Stafford: The Stafford Township Council unanimously approved resolution 2020-302 encouraging the right to vote in person at a voting machine for the November 3rd General Election. The July 7th New Jersey Primary Election was rife with problems including exorbitant cost, potential fraud, mass confusion, and extreme delays. Presidential elections bring out the highest number of voters and the considerable issues of the July primary will be exponentially greater this November without access to machine voting for all registered voters. Machine voting is safe, reliable, and far and away the most popular form of voting. Counting paper ballots by hand is both antiquated and insecure. The 2020 General election could have the highest voter turnout in history. The people deserve a fair election with accurate counting of all votes cast in a timely manner. The Presidency, a US Senate seat, all US House seats, County offices and numerous down-ballot offices are at stake. This is NOT the time for yet another electoral experiment.

*** This resolution encourages the right to vote in person and will be sent to the Governor. The governor may place restrictions on our right to vote by eliminating in person machine voting. The Mayor and council do not have control over this but we are making our stance very clear to the governor. The Ocean County Freeholders passed a similar resolution last week. ***