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IT TOOK MONTHS MONTHS OF POLITICAL WRANGLING, BUT NEW JERSEY IS SET TO SWEAR IN TWO NEW ASSOCIATE JUSTICES TO TO THE HIGH COURT.

THE FULL STATE SENATE TODAY CONFIRMING BH CONFIRMING BOTH AFTER A DEMOCRAT NOMINATED BY GOVERNOR MURPHY NEARLY 14 MONTHS AGO, AND A REPUBLICAN FILLING SEATS ON EIGHT DEPLETED COURT THAT SPENT MOST OF THE YEAR WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED THREE VACANCIES ON VACANCIES ON THE BENCH.

GOVERNOR GOVERNOR MURPHY, AND A STATEMEN, CALLING BOTH NOMINEES INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE LEGAL TALENT WHO ARE DESERVING OF THE HONOR, POINTING POINTING OUT THEIR CONFIRMATION CONTINUES THE STRAIGHT BALANCED.

BALANCED COURT.

FASCIALE RECEIVED UNANIMOUS WHILE WAINER WAINER APTER WITH ALL REPUBLICANS OPPOSING.

DAVID CRUISE REPORTS THAT OPPOSITION ALMOST COST HER THE JOB.

>> Reporter: BY THE TIME SENATORS VOTED TODAY TODAY ON THE APPOINTMENT OF RACHEL WAINER APTER AND DOUG TRAN SIX, THE DEAL HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE.

IT JUST TOOK ALMOST A TOOK ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF, AND COSMOS CONSTERNATION AMONGST COSMOS CONSTERNATION AMONGST JUDICIAL WATCHERS AS VACANCIES ON ALL LEVELS OF THE COURT SYSTEM PILED UP.

A LOGJAM WITH THE PRACTICE OF SENATORIAL COURTESY RIGHT AT THE CENTER.

>> >> ABSOLUTELY, OF COURSE THERE .

THERE IS.

I THINK WITH ALL THIST SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENT, I WOD HAVE LIKED TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.

T TOOK OVER A YEAR, I THINK, FOR A A SIGNOFF TO HAPPEN.

THAT SHOULT HAPPEN.

WE ARE HERE FOR MOVING GOVERNMENT FORWARD AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR POSITIONS ARE FILLED, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPOT THEN THAT HAPPENED.

>> SENATORIAL COURTESY, A LONG-D A LONG-ESTABLISHED UNWRITTEN PACT THIS THAT ALLOW SENATORS TO TO BLOCK ANY APPOINTMENTS THAT INVOLVES A NOMINEE FROM THEIR DISTRICT EXISTS FOR GOOD REASONS REASONS AND NOT SO GOOD.

THERE ARE EXAMPLES AFFECTING APPOINTMENTS TO COURTS AND COMMISSIONS ACROSS THE STATE THAT YOU DON'T EVEN HEAR ABOUT.

THE HIGHEST PROFILE MOST RECENTE RECENT CASE IS HOLDING UP THE APPOINTMENT OF WAINER APTER.

>> THE ARGUMENT SOME OF THEM MAKE HIS THAT SENATORIAL COURTEY SENATORIAL COURTESY SLOWS THIS ALREADY SLOW PROCESS DOWN EVEN .

EVEN FURTHER.

>> I THINK IT'S AN EASY FOIL TO SAY THIS SENATORIAL COURTESY.

BY BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, IN BERGEN CO, BERGEN COUNTY, THE SENATORS IN BERGEN, WE SAT DOWN LAST APRIL AND AGREED ON A FULL COMMENT ON THE JUDGES FOR BERGEN COUNTY.

IT IT JUST HASN'T MOVED FORWARD TO THE OINTMENT PROCESS.

>> Reporter: WHICH IS SOMETIMES.

SOMETIMES SLOW.

OKAY, LET'S BE HONEST -- IS FREQUENTLY SLOW.

BUT THAT'S NOT A BAD THING, SAYS SAYS A SENATOR, WHO SAYS THE PRS IS MORE THAN BLOCKING A CANDIDA.

A CANDIDATE.

THIS COMES FROM THY OF THE LOCAL OFFICE RUNNING PICS PICS FROM THE LOCAL SENATOR.

>> WHAT IT DOES IS IT GIVES BOTH A BALANCE OF POWER, AND THIS ACTUALLY PUTS THE BRAKES ON REALLY BAD STUFF.

