This year’s race for governor was closer than any of the state’s political insiders expected, with Gov. Phil Murphy hanging on to a roughly 3-point win over Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli, despite expectations of a much wider margin. But the drama was heightened on election night and the days following thanks to a slow and tedious process: counting the actual votes. Officials and lawmakers around the state are looking for ways to speed up the process in future elections.
Calls for changes on vote-counting process
For voters, the new reality could just be that counting every vote is going to take a little more time and a lot more patience
Senior Political Correspondent/Anchor
Senior Correspondent David Cruz is the moderator of Chat Box and Reporters Roundtable. He's been a member of the NJ Spotlight News team since 2011 and has been covering New Jersey's biggest stories for almost 30 years. He's been a reporter and moderator of public affairs programs on television, radio and digital platforms for WBGO and WNYC radio and is the former editor in chief of the Hudson Reporter Newspaper group.