Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Today's the last day to sign up if you want your vote counted in the June primaries.
Want to vote? Today's your last chance if you're planning on voting in the primary in Woodbridge on June 5. To register, go to the Middlesex County Board of Elections in New Brunswick. Their number is 732-745-3471. In order to register, you will need to enter a driver’s license number or the last four digits of your Social Security number on the New Jersey Voter Registration form. In a rush? Save some time by downloading a copy of the New Jersey Voter Registration form, filling it out beforehand and taking it with you when you register. The form can be found on the Middlesex County Board of Elections webpage. All U.S. citizens who are at least 18 years old by day of the primary, and who aren't incarcerated, on probation or parole, are …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
About half of those polled approve of the job Obama is doing.
Our Republican governor gets good marks from the Garden State, but so does our Democratic president, according to the latest poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind. Barack Obama also has a solid lead over Mitt Romney in New Jersey, according to the poll — especially among women. Tell us what you think! According the latest poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind™, 50 percent of New Jersey voters say they approve of the way the president is handling his job, while 42 percent disapprove. These numbers mirror the support expressed by New Jerseyans for their Republican governor, Chris Christie, as reported yesterday: 56 percent approve of the job Christie is doing, compared to 33 percent who disapprove. “What’s …
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Little joins Michael Hughes, the youngest council president ever elected in NJ, to discuss Tea Party strategies this Thursday.
While the Presidential race grabs most of the headlines, 2012 will also host a variety of local campaigns that focus on issues closer to home. Looking at elections from a local perspective will be the topic of discussion at “Grassroots Politics in 2012”, a presentation and discussion that will be part of the Tea Party of Middlesex County’s general meeting at 7 pm, Thursday, May 3 at the Peter Pank Diner in Sayreville. Two key local political figures will present their take on grassroots issues and political campaigns. Anna Little, former mayor of the Borough of Highlands and current contender for the GOP spot against Democrat incumbent Frank Pallone, will be discussing some of her accomplishments at the local level along with effective …
Thursday, April 26, 2012
The probable Republican nominee for U.S. president attends a political fundraiser on Bernardsville mountain.
The actual event was a political fundraiser for state Sen. Joe Kyrillos, a Republican and Middletown resident who wants to replace Democrat Bob Menendez in the U.S. Senate, but the reason for all the security, traffic and reporters outside a private home in Bernardsville on Wednesday afternoon was the awaited arrival of Mitt Romney. Romney, the likely Republican nominee for this year's presidential race, arrived about an hour after the scheduled start of the $5,000-a-plate campaign event at the house of attorney Edward Deutsch. The Somerset County sheriff's department, with its canine unit, a few cars and officers from the Bernardsville police department and Secret Service had already secured the entrance to the home on Dryden Road prior …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
For Woodbridge, the census really did change everything. The township will be back in one congressional district - just a different one than before.
Flowers are blooming, trees are in bud, and spring has long been in the air in Woodbridge. It's the season for June political primaries, and in anticipation, political candidates are setting up their local headquarters. This time, though, things are a little different. Come Thursday, a candidate from one of 2010's most watched political contests in New Jersey will be opening campaign headquarters in Woodbridge. Thing is, two years ago, Anna Little wasn't running for Congress in Woodbridge. She is now. That's because the 2010 census cost New Jersey a congressional seat and bumped Woodbridge into the 6th District, where Little, a Republican, ran against incumbent Congressman Frank Pallone (D-6). And for the first time in recent memory, …
Friday, April 13, 2012
An effort to have President Barack Obama's name removed from New Jersey's primary ballot was dealt a setback following an administrative judge's recent ruling.
Update: Lt. Governor Upholds Judge's Decision on Obama's Eligibility In what attorney Mario Apuzzo is calling a "sham of justice," a state judge has ruled against objectors seeking to remove President Barack Obama's name from New Jersey's upcoming primary ballot. According to Apuzzo, the attorney representing New Jersey residents Nick Purpura and Ted Moran, Deputy Director and Administrative Law Judge Jeff Masin ruled against the ballot challenge following a more than three-hour hearing earlier this week. His decision, delivered to Apuzzo via email, was not based on the issues presented in the challenge, namely that Obama is not a natural born citizen of the United States and that a birth certificate released by the White House last April …
Monday, April 9, 2012
Two men, including a Monmouth County resident, are challenging President Barack Obama's placement on the state's primary ballot.
Two New Jersey residents, including one from Monmouth County, are challenging President Barack Obama's place on the state's primary ballot, according to the Bayshore Tea Party Group. Nick Purpura, of Monmouth County, has filed a challenge along with Ocean County resident Ted Moran alleging that Obama has never shown adequate proof that he was born in the United States - despite the release of a longform birth certificate by the White House in April of 2011 - and that his father was never a citizen of the United States, meaning Obama is not a natural born citizen, at least according to their interpretation of the Constitution. The challenge will be heard by an administrative law judge Tuesday at the Administrative Law Offices in …
Thursday, April 5, 2012
State Senator Joe Kyrillos, and Republican contenders for the 6th and 12th congressional districts will be in Sayreville tonight.
County voters will get a chance to hear Republican candidates for Congress and the U.S. Senate tonight, at a Tea Party of Middlesex County rally in Sayreville. NJ State Senator Joe Kyrillos and Congressional candidates Eric Beck and Ernesto Cullari will be at the Peter Pank Diner on Route 9 at 7 pm. Admission is free. The event will give voters the opportunity to meet the three candidates, hear a short presentation from each and pose questions, said Tea Party spokesman Gary Charwin. Kyrillos is looking for the Republican nod to run against current U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D). Kyrillos has served as a state senator since 1992 and as chairman of Chris Christie’s gubernatorial campaign. Eric Beck is new to the political scene and is …
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
On one hand, it's easier to have consolidated voting in Woodbridge. But on the other hand, if you like voting down that school board budget...
Take advantage of legislation approved by the state legislature and pushed by Gov. Chris Christie, the Woodbridge Board of Education voted to move the school board elections from April to November. The nine-member board unanimously approved the date change. The upside of moving the school board election date to November is to take advantage of the heavier voter turnout. April elections have always been relatively sparsely attended compared to November general elections. There would also be taxpayer savings generated by having one ballot printing in November, versus two with an April election. There are concessions, though, for moving the date of the school board elections. One is the loss of the ability to vote on the school board budget…
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Quinnipiac student Amy Maciejowski spent a week in New Hampshire campaigning for Gov. Mitt Romney to get the Republican presidential nomination - and she's not even a Republican.
New Jersey's presidential primary is so late in the season that unless candidates are a hair's breadth apart, it is usually a political snooze. Amy Maciejowski, though, isn't getting any sleep, at least not where she is. The Woodbridge resident and Quinnipiac University student has been spending most of the last week in New Hampshire, stumping for Gov. Mitt Romney to win today's legendary primary race. "It's awesome. You feel a different kind of excitment and see the amount of organization and freedom of speech in action," the 20-year-old coed said. "It's just amazing to see it so up close." Maciejowski has seen it very close indeed. She's been living in an icy Motel 8 with little rest, spending a dozen hours at a clip helping to man a …
Joe
6:02 pm on Thursday, May 10, 2012
Unbelievable !!! Obama and the Dems are taking us down the road to socialism. If he gets another term, the US will become another Greece. Where are these women who were polled??? All the women I know feel that Obama has been a failure and are eager to have him fired. more ›