{"id":987312,"date":"2021-11-08T23:44:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T04:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=987312"},"modified":"2021-11-08T23:44:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T04:44:15","slug":"no-concession-yet-as-new-jersey-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-jack-ciattarelli-weighs-possible-recount-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-concession-yet-as-new-jersey-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-jack-ciattarelli-weighs-possible-recount-request\/","title":{"rendered":"No Concession Yet as New Jersey GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Jack Ciattarelli Weighs Possible Recount Request"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-concession-yet-as-new-jersey-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-jack-ciattarelli-weighs-possible-recount-request%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=987312&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/NJ-640x335-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The campaign of New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, who has not conceded, announced on Monday that it is still considering the possibility of requesting a recount, even though he trails incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) by 2.6 percent in the latest vote count, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2021\/results\/new-jersey\/governor\">90 percent of the vote counted<\/a>&nbsp;six days after the November 3 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWaiting an additional day or two for all votes to be counted should not be controversial,\u201d Ciattarelli legal counsel Mark Sheridan said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jack4nj.com\/jack_ciattarelli_campaign_update_on_ongoing_ballot_counting\">statement<\/a> released by the campaign on Monday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNew Jersey does not have an automatic recount provision, but recounts may be requested within 17 days of the election. Any candidate may request a recount and the requester is responsible for the cost of the recount unless the election outcome changes,\u201d Ballotpedia <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2021#Recount_laws_in_New_Jersey\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Ciattarelli campaign emphasized that it is not alleging any instances of vote fraud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me be clear, no one on this team is alleging fraud or malfeasance, as we have not seen any credible evidence of that,\u201d Sheridan said in the statement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHowever, the new law Governor Murphy and state Democrats rushed to enact led to this disjointed and excruciatingly slow vote counting process. We still have vote-by-mail ballots outstanding and approximately 70,000 provisional ballots to be counted,\u201d Sheridan added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this time, we do not expect the provisional vote count to end with Jack Ciattarelli in the lead,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, that count may reduce the margin for Governor Murphy enough to warrant a full recount,\u201d Sheridan added.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jack4nj.com\/jack_ciattarelli_campaign_update_on_ongoing_ballot_counting\">statement<\/a> released provided these details on the status of the vote count as of 2:00 p.m. ET Monday:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unofficially, 66,405 votes separate Jack Ciattarelli (1,219,906) and Governor Phil Murphy (1,285,351) \u2013 a margin of 2.6% of the vote.<\/li>\n<li>As a result of Governor Murphy\u2019s rush to implement early voting, technology errors resulted in voters being forced to cast approximately 70,000 provisional ballots which have yet to be counted.<\/li>\n<li>An unknown number of vote-by-mail ballots are still being received through today and have yet to be counted.<\/li>\n<li>Based on information and belief, there is an unknown number of emergency ballots that are yet to be reported by County Clerks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWe will make the decision to pursue a recount based on all of the facts, which includes that this is the first time New Jersey is conducting an election under the new law, using new technology and vote counting procedures,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>At a press call Monday afternoon, the Ciattarelli campaign indicated it may request a recount if Murphy\u2019s margin over Ciatterilli drops from 2.6 percent to one percent, as&nbsp;Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ciattarelli-not-ready-to-concede-while-weighing-recount-doesnt-believe-there-was-fraud\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"18\">\n<p>The campaign has discussed the possibility of asking for a recount, though officials would not commit to taking that route until they can assess the situation after all ballots have been counted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe odds of them all going in favor of Jack and changing the outcome of this election based on the current timeline is unlikely,\u201d Sheridan said of the current vote tally in a call with reporters Monday. \u201cBut that doesn\u2019t mean it doesn\u2019t bring it close enough to warrant a recount, which is really what we\u2019re sitting here looking to do at this point of time, is evaluate whether or not it makes sense to recount this vote.&nbsp;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The campaign said the threshold for asking for a recount would be \u201croughly one percent\u201d but continued to stress that the refusal to concede so far was not based on any reports of fraud.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sources tell Breitbart News that a recount of the 2021 gubernatorial election could cost $1 million or more.<\/p>\n<p>By law, the Ciattarelli campaign has until November 20 to determine whether it will request a recount. Should it request a recount, the state is obligated to conduct it but the request for the recount must be accompanied by financial guarantees to cover the estimated cost.<\/p>\n<p>Ciattarelli strategist Chris Russell took a political shot at Murphy in Monday\u2019s press release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand that Governor Murphy and his team are embarrassed that in a state with 1 million more registered Democrats and where Joe Biden won by 16 points, they are leading by such a small margin,\u201d&nbsp; Russell said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the Murphy campaign\u2019s attempt to spin their lackluster performance will have no impact on our decision,\u201d Russell added.<\/p>\n<p>Ciatarelli, a CPA and former member of the New Jersey General Assembly, fared much better in his 2021 campaign against Murphy than the 2017 GOP nominee, Kim Guadagno, did that year, as Ballotpedia <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2021\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17.459807073955\">\n<p>In&nbsp;<a title=\"New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2017\" href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2017\">2017<\/a>, Murphy defeated then-Lt. Gov.&nbsp;<a title=\"Kim Guadagno\" href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Kim_Guadagno\">Kim Guadagno<\/a>&nbsp;56 percent to 42 percent. In that election, Murphy out-raised Guadagno $13.3 million to $3.9 million and out-spent her $9.8 million to $3.3 million. This cycle, based on pre-general election reporting, Muprhy outraised Ciattarelli $16.0 million to $13.1 million and outspent Ciattarelli $12.6 million to $12.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Stile of&nbsp;<i>NorthJersey.com<\/i>&nbsp;called the election a \u201crace to the bottom\u201d in a September 2021 article, citing Murphy and Ciattarelli\u2019s negative attacks targeting the other. Murphy used campaign ads and events to portray Ciattarelli as out of touch with the state\u2019s electorate and wanting to impose former President&nbsp;<a title=\"Donald Trump\" href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Donald_Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s (R) agenda on the state. Ciattarelli highlighted issues such as taxes and the handling of sexual abuse allegations to frame Murphy as an elected official who does not understand the needs of average New Jerseyites.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As of 7:30 p.m. ET on Monday, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2021\/results\/new-jersey\/governor\">reported<\/a> that Murphy\u2019s lead over Ciattarelli is 67,555 votes, more than 1,000 votes greater than the Ciattarelli campaign reported at 2:00 p.m. ET. According to CNN, Murphy had&nbsp;1,288,462 votes and Ciattarelli had&nbsp;1,220,907 votes as of 7:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The campaign of New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, who has not conceded, announced on Monday that it is still considering the possibility of requesting a recount, even though &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}