I WILL TELL YOU, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE ONE PARTY RULE ANYWHERE, REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT.

>> Reporter: >> Reporter: BUT ONE SENATORS CHECKS AND BALANCES IS ANOTHER'.

ANOTHER'S OBSTRUCTION.

HE SAYS THE POWER COURTESY, LIKE ANY TOOL OF POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, CAN GET OVERUSED.

>> MIKE COLLEAGUE IS A DEMOCRAT, DEMOCRAT, HE DECIDED THAT ON EIT ON EIGHT COUNTY PROSECUTOR.

WE GET ALL OUR APPOINTMENTS THROUGH.

IF WE HAVE CONCERNS, WE WE TALK ABOUT IT AND WE NEGOTIATE IN THOSE OTHER AREAS WHERE WE HAVE SENATORS USING THIS AS A POLITICAL FOOTBALL.

THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE ACCOUNTABLE IN BOTH PARTIES.

>> Reporter: SOMETIMES THINGS MOVE QUICKLY, SOMETIMES YOU HAVA YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE JUDGES GT A SIGNOFF.

IT'S HERE TO STAY, SAY SENATORS FROM BOTH SIDES.

EVEN IF IT LEAVES THE HIGH COURD SUPERIOR COURT TEMPORARILY SHORT SHORT ON JUDGES.

A NECESSARY EVIL IN THE PRESERVATION OF THE BALANCE OF POWER, NEW JERSEY STYLE.

IN TRENTON, DAVID CRUZ, NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS.

> >> TRENTON WATERWORKS FINDS ITSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF ANOTHER CONTROVERSY.

THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ON SATURDAD SATURDAY REVEALED THE PRESENCE OF LEGIONNAIRES IN THE PRESENCEF PRESENCE OF WATER IN HOMES SERVED IN CENTRAL JERSEY.

IT'S THE BACTERIA THAT CAUSES LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE, A TYPE OF, OF PNEUMONIA, AND WAS FOUNDED MORE THAN HALF OF 30 HOMES FOUND FOUND IN SEPTEMBER, INCLUDING TRENTON, EWING, PARTS OF YOU WILL, AND THE TOWNSHIP.

LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE WAS PREVIOUSLY DETECTED IN HAMILTON TOWNSHIP AND COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ANNOUNCED THEY TAKE ON OVERSIGHT OVERSIGHT OF OPERATIONS AT TRENTON WATERWORKS DUE TO, QUOT, TO, QUOTE, SIGNIFICANT HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS FOR PEOPLE D BY THE UTILITY.

LAWMAKERS ARE HOLDING A HEARING AT THIS HOUSEY HOUSE TODAY TO GET INPUT FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OTHERS ABT THE SITUATION.

I'M JOINED NOW BY BY NEW JERSEY STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST DR. TINA TAN TO GET MORE INSIGHT ON THE SITUATION.

DR. TAN, WORST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I I THINK ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT COMES TO FOLKS MIND IS, IF MY WATER WAS SAMPLED AND THE BACTERIA WAS DETECTED, AM I MORE AM I MORE LIKELY -- OR AM I PROE I PRONE -- TO CONTRACT THIS DIS?

THIS DISEASE?

>> IT'S UNKNOWN WHETHER PEOPLE H PEOPLE WITH LEGIONALLA BACTERIA THAT ARE DETECTED IN THEIR HOMES ARE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP DEVELOP LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE, WHICH IS A MORE SERIOUS INFECTIN ASSOCIATED WITH LEGIONELLA BACTERIA .

BUT EVEN SO, EVEN IF IF YOU ARE EXPOSED TO LEGIONELL, TYPICALLY SPEAKING, HEALTHY PEOPLE DO NOT BECOMES THICK WITH WITH SEVERE ILLNESS.

BUT THE RISK OF BECOMING SICK IS HIGHER, , DEPENDING ON VARIOUS INDIVIDUAL RISK FACTORS, INCLUDING THE TYPE OF LEGIONELLA LEGIONELLA SPECIES THAT MIGHT BT AND ALSO WHETHER OR NOT YOU MIGT HAVE SOME UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS .

SO FOR EXAMPLE, SOME HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS THATT PUT YOU AT INCREASED RISK FOR MORE SERIOUS ILLNESS ARE IF YOU ARE 50 YEARS OR OLDER, IF YOU ARE A SMOKER, IF YOU HAVE CERTAIN MEDICAL CONDITIONS, INCG WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS AND CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE OR OTHER CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS.

