There is only one Hoboken election where Mayor Ravi Bhalla went head-to-head with 4th Ward Councilman Ruben Ramos: that's the 2011 Primary for Legislative District 33 Assembly. If you recall, Bhalla ran off the HCDO column, pissed off Brian Stack, got creamed.
So, GA was wondering...
In the only Bhalla vs. Ramos electoral contest, how many votes-by-mail (VBMs) were cast for each? Legislative District 33 encompasses Hoboken, Jersey City, Union City and Weehawken.
GA pulled the 2011 results (bottom of page) for that election held on June 7, 2011. VBM totals cast for each candidate (plus municipality total) are shown below:
3% OF TOTAL VOTES CAST IN LD-33 ASSEMBLY PRIMARY WERE VBMS
A total of 20,225 votes were cast; 628 (or 3%) were VBMs.
In Hoboken, 10% of votes cast were VBMs.
83% OF TOTAL VBMS CAST IN LD-33 ASSEMBLY PRIMARY VOTED FOR RAMOS
Holy cow!
In that 2011 Primary Election for Assembly, 628 mail-in ballots were cast in the entire 33rd Legislative District; 524 (83%) were votes for Ruben Ramos.
In that 2011 Primary Election for Assembly, 628 mail-in ballots were cast in the entire 33rd Legislative District; 524 (83%) were votes for Ruben Ramos.
In Hoboken, 87% of VBMs were votes for Ruben Ramos.
63.5% OF TOTAL VBMS CAST FOR LD-33 ASSEMBLY PRIMARY CAME OUT OF HOBOKEN
BREAKDOWN BY MUNICIPALITY
HOBOKEN RAMOS- 399 VBMs (12.6% of Ramos' Total Hoboken vote)
BHALLA- 50 VBMs (3.6% of Bhalla's Total Hoboken vote)
HOBOKEN- TOTAL 455 VBMS (10% of 4,470 Total votes cast)
87.6% of Total VBMs cast in Hoboken voted for Ramos
10% of Total VBMs cast in Hoboken voted for Bhalla
JERSEY CITY
RAMOS- 23 VBMs (0.8% of Ramo's Total JC vote)
BHALLA- 5 VBMs (0.4% of Bhalla's Total JC vote)
JERSEY CITY- 41 TOTAL VBMS (0.8% of 4,956 Total votes cast)
56% of Total VBMs cast in JC voted for Ramos
12% of Total VBMs cast in JC voted for Bhalla
UNION CITY
RAMOS- 79 VBMs (1% of Ramo's Total UC vote)
BHALLA- 6 VBMs (1% of Bhalla's Total UC vote)
UNION CITY- 106 TOTAL VBMs (1% of 9,651 Total votes cast)
74.5% of Total VBMs cast in UC voted for Ramos
5.6% of VBMs cast in UC voted for Bhalla
WEEHAWKEN
RAMOS- 23 VBMs (2.4% of Ramos' Total Weehawken vote)
BHALLA- 1 VBM (1% of Bhalla's Total Weehawken vote)
WEEHAWKEN- 26 TOTAL VBMS (2% of Total 1148 votes cast)
88% of Total VBMs cast in Weekhawken voted for Ramos
3.8% of Total VBMs cast in Weekhawken voted for Bhalla
CONCLUSION
It should be clear to our Hudson County neighbors that Hoboken's elections are, um... different.
Our population may be small, but we are politically engaged with a vigorous partisan divide between an entrenched culture of vote-buying and those who want to reform our unclean elections.
Will the entry of the United States v. Lizaida Camis change our political culture? Like the scoreboard above says: "We'll see."
ELECTION RESULTS
DEM GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRIMARY 33RD LDS
JUNE 7, 2011
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Keep in mind that the VBM's represent only a fraction of the people paid by Ramos to "work"/vote for him. Lots of paid "workers" vote at the polls.
ReplyDeleteYes, that is true. Unfortunately that's unverifiable. I do have the VBM print-out for this election, so its doable to see what percentage of "paid workers" voted by mail. The other "paid workers" likely voted at the polls.
DeleteThe "worker" list used to be pretty good data, though at some point after 2010 they started to illegally hide the info laundering the payments through third party "consultants."
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