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Among Voters in New Jersey, G.O.P. Sees Dead People
NY Times ^ | September 16, 2005 | DAVID W. CHEN
Posted on 09/16/2005 6:39:47 AM EDT by Pharmboy
TRENTON, Sept. 15 - The joke has long been that dead people vote in Hudson County, New Jersey's legendary enclave of machine politics. But now the joke may be on New Jersey, according to a new analysis of voter records by the state's Republican Party.
Comparing information from county voter registration lists, Social Security death records and other public information, Republican officials announced on Thursday that 4,755 people who were listed as deceased appear to have voted in the 2004 general election. Another 4,397 people who were registered to vote in more than one county appeared to have voted twice, while 6,572 who were registered in New Jersey and in one of five other states selected for analysis voted in each state.
At a news conference at the State House, Tom Wilson, the state's party chairman, took pains to say that the analysis did not look at voters' party affiliation. He also said that the party was not accusing voters of committing fraud, suggesting instead that someone else may have exploited their names without their knowledge.
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Corzine's handouts called into question ("savvy" bond trader loaned $$$ to failed businesses)
THE RECORD ^ | Aug 14, 2005 | JOHN P. McALPIN and JOSH GOHLKE
Posted on 08/14/2005 2:52:03 PM EDT by Liz
Jon Corzine is the business genius with a personal fortune in the hundreds of millions.
Now he's the front-runner in the race for governor and his skills with the checkbook are being questioned.
The savvy bond trader has admitted he made some business loans - totaling as much as a million dollars -that never panned out. One of the beneficiaries filed for bankruptcy and owes nearly $100,000 in back taxes, earning her a spot as one of New Jersey's top debtors.
Corzine gave his former girlfriend a $470,000 gift so she could repay the debt on her home, which sold for a little more than $360,000. She's a union leader who pushed to endorse him in two elections and represents the largest state workers union.
He also handed $837,000 to a South Jersey political boss who then dished that cash out across the state. Now there's a law to ban what happened, and Corzine is being forced to distance himself from the political warlord, who was caught on tape bragging about his influence with the senator.