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% Cops would be allowed at some N J polling stations under plan spurred by school shootings @River - Phil-Murphy HEAD TOPICS
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It says both plain-clothed and uniformed police must keep at least 100 feet from polling stations or drop boxes in New Jersey unless there is a threat or they are called by poll workers to help with a problem. Advocates said the move would help prevent voter intimidation.
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switched to virtual learningRuiz said she fielded calls from both parents and school superintendents citing similar concerns. Both the New Jersey Association of Election Officials and the New Jersey School Boards Association support the legislation.The Legislature would need to pass the bill and Murphy would need to sign it within the next week to take effect for early in-person voting, which begins Oct. 29 and ends Nov 6, and within two weeks for it to take effect by Election Day, Nov.
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20, 2022, according to police. banning police at polling sites on election days in New Jersey, state lawmakers are now advancing a bill that would allow them at schools and senior centers that operate as voting locations."The Department of Public Safety is seeking information on the whereabouts of an undergraduate student, Misrach Ewunetie, who has been reported missing," Princeton officials said on Twitter on Tuesday.the money from the State of New Jersey to rebuild the existing rink, located at 1 Park Dr.Newark police found Pickett shot in the 200 block of Renner Avenue around 9:45 p.
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Sponsors say the protection is needed in the wake of recent mass shootings. But voting and civil rights advocates warn the move would be a step back after taking a step forward, reopening the door to suppressing voters of color.m.
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The most recent version of the measure ( A2131 ), approved by the state Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday, would allow police officers to be present at schools and senior residential centers in New Jersey as long as they are requested by the sites for safety and they are in plain clothes, not uniform. Concept designs will include a second sheet of ice to increase the facility’s capacity. Murphy, a Democrat, signed the initial law in January after it passed the Democratic-controlled state Legislature largely along party lines.
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She was last seen near Scully Hall on the school's New Jersey campus, according to an alert sent to the Princeton community on Monday. It says both plain-clothed and uniformed police must keep at least 100 feet from polling stations or drop boxes in New Jersey unless there is a threat or they are called by poll workers to help with a problem.
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Detectives were continuing to investigate the shooting. Advocates said the move would help prevent voter intimidation. The family became concerned when Ewunetie was a no-show for an interview regarding her U.” The sports center is at Warinanco Park, which has been home to ice skating sessions since 1961.
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The new bill was introduced in June, about a month after 19 students and two teachers were killed in the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Earlier this year, some schools in New Jersey switched to virtual learning on Election Day in response to the mass shootings. citizenship application, her brother said, which was to take place on Saturday about 45 minutes away from campus.
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“As a parent, if there were voting machines in the school, I would feel uncomfortable on those days when you could have upwards of thousands of people who come into buildings where there are hundreds of children,” state Senate Majority Leader Teresa Ruiz, D-Essex, one of the main sponsors of the legislation, told NJ Advance Media. “The sporting events and recreational skating will be more accessible and more affordable for working families,” state Sen.
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Ruiz said she fielded calls from both parents and school superintendents citing similar concerns. Her older brother checked her Apple sharing location and saw the phone's last ping was 3:30 a. Both the New Jersey Association of Election Officials and the New Jersey School Boards Association support the legislation.
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“I think this creates that balance,” Ruiz said. Sunday near an off-campus housing complex, about a 30-minute walk from her dorm, according to her brother. The state Assembly Appropriations Committee approved the most recent version of the bill 11-0 on Thursday.
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Though the state Senate passed an earlier version 40-0 in June, Senate Democrats will alter their version to match the Assembly’s.m. The update must now passed both the full Assembly and Senate before Murphy could decide whether to sign it into law. The Legislature would need to pass the bill and Murphy would need to sign it within the next week to take effect for early in-person voting, which begins Oct.
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"Anyone with information on her whereabouts should contact the Department of Public Safety at (609) 258-1000," the school said. 29 and ends Nov 6, and within two weeks for it to take effect by Election Day, Nov. 8.
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She has brown eyes, black hair and light brown complexion," the university said. Get politics news like this right to your inbox with the N.J.
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Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. Politics newsletter. Add your email below and hit"subscribe"        But Henal Patel, director of the Democracy & Justice Program of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice points to that found that having authorities outside a polling station in Alabama decreased Black turnout by 32%.
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Your browser does not support HTML5 audio. She said the current law banning police presence at New Jersey polls is “reasonable.” “One hundred feet is not that large of a distance,” Patel said.
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“It’s the same bar on electioneering. ” Patel also noted the law allows police to enter a polling place if there is an emergency.
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“It’s really unfortunate before we have one election cycle under this new law, we’re already rolling it back,” she said. “We’re hearing it’s about safety.
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We absolutely believe we need to keep our kids safe — and our democracy safe.” That lawmakers altered the bill to make sure officers at all sites will be in plain clothes has done little to ease opponents’ concerns. “They’re still going to be armed,” Patel said. “They’re still gonna have a badge.
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People will know. It doesn’t change any of what we’re asking.
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We don’t think it makes a difference. ”.
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Yannick Wood, director of the Criminal Justice Reform Program at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, told the Assembly Appropriations committee on Thursday the bill would “roll back the progress we’ve all made” and that formerly imprisoned people on parole might especially avoid voting because of police presence. Wood added the measure could add “substantial cost” to local governments throughout the state because of overtime for officers. There is no fiscal estimate for the bill.
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The law Murphy signed was born out of events that occurred more than four decades ago, when the Republican National Committee amid a New Jersey gubernatorial race in 1981 between Republican Tom Kean and Democrat Jim Florio established the so-called Ballot Security Task Force. The stated mission of the group, which consisted of police officers, was to prevent voter fraud and secure the election. But state Sen.
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Shirley Turner, a main sponsor of the current law, said the actual intent of the group was voter intimidation in minority communities. “I remember back in 1981 when Republicans had plain-clothed police officers at the polls,” Turner, D-Mercer, told NJ Advance Media the day the original bill passed the Senate.
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“It was intimidation. They were doing it to suppress the vote.” Turned added in a statement Friday: “To many in the Black community, just the sight of a police officer is enough to make the hair on the back of their neck stand up.
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Regardless of the intention officers may have in visiting polling places to check-in, the reality is their presence will make individuals feel unsafe and could discourage them from participating in the election.” Kean went on to win that year’s race by fewer than 2,000 votes among the more than 2.3 million people who cast ballots. The New Jersey Democratic State Committee sued after the election. They alleged the task force targeted Black and Hispanic polling places.
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A subsequent federal consent decree barred the practice of police monitoring polling stations. But it recently expired, which is why Turner and others argued the current law is necessary.
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Assemblywoman Angela McKnight, D-Hudson, told critics at Thursday’s voting session the goal of the updated bill is to “protect two vulnerable populations: our children and our seniors. ” “We need to protect them,” McKnight said.
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“School shootings. Shouldn’t we want to have police officers there?” Assemblyman Jay Webber, R-Morris, said removing police from polling stations “criminalizes and stigmatizes” police officers and the “vast majority” of residents feel “very comfortable” around police officers.
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“Don’t you think we’re catering to a very small minority over a remote possibility (of voter intimidation)?” Webber asked. Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to .
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