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Advocates urge Hudson County to rebalance early-voting sites after gaps in Hoboken, Harrison and North Bergen
Summary
A resident analyst told commissioners that early-voting site placement in Hudson County is uneven, with some cities heavily covered and others underserved; she recommended replacing duplicative sites to increase one‑district access countywide by about 4 percent and requested a report from the Superintendent of Elections.
Courtney Walker, a Jersey City resident, told the County Commissioners on Sept. 11 that early-voting site placement across Hudson County is currently uneven and that changes would improve equitable access.
Walker said her review of the June primary showed Union City, Weehawken, West New York and Guttenberg had more than 70 percent of voters living within one district of an early voting site, while North Bergen coverage was 42…
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