Christie Vetoes Atlantic City Aid Package

“Automatic registration is good for the country, and good for New Jersey”, said Myrna Pérez, deputy director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, which had pushed for the legislation.

Earlier the issue seeped into the presidential campaign arena, where Christie is seeking the Republican nomination. But under current law, Christie said, people convicted of domestic violence or subject to a domestic violence restraining order are prohibited from purchasing, owning or possessing a firearm, and from having any permits to purchase a firearm. His 8 percent support for the White House race is a far cry from Donald Trump’s massive lead at 31 percent.

The proposed bill also called for the establishment of a casino council, which would be required to determine the fees each of the casinos would annually pay.

And if Christie doesn’t end his 2016 presidential bid?

The stalled PILOT bill loomed large during Mazzeo’s successful reelection campaign this year, which saw him take repeated shots at Christie for his delayed action on the bill while travelling out of state. The governor would have maintained the right to appoint someone to fill a U.S. Senate seat temporarily, but the replacement would have to come from the same political party as the senator who previously held the seat.

Christie in 2013 picked Republican Jeff Chiesa to temporarily fill the seat.

In an August poll of New Jersey residents by Rutgers-Eagleton, 54 percent said Christie should leave the governor’s mansion if he continued to run for President. Barbara Buono in the gubernatorial race to bolster his presidential ambitions. One reinforces democracy. The other weakens it. According to Christie, the Democracy Act would “recklessly replaced New Jersey’s reliable and cost-effective early voting process with a hasty and counterproductive system that would cost taxpayers $25 million initially and millions more each subsequent year”.

Christie said he’s been “pleasantly surprised” that people who thought he got overlooked in the upcoming fourth debate have stepped up their donations to his campaign. The governor vetoed it calling it a partisan effort all the way. New Jersey also does not permit online voter registration, something that is allowed in 33 other states. That decision opened the door for a few Republican governors to take steps such as requiring voters to show photo identification that they said would prevent voter fraud – and which opponents said would make it harder for minorities and the poor to vote.