Big Primary win for the Hudson County Democratic Organization

Talk about pulling a rabbit out of a hat... The Hudson County Democratic Organization (HDOC) "A" ticket successfully won 9 of 13 seats up for grabs in the Hudson County Democratic primary.

Congratulations to County Executive Thomas DeGISE, Senator Nick Sacco, Senate candidate Sandra Cunningham, Sheriff Candidate Juan Perez, County Clerk candidate Barbara Netchert, Assembly candidate Anthony Chiappone, Assembly candidate L. Harvey Smith, Assemblywoman Joan Quigley, and Assemblyman Vincent Prieto.

The opposition ticket, Democrats for Hudson County (DFHC) won 3 seats in the 33rd District. Union City Mayor / Assemblyman Brian Stack won the nomination for State Senate seat while Hoboken Councilmen Ruben Ramos and West New York Commissioner Caridad Rodriguez get the party nod for the assembly.

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The electronic voting machines used in most of New Jersey were never properly inspected as state law demands, according to a new legal claim filed by voter rights activists. Had the machines been tested, they would have proved to be a hacker's dream, the activists say.

This week Newark attorney Penny Venetis, representing a coalition of plaintiffs, will ask a judge in Trenton to decommission machines used by 18 of the state's 21 counties.

Similar models of the computerized touch-screen machines made by an Oakland, Calif., company, Sequoia, are currently being tested by a Princeton University computer scientist, who says they easily could be rigged to throw an election.

Venetis filed legal papers Friday claiming the state never certified some 10,000 Sequoia AVC Advantage machines as secure or reliable as required by law.