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New Jersey to investigate county election after votes counted twice...The error reportedly altered the results of a local school board election.
Just The News ^ | January 30, 2023 - 11:54am | By Madeleine Hubbard

Posted on 01/30/2023 10:43:46 AM PST by Red Badger

The New Jersey attorney general has announced an investigation into the 2022 general election in Monmouth County after some votes were double-counted, possibly flipping the outcome of a local school board race.

Democrat Attorney General Matthew Platkin and Civil Rights Director Sundeep Iyer said last week that the state retained former Attorney General Peter Harvey and his law firm on a pro bono basis to investigate Monmouth County's administration of the November election and provide recommendations to improve future elections.

"Based on public reports regarding the 2022 General Election in Monmouth County, a full investigation is warranted to encourage and preserve public trust in our elections, including recommendations for reforms to benefit the conduct of contests statewide," Platkin said.

The county's voting vendor Election Systems and Software said that the results of a non-partisan school board race were altered due to an error in Ocean Township, which has a population of nearly 28,000, according to census data.

"A technician inadvertently loaded votes twice in error," company spokesperson Katina Granger told CNN earlier this month. "Typically our software blocks this from happening. Unfortunately, a human error in a July software reinstallment missed the step that would have flagged the mistake."

The top three school board candidates go on to win seats in the local election, and candidate Steve Clayton finished third in November with 3,523 votes. Candidate Jeffrey Weinstein came in fourth with 3,503 votes. Weinstein jumped ahead of Clayton by one vote after the problem was discovered, the New Jersey Globe reported.

Clayton, a school board member from 2015 to 2018, said he was "shocked" by the error and is "exploring" his options with an attorney.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: monmouthcounty; nj; oceancounty; schoolboard; voterfraud

1 posted on 01/30/2023 10:43:46 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Buncha election deniers!


2 posted on 01/30/2023 10:51:53 AM PST by BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan (If in doubt, it's probably sarcasm)
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To: Red Badger

All elections must be done on signed paper ballots with picture ID backup. This will prevent the Dems from fraud.


3 posted on 01/30/2023 10:54:41 AM PST by chopperk ( )
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To: BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan

You beat me to it.


4 posted on 01/30/2023 10:56:38 AM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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To: Red Badger

NOW they’re interested in possible vote fraud?
Well, they are Ds. Then there’s that.


5 posted on 01/30/2023 10:58:53 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: Red Badger

Both parties will say that there is no problem with election fraud.

Both parties will totally resist any effort to pass election reforms that would create a rock solid system in which fraud was absolutely impossible.

It’s all a game and both parties are in on it.


6 posted on 01/30/2023 11:02:08 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it’s the other way”)
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To: Red Badger

Isn't it amazing how almost all the "mistakes" in vote counting defy the laws of probability
and favor the same political party (democrats) year in and year out?


7 posted on 01/30/2023 11:29:57 AM PST by Iron Munro ( Michael Byrd: "Well, Babbitt wasn't gonna' shoot herself, was she?")
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To: Iron Munro

Lee Van Cleef will put Civil Rights Director Sundeep Iyer and Snake Platkin on the case, once they Escape From Jersey City.


8 posted on 01/30/2023 1:26:22 PM PST by Bookshelf
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