Murphy's Law and Vote Fraud in New Jersey

More than a century before hashtags and messaging apps, the era of political bosses and patronage made New Jersey the punch line of jokes about voter fraud. Provincial anecdotes in Democrat county strongholds about the dead still voting and voting early and often have long come to epitomize the machine politics of a dark blue state where Democrat voters outnumber Republicans two to one and control 15 of 21 counties.

Standalone electronic voting booths have been used in the state for decades. Unconnected to the internet, they are paperless and store votes until the polls close, after which the results are downloaded and passed along to county and state election officials. There are no hanging chads or hand counts by half-sighted retirees. Voting improprieties are thwarted by the convenience, simplicity, and efficiency of in-person e-voting.

But in a presidential election already being contested before a single vote is cast, COVID is offering the Democrat machine ample opportunity to subvert election integrity.

Since early March, New Jersey governor Phil Murphy has besieged Jerseyans with more than 70 pandemic-related diktats restricting the freedom of movement, commerce, and the practice of religion. Some have loosely followed science; others appear to be triggered by mere hunches, random predictions, and temper tantrums. Many were handed down with a blind eye to the Bill of Rights, a document the governor openly called "above my pay grade."

NJ is not going for Trump but the House election has a number of districts that could go GOP like where I live. Cancelling the voting machines won’t help as the Democrats know from California; vote “harvesting”. Every “provisional” ballot can be sought out, bought and voted.

Bet my daughter who hasn’t lived here for 30 years will get one mailed to her here. Maybe I should file it.

Standalone electronic voting booths have been used in the state for decades. Unconnected to the internet, they are paperless and store votes until the polls close, after which the results are downloaded and passed along to county and state election officials.

They are NOT paperless. When the machine is turned on in preparation for voting, it first prints out a zero proof slip, similar to a cash register tape, that shows any votes in the machine. If it shows anything other than zero the machine is not to be used and you call the county for a reset. All four election judges have to sign the slip, 2 Rs and 2 Ds.

After the polls close it prints out four copies of the results, one to be posted at the polling place and three turned in with any provisional ballots cast, again all signed by the board workers.

The total tally of voters on the machine's running tabulation is supposed to match the number who have signed in to vote. The results are turned in to the municipal clerk's office.

All in all, it's pretty secure.

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