Just inspires confidence in you doesn’t it?

As New Jersey election officials grapple with an ongoing dispute about the reliability of electronic voting machines, the Department of State resumes control over all election matters today with protecting the integrity of the voting process as a top priority.Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells said she intends to coordinate closely with county officials who have raised concerns about voting machines after discrepancies were found in the Feb. 5 presidential primary election. The Department of State resumes control over elections after a decade under the Attorney General’s Office based on legislation signed in January.”It will allow us to give a lot of time, attention and resources to elections,” Wells said yesterday in a telephone interview. “We want all our citizens engaged in the process. After all, what’s more important in a democracy than the right to vote?”

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