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John Pierpont spoke about the early rights of New Jersey women to vote during the Women's Rights Convention in Rochester in 1853. [38] A petition for changing the laws of the state to declare that women and men were equal under the law was given to the state legislature by Henry Lafetra , a Monmouth Assemblyman in 1854. [ 39 ]
Many New Jersey women attend the Pennsylvania Woman's Convention at West Chester in 1852. [9] 1853. John Pierpont discusses the early voting rights of women in New Jersey at the Women's Rights Convention in Rochester. [10] 1854. Henry Lafetra petitions the state legislature to declare women and men equal under the law. [11] 1857
However, Trump was able to improve significantly upon his 2016 margins in many of New Jersey's most heavily populated cities, which kept the statewide margin within 2% of the 2016 results. For example, in New Jersey's most populated city, Newark, Trump nearly doubled his 2016 share of the vote, going from 6.63% to 12.25% of the vote. [60]
Those reporting potential violations of federal voting rights laws may contact the Civil Rights Division at civilrights.justice.gov or 800-253-3931. 4:20 p.m. Economy remains top issue impacting ...
But New Jersey voters have routinely tuned out of off-year elections, especially when the Legislature is at the top of the ticket. In 2011, the last year the state Senate was the biggest race in ...
After Thomas Kean won the biggest victory for a gubernatorial race in New Jersey in 1985, only one Republican has ever won more than 50 percent of the vote in a New Jersey election that being Chris Christie who was re-elected in 2013 with 60% of the vote. As New Jersey is split almost down the middle between the New York City and Philadelphia ...
Veronica McGrogan, a 50-year-old mom from Bloomfield, NJ, wore a costume from the dystopian Hulu series “The Handmaid’s Tale” to vote Tuesday.
[note 1] While women had the right to vote in several of the pre-revolutionary colonies in what would become the United States, after 1776, with the exception of New Jersey, all states adopted constitutions that denied voting rights to women. New Jersey's constitution initially granted suffrage to property-holding residents, including single ...