>> CAN YOU CONTRACT LEGIONNAIREE LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE SIBLEY FROM FROM DRINKING THE WATER?

HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY BECOME INFECTED?

>> >> PEOPLE CANNOT GET LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE OR INFECTIN WITH LEGIONELLA BACTERIA BY DRINKING THE WATER.

ALTHOUGH IT IT IS UNCOMMON, PEOPLE CAN GET SICK IF YOU ARE DRINKING WATER AND THEN THE WATER GOES DOWN THE THE WRONG PIPE AND GETS INTO YOUR LUNGS.

BUT TYPICALLY, THE WAY THAT YOU BECOME INFECTED IS IF YOU BREATHE WATER THAT IS AED IS AEROSOLIZED -- YOU KNOW, THEL DROPLETS OF WATER IN THE ERA LIS LIP THIS AND IF THE WATER DOES CONTAIN THAT LEGIONELLA BACTERI.

BACTERIA .

>> SO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE TAKING A SHOWER?

IS IT AS SIMPLE AS THAT?

>> SOMETIMES, IF YOU DON'T MAINTAIN YOUR SHOWERHEAD, THAT T BE A POTENTIAL RISK BACK FOR DEVELOPING EXPOSURES TO AEROSOLD TO AEROSOLIZED DROPLETS CONTAING DROPLETS CONTAINING LEGIONELLA BACTERIA .

BUT TYPICALLY SPEAKING, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ABOUT ANY SORT OF ASK DOZIER FRM DOZIER FROM -- SIGHTINGS WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE INCREASED AMOUNTS AMOUNTS OF AEROSOLIZED WATER.

ALSO, WE ARE LOOKING AT HOT TUBE TUB USE, BEING NEAR DECORATIVE S DECORATIVE FOUNTAINS THAT MIGHT HAVE ALL SORTS OF WATER AND AEROSOLS, AS LONG AS POWER WASH. POWER WASHERS.

WE ALSO WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, IU DO USE SOME DEVICES THAT REQUIR, REQUIRE WATER, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU NEED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SUCH AS CPAP AND BIPAP, YOU GOT TO FOLLOW THOSE MANUFACTURER IN, AND THAT OFTEN INCLUDES USING STEROL WATER IN AND OF TAP WATE.

TAP WATER.

WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FEDERAL CVS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTN AND PREVENTION TO DEVELOP A LISF BEST PRACTICES FOR HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESSES TO FOLLOW TO REDD THE POTENTIAL FOR LEGIONELLA BACTERIA.

>> WHAT YOU MESSAGE TO PEOPLE WO ARE RIGHTLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS , AND TRENTON WATERWORKS AS A W?

A WHOLE?

>> WE CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR HEALTH, PARTICULARLY IF YOU HAVE SOME UNDERLYING HEALTHS HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT MIGHT PUM MORE AT RISK FOR SEVERE WELD ILS WELD ILLNESS WITH LEGIONELLA BACTERIA.

AND THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT IF YOU ARE CONCERNED, AND YOU ARE RECEIVING RECEIVING SERVICE FROM TRENTON , TRENTON WATERWORKS, IF YOU THINK THINK YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS OF LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE, THAT COULE COULD INCLUDE COUGH, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, FEVER, MUSCLE ACHES, HEADACHES, PLEASE SEEK A CONSULT A CONSULT AND EVALUATION WITH YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER.

>> AN IMPORTANT NOTE THERE.

DR. TINA TAN.

INC.

SO MUCH.

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ACCORDING TO FEDERAL REPORTS, THE REMATCH BEN DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT TOM MALINOI TOM MALINOWSKI AND TOM CAME JR. IS PULLING IN -- THANKS TO MORE TOWNS BEING ADDED DURING REDIST.

DURING REDISTRICTING.

SENIOR CORRESPONDENT BRENDA FLANAGAN RS FLANAGAN REPORTS THAT CANDIDATES CANDIDATES HAVE VASTLY DIFFERENT DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FOR THEIR .

THEIR CAMPAIGNS.

>> Reporter: THERE LAST DEBATE STREAMED LIVE, INCUMBENT DELEGATE TOM MALINOWSKI ACCUSEDS CHALLENGER OF DUCKING HIS OWN VOTERS IN THE SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, RUNNING OUT BY INVITATION ONLY CAMPAIGN.

ONLY CAMPAIGNS.

