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Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee was registered to vote in N.J. until 2021
Both of the top two GOP candidates in Pennsylvania are not really from this state. How can you be registered to vote in one state and run for office in another state?
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https://newjerseyglobe.com/national/pennsylvania-gop-gubernatorial-nominee-was-registered-to-vote-in-n-j-until-2021/
New Jersey is serving as an incubator for Republican candidates in Pennsylvania, with two statewide candidates being New Jersey natives and longtime residents.
Gubernatorial candidate Douglas Mastriano was a registered voter in New Jersey for 28 years until July 2021 when election officials changed his status to inactive.
Records show that Mastriano voted from his family’s Hightstown home from 1982, when he turned 18, through the 2010 general election. He remained on the voter rolls until a sample ballot was returned roughly six months after the death of his mother last year.
Dr. Mehmet Oz lived and voted in New Jersey until 2021, when he moved to Pennsylvania to seek a U.S. Senate seat. He remains on New Jersey’s voter rolls as a resident of Cliffside Park and could legally vote in his home state this November if he chose to not vote in Pennsylvania.
Lt. Governor John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, has sought to make Oz’s New Jersey residency a campaign issue.
“It’s like Déjà vu all over again. This will start the Jersey stuff right back up,” said Micah Rasmussen, the director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University. “I’m not sure whether it’s a bigger headache for Mastriano or Oz. Maybe Governor Kean would cut an ad for them to tell Pennsylvanians that New Jersey and you are perfect together.”
Mastriano voted in successive Republican primaries in New Jersey from 1982 through 1985 and never voted again in a GOP primary, although he tried in 2010 and his ballot was rejected.
Gubernatorial candidate Douglas Mastriano was a registered voter in New Jersey for 28 years until July 2021 when election officials changed his status to inactive.
Records show that Mastriano voted from his family’s Hightstown home from 1982, when he turned 18, through the 2010 general election. He remained on the voter rolls until a sample ballot was returned roughly six months after the death of his mother last year.
Dr. Mehmet Oz lived and voted in New Jersey until 2021, when he moved to Pennsylvania to seek a U.S. Senate seat. He remains on New Jersey’s voter rolls as a resident of Cliffside Park and could legally vote in his home state this November if he chose to not vote in Pennsylvania.
Lt. Governor John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, has sought to make Oz’s New Jersey residency a campaign issue.
“It’s like Déjà vu all over again. This will start the Jersey stuff right back up,” said Micah Rasmussen, the director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University. “I’m not sure whether it’s a bigger headache for Mastriano or Oz. Maybe Governor Kean would cut an ad for them to tell Pennsylvanians that New Jersey and you are perfect together.”
Mastriano voted in successive Republican primaries in New Jersey from 1982 through 1985 and never voted again in a GOP primary, although he tried in 2010 and his ballot was rejected.
