Absentee Voter Fraud May Play a Significant Role in New Jersey's Gubernatorial Election

I was fortunate to hear John Fund in person, at the Americans for Prosperity, Defending the Dream Summit. He is perfect in his prediction of what will happen tomorrow. I'm not the first to write or say it, but take -- and USE -- your cellphone and record video of anything suspicious. Post it on YouTube, Facebook, share and push it viral. If we have enough evidence, from private citizens, maybe we can prevent another New Black Panther voter intimidation incident.

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Absentee voter fraud may play a significant role in New Jersey's gubernatorial election. By JOHN FUND

The race for governor in New Jersey is so close in final polls that it may well end up in a recount -- the 1981 election did and was decided by less than 1,800 votes. If there is a recount, you can bet disputes about absentee ballots will loom large. Moreover, if serious allegations of fraud emerge, you can also expect less-than-vigorous investigation by the Obama Justice Department -- which showed just how seriously it takes such allegations when it walked away from an open-and-shut voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party in Philadelphia earlier this year.

Plenty of reasons exist for suspecting absentee fraud may play a significant role in tomorrow's Garden State contests. Groups associated with Acorn in neighboring Pennsylvania and New York appear to have moved into the state. An independent candidate for mayor in Camden has already leveled charges that voter fraud is occurring in his city. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party in New Jersey is taking advantage of a new loosely written vote-by-mail law to pressure county clerks not to vigorously use signature checks to evaluate the authenticity of absentee ballots, the only verification procedure allowed.