New Jersey’s reddest county wants to do away with ballot drop boxes.
On Thursday, Ocean County’s Board of Commissioners declared against the continued use of the receptacles, popularized during the Covid-19 pandemic, citing “potential election fraud to possible security breaches.”
The Ocean County Board of Commissioners today called on the state Legislature and Governor Murphy to "eliminate the use of ballot drop boxes for all upcoming elections," citing concerns such as "potential election fraud to possible security breaches."
— Shlomo Schorr (@OneJerseySchorr) May 20, 2022
New security concerns regarding Ocean’s drop boxes came to light back in March when security footage from a Brick drop box reportedly went missing.
“As of April 8, unedited security video of election ballot drop off boxes located across Ocean County during the 2021 Election (with the exception of Brick Township) is available to be viewed by the public on a computer located on the second floor of the main branch of the Ocean County Library, Washington Street, Toms River, during regular library hours,” the county announced last month. “The digital data covers the time period of Nov. 2, 2021 through Nov. 9, 2021 from the hours at 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. Instructions on how to access the video is available. A computer containing this video is also available at the Brick Township Branch of the Ocean County Library, Chambers Bridge Road.”
Mail-in balloting is receiving fresh scrutiny nationally following the release of Dinesh D’Souza’s “2000 Mules” documentary.