>> WHY IS IT THAT YOU NEVER HOLD PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS?

WHY ARE YOU SIMPLY VISIBLE IN THE DISTRICT THAT YOU WANT TO REPRESENT?

>> I'VE ALWAYS LISTENED TO MY CS MY CONSTITUENTS.

I'VE GONE AND KNOCKED ON THEIR DOORS, ALWAYS MET WITH PEOPLE WHO WANT TO FIND FIND COMMON GROUND.

>>'S COMPLAINT ECHO SEVERAL NEWS NEWS OUTLETS, INCLUDING THE NEW YORK TIMES AND NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS NEWS THAT CAME IS DODGING MEDIA SCRUTINY TO -- IT'S UNCLEAR WHER UNCLEAR WHETHER VOTERS ARE NOTI.

ARE NOTICING.

>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION THAT TOM KEAN'S VOTERS ARE NOT GOING TO CARE IF HE'S OUT THERE.

>> HE SAYS HIS DELIBERATE STRATEGY INVOLVES FOCUSING THE N ON HIS HEART OR REPUBLICAN BASE WHILE LIMITING HIS EXPOSURE TO .

TO REPORTERS.

>> I THINK WHAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IS WHETHER OR NOT HE GETS AWAY WITH IT, AND HE MAY VERY WL GET AWAY WITH IT.

>> IF YOU LIMIT THE NUMBER OF TIMES YOU CAN BE IN FRONT OF THA ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND JUST STICK TO A COUPLE OF CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS, SUCH AS AS A COUPLE OF DEBATES THAT THEY'VE DONE, YOU LIMIT THE POTENTIAL DAMAGE THAT YOU CAN DO.

>> KEYNES TWO CAMPAIGN WEBSITES, WEBSITES, ONE UNDERSCORES HIS DEDICATION TO THE TRUMP AGENDA.

THE OTHER ONE, NOT SO MUCH.

WITH WITH ABORTION A DRIVING ISSUE FOR DEMOCRATS, IS A BOY THE MEDIA STRATEGY MAKES SENSE.

>> HE NEEDS TO TREAD A FINE LIN.

FINE LINE.

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVEN'T SEEN TOM KEAN OUT AND ABOUT FAG THE MEDIA.

BECAUSE TO APPEAL TOE GROUP, HE'S GOT TO CONTRADICT HIMSELF WITH THE OTHER GROUP.

>> >> THE CAMPAIGN WANTS TO TALK TS ABOUT WHAT'S ON THEIR MINDS AND NOT PLAY INSIDE BASEBALL WITH NEW JERSEY MEDIA.

>> Reporter: CAME DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO SPEND TIME ANSWERING REPORTERS QUESTIONS, AND THAT THE CAMPAIGN IS BUSY PUSHING AN AGENDA THAT CALLS PRESIDENT BIDEN TO TASK FOR INFLATION AND IMMIGRATION.

>> THAT'S WHAT IS ON PEOPLE'S MINDS.

THAT'S WHAT HE'S OUT TALKING ABOUT WITH THE BASES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

WATCH THEM ON FACEBOOK.

>> Reporter: HE WON HIS LAST ELECTION BY A SCANT 3000 VOTES.

THEY LEAN REPUBLICAN IN THIS REMATCH.

DO THE MATH.

IN 2020, DEMOCRATS AND UNAFFILIATED BOTH POSTED MORE.

BUT THAT CHANGED AFTER REDISTRICTING THIS OCTOBE.

THIS OCTOBER.

THIS OCTOBER, A SOLID INCREASE, AS MORE TRADITIONALLY RED TOWNS DRAW THE THE REDRAWN DISTRICT MAP.

WE SPOKE WITH VOTERS IN ONE OF THOSE TOWNS,'S VARDA, AND ASKED ABOUT THE RACE.

>> I THINK YOU SHOULD JUST BE ON ON MAINSTREAM TELEVISION.

BECAUSE HOW ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THEM?

>> I'VE ALWAYS BEEN STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN.

>> Reporter: IS CAMPAIGN SPOKESMAN SAID IN A STATEMENT JUST THIS WEEK, SENATOR KAINE HAS DONE TWO DEBATES, INTERVIEWS INTERVIEWS AND NEWS 12, AND THE STAR-LEDGER.

