Fulton County Elections Director Announces Resignation Following Months Of Controversy

"I am writing to tender my resignation as Director of Registrations and Elections effective December 31"

Fulton County Director of Registrations and Elections Richard Barron announced that he will be tendering his resignation effective in the beginning of December 2021 on Wednesday, following months of controversy and speculation surrounding alleged polling station and ballot irregularities during the 2020 presidential election.

“I am writing to tender my resignation as Director of Registrations and Elections effective December 31,” Barron wrote in a letter addressed to the board of elections chair and the county commission chair. “I believe this timeline will allow the Department to name an Interim Director and begin recruitment for a permanent director. I will continue to work with the department to execute the November 30 runoff election and support transition for the department.”

https://nationalfile.com/breaking-fulton-county-elections-director-announces-resignation-following-months-of-controversy/

Meta services down with Facebook, Messenger and Instagram users affected

Millions of Facebook, Instagram and Messenger users across the globe – including Aussies – have been hit with massive outages this morning.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/meta-services-down-with-facebook-messenger-and-instagram-users-affected/news-story/d23256a7a6bb31ece7ce42eda0981413

New Jersey Governor’s Race Too Close to Call; Votes Being Tallied

Unofficial results of the gubernatorial election in New Jersey showed the incumbent Democratic governor Phil Murphy in a dead heat with Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli, with 98 percent of precincts reporting.

Incomplete returns showed Murphy leading the race by 1,408 votes out of more than 2.3 million cast. The voters’ turnout was about 34 percent of New Jerseyans who can vote.

New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way said on Monday at a press conference that more than 200,000 New Jerseyans cast their ballots during early voting in person and nearly 500,000 voted by mail, according to the New Jersey Herald. These votes represent more than 10 percent of the state’s registered voters.

At 12:30 a.m., Ciattarelli said he couldn’t yet declare a victory because votes remained to be counted, but said he fully expected to make a victory declaration once that happens.

“We’ve sent a message to the entire nation. This is what I love about this state: Every single time it’s gone too far off track, the people of this state have pushed, pulled, and prodded it right back to where it needs to be,” he told the crowd.

No Democrat has won reelection as governor in New Jersey since Brendan Byrne in 1977, and the party opposite the president’s has won the New Jersey governorship going back to 1985.

In 1981, Republican Gov. Tom Kean won the election in New Jersey by only 1,797 votes out of 3 million cast.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Jersey and League of Women Voters (LWV) filed a lawsuit on Nov. 2 against the state, requesting to extend voting hours due to technical and operational issues causing delays at some polling locations.

“Delays caused by technical issues aren’t an excuse to deny voters their right to vote,” ACLU said on Twitter.

“Operational & technical issues this morning at polling locations around the state made voters leave without casting a ballot,” LWV posted on Twitter.

The judge denied their request on the same day, ACLU said, but New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way said on Twitter that voters who were in line at the poll closing time (8 pm) would be able to vote, “no matter how long it takes.”

https://www.ntd.com/new-jersey-governors-race-too-close-to-call-votes-being-tallied_697020.html