A conservative political action committee billed as Fix Jersey Now is looking to do what Republicans have long been loathe to do: Beat the left at its own ballot game.
The PAC, affiliated with New Jersey conservative icon Dominick “Mick” Spadea, aims to fund and implement a ballot-gathering initiative to bring back the GOP from the brink of oblivion in the Democrat-dominated Garden State. Third-party collection of ballots has been part of the Democrats’ blueprint to electoral success. Every so often they get caught breaking the law.
“We need your support to get boots on the ground,” the organization urges on its website. “FIX JERSEY NOW has the plan to win elections by out-competing the Democrats in collecting ballots. Now we need your support to put our plan into action.”
What is that plan? Long-term, the initiative looks to boost Republican ranks in a state where the number of registered GOP voters comes in third behind “unaffiliated.”
More immediately, the PAC proposes a targeted — and legal — ballot collection program backed by “research, analysis, strategies and coordination for identifying voters.” The initiative, according to documents obtained by The Federalist, would use “proprietary analysis” to target “those who do not vote, then develop a targeted message that will engage and speak to those specific register[ed] but non-voting residents.”
The plan includes an education component on ballot collection “aligned with local board[s] of elections and all applicable laws.” Organizers are working to recruit and train ballot collectors. They say they plan