THE ONLY THING WITH SOMETHING TO HIDE IN THIS RACE IS TOM MALINOWSKI, AND THAT'S PY WHY HE'S UNDER AN ETHICS INVESTIGATION, REFERRING TO HISE TO PURCHASE STOCK PURCHASES.

>> HE SAID IS HOLDING NOW IN A BLIND TRUST.

I'M BRENDA FLANAGAN, NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS.

> >> IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, THERS JUST ROUGHLY 24 HOURS LEFT TO RR TO VOTE FOR THE UPCOMING NOVEMBER ELECTION.

THE DEADLINE IS TOMORROW.

EARLY DATA FROM THE THE STATES DIVISION OF ELECTIONS OF ELECTIONS SHOWS THAT THE MAJORITY OF NEW REGISTRATIONS COMES FROM UNAFFILIATED VOTERS.

DEMOCRATS, THOUGH, STILL OUTPACS IN NEW JERSEY.

BUT THAT SAME DATA SHOWS THE PARTY IS LOSING .

LOSING GROUND.

RAVEN SANTANA TAKES A LOOK AT WHAT IS DRIVING NEW JERSEY VOTERS THIS YEAR.

>> I WENT ALL VOTERS TO KNOW OCTOBER 18th IS THE VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE.

>> SECRETARY OF STATE TAHITIAN AWAY REMINDING FOLKS THAT IF YOT YOU WANT TO VOTE IN THE GENERALN FOR CONGRESS, COUNTY, OR LOCAL OFFICE, YOU MUST DO SO BY TUESD.

BY TUESDAY.

>> YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE AT NV AT NJ.GOV, OR YOU CAN ALSO GO TO TO VOTE NJ.GOV.

YOU CAN GET A PAPER APPLICATION, AND IF YOU DECIDE TO DO IT THAT WAY, JUST FILL IT OUT, PRINT IT OUT, AND THEN YOU CAN RETURN YOUR PAPER .

PAPER REGISTRATION.

WE NOW HAVE A TOTAL OF ABOUT 6.5 MILLION VOS MILLION VOTERS WHO ARE REGISTERD ARE REGISTERED IN THIS GREAT ST. GREAT STATE.

SO WE HAVE SEEN, YOU KNOW, AN UPTICK IN THE THOUSANDS OF THOSE WHO ARE REGIG TO VOTE.

>> ONCE YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION IS COMPLETED, IT SENT TO A BOARD BOARD OF ELECTIONS OFFICE LIKE THIS ONE IN UNION COUNTY.

>> THEY COME BACK AFTER WE PROCESS THE MORNING MAIL.

WE PIK IT UP FROM THE POST OFFICE EVER.

EVERY DAY.

WE HAVE A BIPARTISAN TEAM THAT GOES TO THE POST OFFICE TO GET OUR BALLOT, AND THEN WE HAVE TO RECONCILE EVERY BALLOT THAT COMES IN.

BY THE AFTERNOON, VOTERS CAN GO ONLINED IF THERE BALLOT WAS RECEIVED BY OUR OFFICE ON THE TRACK MY BALLOT PORTAL ON THE STATES WEB.

STATES WEBSITE.

>> NICOLE DORADO IS THE ADMINIS.

THE ADMINISTRATOR.

SHE SAYS THIS THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE NOTICED AN UPWARD TREND OF VOTERS REGISTERING ONLINE.

>> SO FAR, THE COUNTY HAS ISSUED ISSUED OVER 45,000 X HUNDRED VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT.

AS OF THIS MORNING, WE RECEIVED BACK OVER 0 PALLETS.

AND THAT IS BEFORE TODAY'S PALLETS ARE RECONCILED AND UPLOADED.

WE ARE LOOKING AT A 27 PERCENT RETURN ON OUR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT.

>> WHAT'S MOTIVATING SOME OF THE TO COME OUT AND VOTE?

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LEAGUE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW JERSEY SAYS THEY ARE MOTIVATED O ELECT CANDIDATES THAT REFLECT THEIR VIEWS ON CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES.

>> THIS YEAR, WE REALLY ARE SEEING A LOT OF FOLKS WONDERING ABOUT SCHOOL BOARD AND LOCAL ELECTIONS AS WELL, AND I THINK YOU SEE THAT MOTIVATION BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT MORE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES AT THE SCHOOL BOARD LEVEL, AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY MOTIVATED TO ENSURE THAT THEY PICK CANDIDATES THAT REPRESENT THEM WELL.

VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES, IT SEEMS LIKE YOUNG FOLKS ARE MIRRORING WHAT WE ARE SEEING ACROSS THE STATE WITH OTHER VOTERS AND NAT.

AND NATIONALLY.

THEY ARE MOTIVATED TO VOTE AROUND ISSUES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.

>> Reporter: IN AN EFFORT TO KEP A MORE ACCURATE AND TRANSPARENT, THE ADMINISTRATOR, BETH THOMPSO, BETH THOMPSON, SAYS THEY GAVE VOTERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY NEW NEW VOTING MACHINES AHEAD OF ELECTIONS.

>> WE IN HUNTERDON COUNTY HAVE D ALL OF OUR VOTING MACHINES, SO WE WANT TO AID ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN EARLY VOTING, AND ON ELECTION DAY WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE WILL BE LIKE USING OUR NEW TOUCHSCREEN VOTING MACH.

VOTING MACHINES.

>> Reporter: THE SECRETARY OF SE ALSO STRESSED THE NEED FOR MORE POLL WORKERS.

SHE ENCOURAGES ANE WHO IS INTERESTED IN BECOMING ONE TO APPLY ONLINE AT THE NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF ELECTIONS SHOWN HERE.

YOU CAN ALSO REGISTR TO VOTE ON THE SITE AND COULD DO COULD DO SO STILL BEFORE THE DEADLINE ENDS TUESDAY.

FOR NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS, I'M RAVEN SANTA.

RAVEN SANTANA.

>> FOR ALL YOUR ELECTION NEEDS, HAD TO NJSPOTLIGHTNEWS.ORG THEN CLICK ON THE NJ DECIDES 2022 TB 2022 TAB TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE RACES WE ARE WATCHING, CANDIDATE PROFILES, AND MORE DETAILS ON YOUR DISTRICT, ALONG WITH WHERE AND HOW TO VOTE.

> >> 14,000 VEHICLES WERE REPORTED REPORTED STOLEN IN NEW JERSEY LAST YEAR.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE DATA, AND IT SHOWS IT'S UP 22% FROM THE YEAR PRIOR.

.

FOR 2022, THE STATE IS ON PACE PACE TO SEE 17,000 CAR THEFTS.

CONGRESSWOMAN MIKEY CHERYL THIS WEEK INTRODUCED THE AUTO PREVENTION ACT.

IT WILL PROVIDE PREVENTATIVE GRANTS TO HELP THEM THEM COMBAT AUTO THEFT AND TRAFG AND TRAFFICKING, AND ON THE STATE LEVEL, SENATORS CODY AND ANTHONY BUCO ALSO PRESENT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD INCREASE PENALTIES FOR PEOPLE SELLING OR RECEIVING STOLEN VEHICLES, ALONH THOSE RECRUITING JUVENILES TO HELP.

REPEAT OFFENDERS WOULD ALO FACE LONGER JAIL TERMS UNDER THE THE NEW LEGISLATION.

STATE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT PAT CALLAN SAYS MANY OF THOSE STOLEN CARS -- WELL, THEY ARE USED IN VIOLENT CRIMES.

>> LAST YEAR, WE MADE OVER 3000 ARREST FOR RECEIVING STOLEN PRO, STOLEN PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE CHARGE WHEN SOMEONE IS CAUGHT WH A STOLEN MOTOR VEHICLE.

OF THOSE, NEARLY 400 OF THOSE SUBJS WERE INVOLVED IN ABOUT 400 SHOO.

400 SHOOTINGS.

THINK ABOUT THATS NOT JUST YOUR CAR GETTING STOLEN STOLEN OUT OF YOUR DRIVEWAY.

IT'S AN HOUR LATER THAT IT'S BEING USED TO SHOOT A TEENAGER N A NEARBY CITY.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORE OF THIS TYPE OF SUPPORT THAT'S NOT ONLY GOING TO PREVENT CARS FROM BEING STOLEN, BUT IT'S WANO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BEING SHOCKED.

> >> THE WAIT IS OVER.

STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS CAN START APPLYING FOR FEDERAL RELIEF FROM RELIEF FROM THE GOVERNMENT NOW.

RHONDA SCHAFFLER HAS THE DETAILS PLUS TONIGHT STOP BUSINESS STO.

BUSINESS STORIES.

>> MILLIONS OF CLOSER TO STUDENT STUDENT DEBT RELIEF.

