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Murphy urges Mendez, Jackson to ‘step aside’ over Paterson voter fraud charges

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Governor Phil Murphy has called on City Council vice president Michael Jackson and councilman-elect Alex Mendez, both charged with voter fraud offenses, to give up seats won in the recent municipal elections.

“Based on these accusations, Council member Jackson and Council member-elect Mendez must step aside as this investigation progresses,” Murphy reportedly said on Friday. “Anything else undermines the public’s sacred trust in democracy.”

Both Jackson and Mendez are accused of illegally collecting ballots from voters.

Mendez is charged with election fraud, fraud in casting mail-in vote, unauthorized possession of ballots, false registration or transfer, tampering with public records, and falsifying or tampering with records.

Jackson is charged with fraud in casting mail-in vote, unauthorized possession of ballots, tampering with public records, and falsifying or tampering with records.

Neither has given any indications of stepping aside ahead of the swearing-in ceremony on July 1.

Mendez and Jackson have denied the charges against them.

Mayor Andre Sayegh has also called on both men to step aside. Both are critics of the mayor.

Mendez has accused the mayor of using the police force to target his supporters and intimidate Hispanic voters.

If convicted on the charges Jackson faces more than 16 years in prison while Mendez faces more than 31 years.

Mendez began his political career after winning a school board seat. He then won an at-large City Council seat. He gave up that seat to unsuccessfully run for mayor two years ago.

Jackson was first elected to the City Council in 2015 after the conviction of his predecessor Anthony Davis. He won in an election in 2016. His colleagues picked him to serve as vice president of the City Council over the past two years.

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  • John Brown

    The whole fucking Shitty Council should Resign! Along with the Mayor

    • Vinny A

      DON'T FORGET THE GOVERNOR AS WELL! WE NEED A GOOD REPUBLICAN, NOT SOME SCUMBAG LIBERAL DEMOCRAT(S), WHO IS RUINING THIS STATE AND THE COUNTRY AS WELL!

  • John Brown

    What the Fuck you think was gonna happen Murph. When you came up with this idea?….

    • bigron

      Well put. Murphy's foolish decision to have all mail in vote created this problem.

      • DemocrapSocialistsSuck

        It's a dry run for November. The only way Senile Joe Biden can win is through fraud. Once he stops hiding in his basement and starts making public appearances everyone will see how bad his dementia is. His whores in the fake news media will do their best to cover for him as they did for that drunk evil bitch Hillary but it won't work.

      • Vinny A

        Sure, this is their plan! They want to ruin the country from the inside out! They want fraud, they want rioting, they want discontent because this is all in the Marxist handbook that they worship more than the bible!! The proof is they want abortion, which is the murdering of innocent lives, along with giving everything to the scumbag immigrants and making it very difficult for veterans like ME, to get ANY benefits without jumping through hoops and kowtowing to them to appease their egos!

  • DemocrapSocialistsSuck

    Every Democrat Socialist in the country should resign, they are destroying America as we know it. They all belong in prison.

    • Vinny A

      No, better YET, DSS, we should go out and kill every democrat socialist! The only GOOD Democrat socialist is a dead one!

      • John

        You shouldn't post about killing anyone. Even if you actually are not going to do what you are stating, this is a crime and you should take this down now. Believe me.

  • Vinny A

    Murphy has some nerve, I'll tell you, HE should resign because he is an incompetent idiot who is ruining New Jersey!! TIME TO GO, MURPHY! WE NEED A GOOD REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR AND MAYOR TO STRAIGHTEN OUT NJ! THIS ASSHOLE HATES VETERANS AND TORTURES US FOR STUFF LIKE FOOD STAMPS, WHICH, AS A VETERAN, SHOULD BE GIVEN AUTOMATICALLY TO ANYONE WHO SERVED THIS COUNTRY AND NOT SOME SCUMBAG IMMIGRANTS WHO DO NOTHING BUT SUCK THE LIFE OUT OF THIS COUNTRY!! WHAT A FUCKING ASSHOLE!!

  • John

    These 2 went against Florio/Mayor. Now you see what happens.

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