N.J.'s Christie opens offices for early voting; paper ballots ready

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

N.J.'s Christie opens offices for early voting; paper ballots ready
Sat, 3 Nov 2012 19:00 GMT
Source: reuters // Reuters

Nov 3 (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Saturday said he has ordered county clerks to open their offices on Saturday and Sunday to allow early voting for residents affected by superstorm Sandy.

The storm devastated the eastern part of the state, leaving at least 22 dead and more than 1 million customers still without power.

The governor also said paper ballots would be made available on Election Day, Tuesday, at polling stations that still do not have power.

He also said the state will soon have more than 11,000 utility workers on the job of restoring power. Nearly 1.3 million New Jersey electricity customers, about one third of the state, remained without power as of Saturday, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.


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[qanda]

1. He's working hard for his walking papers

The Republicans won't like that one bit. Good for him.

[Kahuna]

2. Will the real "Maverick" please stand up. nt

[Sekhmets Daughter]

5. He's daring them now to do to him

what they did to Charlie Crist. It was not Crist hugging Obama, it was this: On October 28, 2008 Crist extended early voting hours of operation and declared that a "state of emergency exists" due to record voter turnout and resultant hours-long waits at locations throughout the state. Some Republican operatives were disappointed with the decision, including one anonymous source who said "He just blew Florida for John McCain.

Christie is soooo New Jersey

[Kber]

3. If Romney wins Chrisie and my state of NJ

Are well and truly fucked! The best thing to do for Sandy's victims is to GOTV.

[goclark]

4. good for him.... something tells me

that no body will be messing with the votes
on his watch.

[totodeinhere]

6. Christie knows that Romney will lose so he is already trying to position himself

for 2016. And don't fall for his attempts to appear fairly moderate. He is a wolf in sheep's clothing. He agrees with the Tea Party nut cases on most issues.

[David__77]

9. Right, it's opportunism.

And not in a bad sense of the word.

[fearnobush]

7. This is a good thing. I still have no power in Monmouth. I'm going to vote right now!

Hindreds of thousands in Nj are wondering will we be able to vote on Tuesday. The power outages are not disproportionally skewed against Dems, Sandy's effects affecs are pretty evenly distributed. That being said, those who can get to county clerks offices may favor repubs but in large, this state is all Obama, it's in the bag here.

[panAmerican]

8. No need to worry - here's what you need to know

Christie ordered "early voting" of sorts; See http://co.monmouth.nj.us/page.aspx?ID=4101 for Monmouth County info.

BTW, only the coastal towns still have the 7PM curfew; the rest of us are free and clear.

[VWolf]

10. Just voted in Sussex county

First time I ever voted early!

[LisaL]

11. Wow. He is behaving like a normal human being.