PRESIDENT N TODAY ANNOUNCED THE FORMER LAUNH FORMER LAUNCH OF THE FEDERAL APPLICATION FOR STUDENT LOAN FO.

LOAN FORGIVENESS.

PEOPLE SEEKING SEEKING TO APPLY FOR RELIEF CAN NOW FILL OUT THE FORM AT STUDENV STUDENT AID.GOV.

A BETA VERSION OF THE WEBSITE WAS LAUNCHED ON Y ON FRIDAY, AND 8 MILLION AMERICANS APPLIED.

THE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT WILL TAKE A FEW WEEKS TO PROCESS THE APPLIC.

THE APPLICATIONS.

MORE THAN 1 MILLION NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS ARE FOR INCOME-BASED DEBT FORGIVENESS OF $10,000.

THAT RISES TO 20,000 FOR PELL GRANT .

GRANT RECIPIENTS.

THE STATE IS GIVING NEW SUPPORT TO THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.

GOVERNOR GOVERNOR MURPHY ANNOUNCED A $20 MILLION PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE PROVIDE CERTAIN MANUFACTURERS AROUND THIS DATE WITH GRANT THAT THAT THEY CAN USE TO UPGRADE THEIR EQUIPMENT.

SOME MANUFACTUS CAN RECEIVE GRANTS OF UP TO 2000 200 $50,000.

AT TODAY'S EVENT, OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF MANUFACTURING TO W JERSEY'S ECONOMY AND JOB MARKET.

THE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HAS APPROVED $10 MILLION IN GRANTS TO HELP REVITALIZE COMMERCIAL AREAS IN BOTH NEWARK AND ATLANTIC CITY.

MOST OF THE FUNDING FOR THIS PILOT PROGRAM,N AS ART, WILL GO TOWARDS BUILDING BUILDING WE HAVE AND DEVELOPMENT.

BUT 30% OF THE FUNDS ARE EARMARKED TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY ART.

LIKE EVENTS OR PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS.

I SPOKE WITH THE CHIEF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, TY COOPER.

>> THIS IS EXCITING BECAUSE IT'S IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

YOU THINK ABOUT EDA, YOU THINK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, YOU DON'T TYPICALLY THINK ABOUT ART.

BUT ART IS SUCH A HUGE DRIVER FOR WS HAPPENING WITHIN OUR DATE.

>> FINALLY, >> FINALLY, NEW JERSEY'S REVENUE REVENUE COLLECTIONS ROSE AGAIN N SEPTEMBER.

SO FAR THIS YEAR, THE THE STATE HAS COLLECTED $8.4 BILLION IN REVENUE, A 14% INCREASE OVER THE SAME PERIOD A YEAR AGO.

NOW HERE'S A CHECK ONS STOCK MARKET ACTIVITY.

I'M RHONDA SCHAFFLER, THOSE ARE YOUR YOUR TOP BUSINESS STORIES.

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>> AND THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR FOR US TONIGHT, BUT MAKE SURE YU HEAD OVER TO NJSPOTLIGHTNEWS.ORG NJSPOTLIGHTNEWS.ORG AND FOLLOW US ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS PLATFORMS TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS ON THE GARDEN .

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>> WE'VE BEEN SERVING NEW JERSES FOR OVER A CENTURY.

AS PART OF THE GARDENS DATE, WE HELP COMPANIES KEEP THEIR VEHICLES ON ON THE ROAD AND EMPLOYEES ON THE ON THE JOB AND PROJECTS ON TRAC.

ON TRACK.

WORKING TO PROTECT EMPLOYEES FROM ILLNESS AND INJURY, TO KEEP GOODS AND SERVICES MOVING ACROSS THE STATE.

WE ARE PROUD TO BE PART OF NEW JERSEY.

AND JM.

WE'VE GOT NEW JERSEY COVERED.

>> IF YOU NEED TO SEE A DOCTOR, RWJ BARNABUS HEALTH HAS TWO EASS TO DO IT FROM ANYWHERE.

YOU CAN CAN SEE AN URGENT CARE PROVIDER 24/7 ON ANY DEVICE WITH OUR APP, OR USE OUR WEBSITE TO BOOK A VIRTUAL VISIT WITH AN RWJ BARNABUS HEALTH PROVIDER OR SPECIALIST, EVEN AS A NEW PATIE.

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YOU'VE TAKEN EVERY PRECAUTION, AND SO HAVE WE, SO DON'T DELAY YOUR CARE ANY LONGER.

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