Theodore Davis

January 15, 2008 - 6:57pm

Norcross slaps Corzine on ELEC vacancy

The first ELEC Executive Director says Gov. Jon Corzine's failure to appoint a GOP Commissioner is "inexcusable"The first ELEC Executive Director says Gov. Jon Corzine's failure to appoint a GOP Commissioner is "inexcusable"
Republican National Committeeman David Norcross knows quite a bit about the Election Law Enforcement Commission. He was on staff of Gov. William T. Cahill when the commission was created, and became its first Executive Director.

And he’s not happy that the commission’s board, meant to be bi-partisan, is currently made up of two Democrats and one Republican. The seat has been vacant since Gov. Jon Corzine named Theodore Davis as Camden’s chief operating officer in December 2006.

“It’s inexcusable,” said Norcross about the fact that the commission has gone over a year without filling its Republican vacancy. “I understand exigencies of politics. Sometimes you can’t find an appointee, sometimes you can’t get the agreement you need, but this is preposterous.”

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April 15, 2008 - 5:14pm

Hold Me Accountable: Will Corzine ever name a GOP ELEC member?

Today is Election Day in several hundred municipalities across the state that elect school board members – an appropriate time to remind Gov. Jon Corzine that a vacancy still exists on the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.  Three months ago, Corzine’s staff indicated that the appointment of a Republican ELEC member would come “within weeks or even days.”  The seat has been vacant since Corzine named Judge Theodore Davis to serve as the Chief Operating Officer of Camden in December 2006. 

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October 17, 2007 - 10:58am

Democrats control ELEC

State law requires the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission to be equally divided among both political parties, but in the months preceding the 2007 general election, Democrats have a majority.

Governor Jon Corzine appointed one of the two Republican ELEC Commissioners, retired Superior Court Judge Theodore Davis, to serve as the Chief Operating Officer of the City of Camden. Corzine has not filled the GOP vacancy, which leaves the Democrats with a 2-1 majority on the bi-partisan panel that decides potentially sensitive campaign finance matters – like whether Democratic Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein should receive $100,000 in Clean Elections relief money because a conservative group is running issue advocacy ads that mention her name.

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