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N.J. Election Fraud Case Draws A Trump Tweet But Suggests Safeguards Are Working

N.J. Election Fraud Case Draws A Trump Tweet But Suggests Safeguards Are Working

FACT CHECK: Trump's Tweets On N.J. Election Fraud Case Officials have charged four people in connection with a local race in Paterson in May. While Trump says the case shows that mail-in ballots are vulnerable to fraud, experts say it was easily detected.Joe HernandezFromWhen President Trump Sunday night about alleged fraud in a May special election in New Jersey, he tried to wrap it into his ongoing effort to claim voting by mail is less secure than in-person voting. "Absentee Ballots are fine. A person has to go through a process to get and use them. Mail-In Voting, on the other hand,...

July 1, 2020
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The U.S. men's and women's soccer teams will be paid equally under a new deal

The U.S. men's and women's soccer teams will be paid equally under a new deal

The U.S. men's and women's soccer teams will be paid equally under a new deal The new collective bargaining agreements will run through 2028 and will also include the "equalization" of World Cup prize money, the organization announced.The U.S. Soccer Federation announced Wednesday that it has reached a deal to pay the U.S. Men's National Team and the U.S. Women's National Team equally, eliminating a contentious pay gap that saw female players . The new collective bargaining agreements will run through 2028 and include the "equalization" of World Cup prize money, . In February, the governing...

May 18, 2022
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Moran suddenly resigned as Camden’s mayor. Here’s who wants to replace him

Moran suddenly resigned as Camden’s mayor. Here’s who wants to replace him

Updated: 12 p.m.—The news that Camden Mayor Frank Moran was stepping down eight months before the end of his term — and the quick anointing of a successor by the South Jersey Democratic Party machine — stunned many members of a community that is fairly shock-proof.Resident and activist Ronsha Dickerson read about it in .“That’s huge. Most cities that have any sense, a mayor would address their residents or their constituents and say, ‘I’m holding a press conference. I have a major announcement to make,’” she said.Dickerson said she immediately went into organizing mode, contacting other...

April 7, 2021
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N.J. voters weigh constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana

N.J. voters weigh constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana

New Jerseyans casting their ballots in the general election will also get to weigh in on whether the state should legalize recreational marijuana.If passed, the Garden State would join eleven other states and Washington, D.C. in having legal recreational cannabis.Proponents tout the social justice benefits of legalization in a state where Black residents are 3.5 times more likely to be arrested for possessing the drug than their white counterparts, according to the ACLU-NJ.“We don’t want to saddle people with criminal convictions for the rest of their lives for something that most of the...

November 3, 2020
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