| Written and distributed since 2003 by Donald Katz, Esq., Republican State Committeeman for Middlesex County and Counsel, Middlesex County Republican Organization REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE NEEDED IN MANY PLACES IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY. HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THERE IS A VACANCY IN YOUR DISTRICT? LOOK AT YOUR SAMPLE BALLOT. IF THERE IS A VACANCY IN YOUR DISTRICT, YOU CAN GET ELECTED BY WRITE-IN VOTE. HERE’S HOW YOU DO IT Our County Committee members are the bedrock of our Republican Party and the more spots we have filled with people who will help locally in their neighborhood, the stronger the party will be, and the more likely our candidates will be elected or re-elected. We need your help to fill as many of these positions as possible. You all should have received your sample ballot by now, and by looking at it, you can tell if there is a vacancy for one or both of the county committee positions in your district. (Look at the Republican side – the right side of the ballot under “Party Offices” and “County Committee”.) If there is no one, or only one person, listed as running for the position, the position will be marked: “No Nomination”. If that is the case, and you are interested in running, you can write your name in on either your vote-by-mail ballot or on the voting machine. Since under a recent law change, you will need anywhere between 1 and 10 votes to get elected, (unless, of course, two people in your district end up getting more votes than that), I would suggest you contact your municipal chair to find out the minimum number of write-in votes you will need, but in the overwhelming number of districts, only between 1 and 4 write-in votes will be legally sufficient. It is easier to write in on a paper, vote-by-mail or provisional ballot. In that instance, look for the “write-in” box(s) on the ballot for County Committee and print the name or names of the candidates on the lines provided, and also be sure to fill in the oval next to where you write the name or names. On our touch screen voting machines, touch the Write-In part of the screen next to the County Committee office you select. Once you touch the screen, the write-in keyboard will appear on the screen, and you should then use the keyboard to enter/type in your write-in candidate’s name. When you are finished entering their name, hit “Accept,” and then the name you entered will appear in the write-in block you selected. If you are writing in two different candidates for the two positions, do the same thing next to the other County Committee office. Once the name or names you entered appear and you have also voted for all of the other candidates you want, then complete the process to cast your vote. REPUBLICAN US SENATE CANDIDATES’ DEBATE TO BE HELD ON MAY 28TH The New Jersey Globe website will be hosting a debate among the four candidates for the Republican nomination for US Senate on Thursday, May 28th, at 8:00 pm. The four candidates are: Dr. Robert Lebovics, former Tabernacle Deputy Mayor Justin Michael Murphy, State Trooper Richard Tabor, and former News 12 New Jersey reporter Alex Zdan, The candidate endorsed by Middlesex County Republicans at the Middlesex County Republican Organization (“MCRO”) convention is Richard Tabor, who is running with the slogan “Endorsed by Middlesex County Republican Organization” as are all of the other candidates endorsed at the MCRO convention. The 60-minute debate will be streamed on the New Jersey Globe, Facebook Live, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube, and will also air several times on C-SPAN. The debate will be available to voters through the June 2 primary election. POLITICAL TRIVIA: Here are some political trivia questions. I hope you enjoy them. The answers are below, immediately above the calendar: 1. New Jersey was the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments to the Constitution), and it occurred in Perth Amboy. True or False? 2. Who was the last President to be inaugurated in March instead of January? 3. Famed architect I. M. Pei designed which President’s Library? 4. Which President was born at 28 E. 20th Street in New York City? 5. Who is the only President to have earned an MBA? 6. Abraham Lincoln held what position in the town of Salem, Illinois? 7. Who is the only President to receive a Purple Heart for military service? EARLY IN-PERSON VOTING STARTS ON TUESDAY, MAY 26 AND RUNS THROUGH SUNDAY, MAY 31. HERE ARE ALL OF THE EARLY VOTING SITES You can vote early in the Primary Election at any one of the Early Voting sites on Tuesday through Saturday, May 26-30, from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm, and on Sunday, May 31, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm (and on Election Day at your regular polling location from 6:00 am to 8:00 pm). There are 10 Early Voting sites around the county, and you can go vote at any one that happens to be convenient for you. It doesn’t have to be the closest location to your house. The Early Voting sites for this election (each of which has been at the same location it has been for the last several elections) are as follows: 1. East Brunswick – East Brunswick Community Center, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick 2. Edison – Minnie B. Veal Community Center, 1070 Grove Avenue, Edison 3. Monroe – Monroe Public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza, Monroe Township 4. New Brunswick – New Brunswick Hub Teen Center, 411 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, New Brunswick 5. Old Bridge – Old Bridge Civic Center, 1 Old Bridge Plaza, Old Bridge 6. Perth Amboy – A. F. Jankowski Community Center, 1 Olive Street, Perth Amboy 7. Piscataway – John F. Kennedy Public Library, 500 Hoes Lane, Piscataway 8. Sayreville – Sayreville Senior Center, 423 Main Street, Sayreville 9. South Brunswick – South Brunswick Community Center, 124 New Road, Monmouth Junction 10. Woodbridge – Acacia Youth Center, 95 Port Reading Avenue, Port Reading, Woodbridge (This building used to be the Hungarian American Citizens Club) CONDOLENCES… Condolences to the family of Dharmesh Patel, who recently died a very untimely death. Dharmesh was an active Republican, both with the East Brunswick Republicans and with Republican Indian-American groups. FREE NAME TAGS FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY AVAILABLE As I have done for many years, I will be happy to make name tags for any Republican candidate for partisan public office in Middlesex County who wants one – for free. If there is interest, the candidates’ GOP municipal chair should send me an e-mail