Owners

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Ridgewood NJ, the NJBIA, NJ Chamber of Commerce Issue Joint Statement on Reopening of NJ Businesses :

Michele Siekerka, president and CEO of the New Jersey Business & Industry Association, and Tom Bracken, president and CEO of the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce, issued the following statement today regarding a regional approach to reopening New Jersey businesses.

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You Can Stand in Line at NJMVC , but You Can Not Vote in Person

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Lodi NJ, Governor Murphy allows over 70 people inside the NJMVC in Lodi to get a privilege ie… driving in New Jersey  ,but won’t allow one at a time to exercise the constitutional right to vote.

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The Governor Doesn’t Have the Authority to Unilaterally Alter General Election by Executive Order

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Trenton NJ, Senator Michael Doherty said the New Jersey Constitution doesn’t authorize Governor Phil Murphy to issue an Executive Order that unilaterally changes the manner in which voters will cast their ballots this November.

Doherty pointed to Article II, Section I of the New Jersey Constitution, which says: “General elections shall be held annually on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November; but the time of holding such elections may be altered by law.”

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New Jersey Man Charged With Putting a “Hit” Out on a 14 Year Old

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CAMDEN NJ,  A Camden County, New Jersey, man under investigation by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office for child pornography-related offenses was arrested today for allegedly paying $20,000 in Bitcoin to have the child victim murdered, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

John Michael Musbach, 31, of Haddonfield, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with one count of murder-for-hire. He is scheduled to appear this afternoon by videoconference before U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen M. Williams.

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In-person Voting a Fundamental Precept of American freedom

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Trenton NJ, Senator Joe Pennacchio today called in-person voting a fundamental precept of American freedom and criticized Governor Murphy’s decision to limit the November election to vote-by-mail.

“We’ve gone through the Civil War, two world wars, natural disasters and depressions and we’ve always managed to vote in person,” said Pennacchio (R-26). “More than anything else, this is political.

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State Revenue Update Undercuts Governor Murphy’s Borrowing Scheme

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Trenton NJ, Senator Steven Oroho (R-24) said a State revenue update provided by the Treasury Department yesterday doesn’t support Governor Murphy’s claims that New Jersey is facing a massive budget shortfall that would require $10 billion of borrowing as the governor has repeatedly suggested.  (https://theridgewoodblog.net/deferred-nj-april-tax-payments-track-close-to-expectations/ )

“Treasury’s revenue update clearly demonstrates that the massive $10 billion budget hole predicted by the administration has failed to materialize,” said Oroho, the Senate Republican Budget Officer. “When compared to the original $38 billion budget for 2020, the $200 million decline in revenues from 2019 is little more than a rounding error. The realized revenue data provided by Treasury doesn’t support the governor’s continued insistence that New Jersey needs to borrow billions.”

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Economy Picks Up : Deferred NJ April Tax Payments Track Close to Expectations

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Trenton NJ,  The NJ Department of the Treasury today reported that July revenue collections for the major taxes totaled $5.136 billion, up $2.802 billion, or 120.1 percent over last July.  This inflated and unprecedented growth was anticipated due to the change in state law that allowed individual and corporate taxpayers to defer certain payments from April to July due to the COVID-19 pandemic, following similar tax changes that were instituted at the federal level.

The Gross Income Tax (GIT), which is dedicated to the Property Tax Relief Fund, totaled $3.360 billion, up $2.412 billion or 254.1 percent above last July.  While this growth is inflated because of the extended filing deadline, collections are still below Treasury’s $3.6 billion revised GIT target for July. However, lower-than-expected final and estimated payments by individuals were partially offset by improved employer withholding receipts.

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New Jersey’s reliance on debt to finance spending levels will drive up taxes and cost of living

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Morristown NJ,  Garden State Initiative’s (GSI) president, Regina M. Egea, issued the following statement on the decision of the New Jersey Supreme Court in the case of New Jersey Republican State Committee v. Philip D. Murphy:

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New Jersey Supreme Court OK’s Murphy Administration Borrowing Scheme

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Trenton NJ, the New Jersey Supreme Court today unanimously  sided with the Murphy Administration in deciding the law suit brought by Republicans against Governor Phil Murphy regarding the constitutionality of his $9.9 billion borrowing plan to combat the impact of COVID-19,  In the ruling the New Jersey Supreme Court today unanimously ruled the following:  “therefore [we] conclude that the Bond Act is constitutional, subject to certain limiting principles.”

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Senator Joe Pennacchio called on Governor Murphy to make federal unemployment relief a reality for almost 700,000 out-of-work New Jersey residents

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Trenton NJ, Senator Joe Pennacchio today called on Governor Murphy to help make federal unemployment relief a reality for almost 700,000 out-of-work New Jersey residents.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Saturday that would provide an extra $400 more than basic unemployment benefits, replacing the $600 federal contribution that expired on July 31.

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