New Jersey
Ranked-choice voting for N.J.? Not so fast | Letters
Ranked choice voting (RCV) is often touted as a solution to many of our electoral woes, as supported in a recent Star-Ledger editorial and subsequent letters to the editor.
However, it introduces a host of new problems that can undermine the democratic process. Its complexity can confuse voters, leading to higher rates of ballot errors and spoiled ballots, effectively disenfranchising those who may already feel marginalized.
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New Jersey
NJ Transit shuffles along | Sheneman
![NJ Transit shuffles along | Sheneman NJ Transit shuffles along | Sheneman](https://www.nj.com/resizer/v2/NRRKDRWWOFBKVPBI2KLH7Y6RHI.jpg?auth=56bbdb3517248aacd5a26cbc5db8e02added04c73c9489119f0c80db1a05901a&width=1280&quality=90)
I could have drawn this cartoon five years ago and I’ll probably be able to draw it again five years from now.
NJ Transit is becoming the eternal albatross of New Jersey politics. Governors take office swearing that come hell or high water, they will fix NJ Transit and ensure the sanctity of the Garden State’s vital economic infrastructure. Then they leave on the same dilapidated trains they rode in on.
New Jersey
House Fire Displaces 4 People In Cherry Hill
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CHERRY HILL, NJ — A fire damaged a Cherry Hill home on Saturday, forcing its residents into temporary housing, officials said.
The Cherry Hill Fire Department responded to the fire on the 200 block of Merion Avenue early Saturday afternoon, the department said on its Facebook page.
Firefighters were faced with an arching electrical fire on the exterior of the home, officials said.
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There were no reported injuries.
The Red Cross of New Jersey said there were four people in the home and the agency was assisting them with temporary lodging, food, clothing and other immediate needs.
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New Jersey
Another N.J. library to temporarily close after troubling find
A Middlesex County library will be closing for at least two weeks after officials found asbestos in part of the decades-old building, the library director said.
The Edison Public Library at 340 Plainfield Avenue will be closed for remediation work, which is expected to start Aug. 19, said library director Allan Kleiman.
In May, renovation work began on the library’s upper level, MyCentralJersey.com reported. Asbestos was discovered when officials tested tiles that were under the carpeting and had cracked, Kleiman told NJ Advance Media.
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