with the candidates’ information – including exactly the way each candidate wants his or her name on the name tag, plus his or her e-mail address, (and address and phone number), so I can add them to my e-mail newsletter list, and I will prepare the name tags by shortly after Primary Election Day, or possibly sooner. MORE REPUBLICAN POLL CLERKS ARE STILL NEEDED TO FILL REPUBLICAN VACANCIES – ESPECIALLY IN OUR MOST DEMOCRAT TOWNS As I explained in my last newsletter, we need more Republicans to work as poll clerks on Election Day, especially in our most Democrat towns. If you, or any other Republican you know, can help, it is important for the Republican party and for the election system itself that you do so. Trained poll clerks are presently paid $300.00 per election plus extra to take training every two years. If you or anyone you know can help and take one of these paid poll clerk positions, contact your GOP Municipal Chair or poll clerk coordinator as soon as possible. If the positions are all filled in your municipality, there are definitely vacancies in other towns in the county, and you, or they, should call the Board of Elections directly, without delay, at 732-745-3471. ANSWERS TO POLITICAL TRIVIA: 1. True. The New Jersey Legislature voted to ratify the Bill of Rights in 1789 in Perth Amboy. 2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the last President inaugurated on March 4th, in 1933. Thereafter, Congress passed the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, changing the date of the inauguration to January 20th. If the 20th falls on a Sunday, the inauguration takes place on the 21st. 3. The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum was designed by I.M. Pei and sits on the Boston waterfront, adjacent to the University of Massachusetts at Boston. The nine-floor structure with a glass roof pavilion was dedicated on October 20, 1979. 4. Theodore Roosevelt was born there (in a Manhattan brownstone) in 1858. 5. George W. Bush earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1975. 6. Postmaster. At 24 years old, Lincoln hand-delivered uncollected mail as part of his daily duties. 7. John F. Kennedy. During his World War II service in the U.S. Navy, in August 1943, Kennedy’s PT boat was rammed by a Japanese cruiser. Kennedy reportedly led his 10 crewmates on a three-mile swim to a nearby island, towing a badly injured crewmate with a life jacket strap as he swam. Upon his return home, he received the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Medal for Valor and a Purple Heart. UPDATED CALENDAR What follows is an updated calendar. If you have any municipal or countywide fundraisers or functions you would like me to include in my e-mail calendar from time to time, please contact me at dkatzlaw@aol.com. Please note that organizations and campaigns sometimes provide added information, change dates, or cancel events, which I include in this calendar if I receive the information in time. Therefore, if you plan to attend an event, please make sure you review the calendar listing in my latest e-mail and, to the extent you may not have pre-registered for the particular event so the sponsoring group will be able to contact you about any changes, you may want to check with the sponsoring group before you go, to make sure the information has not changed. Also, please be aware that these e-mails are not official MCRO notices or mailings; they are just something I do, voluntarily, to help our Republican Party. May 26 (Tuesday) – Last day for vote-by-mail ballot applications to be received by the County Clerk by mail, in order to vote in the Primary Election. (Middlesex County Clerk, P.O. Box 1110, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1110). May 26 (Tuesday) – May 31 (Sunday) – Primary Election Early Voting Period (Note: this time period is longer than previously noted, due to another recently adopted law.) June 1 (Monday 3:00 pm) – Last day to apply for a vote-by-mail ballot in person (or by authorized messenger) at the County Clerk’s office (26-C Kennedy Boulevard, East Brunswick, New Jersey), in order to vote in the Primary Election. June 2 (Tuesday) – Primary Election June 9 (Tuesday 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm) – Middlesex County Republican Women’s Club Meeting, East Brunswick Library, 2 Civic Center Drive, (off Ryder’s Lane), East Brunswick. Speaker: Matt Rooney of SaveJersey.com. June 30 (Tuesday) – Middlesex County Republican Organization Reorganization Meeting. Forsgate Country Club, 375 Forsgate Drive, Monroe Township. July 22 (Wednesday 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm) – “Remembering Rick” (Rosenberg, Jr)” Scholarship Dinner, Avos Ria Mar Restaurant, 25 Whitehead Avenue, South River. To benefit the Rick Rosenberg, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund set up in his honor at Rowan University. Rick was born and raised in South River and was an excellent campaign consultant who helped South River and other Middlesex County Republicans, often for free or for a small charge, who had an untimely death at a young age. More information added when available, and then you can RSVP to Monica Rosenberg at MMRBUG98@aol.com August 3-9 (Monday through Sunday) – Middlesex County Fair at the Middlesex County Fair Grounds, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Volunteer at the Republican booth. The Middlesex County Republican Women’s Club (“MCRWC”) and the Middlesex County Republican Organization co-host the booth. If a GOP Municipal Committee or GOP Club would like to take a night, please contact MCRWC President Tonia Kulberda at 973-885-1030 or tonia@kulberda.com for more info and to sign up for a night. September 18-19 (Friday-Saturday) – NJGOP Summit. Resorts, Atlantic City. Please forward this information to any Middlesex County Republican, or other individuals, who you think might be interested in seeing it, but, before you forward it, make sure you delete the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of this e-mail, otherwise one of the people you forward it to, may unsubscribe you and the program will not let me add you back to my mailing list. Further, if you know of any Middlesex County Republicans who would like to receive periodic reports about Republican-related information I believe might be interesting or useful, please have them send me, Donald Katz, an e-mail to dkatzlaw@aol.com, and I will add them to my e-mail list. By the same token, if you ever wish to be removed from my e-mail list, click “unsubscribe” at the bottom of this e-mail. Donald Katz, Esq. 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MIDDLESEX COUNTY GOP UPDATE
