Inethiwekhi yaseNew Jersey yaphulukana nebhidi yokuhambisa ingxoxo-mpikiswano yokuqala ukusuka ngo-Okthobha 1 ukuya ku-Okthobha 22 emva kokuba ivoti yeKhomishini yoNyanzeliso loMthetho yaseNew Jersey ivalwe nge-2-2 kwimigca yeqela.
Malunga neyure emva kokugqitywa kwentlanganiso ye-ELEC, iphulo lika-Gov.Jon Corzine libonakalise ukuba lizimisele ukuthatha inxaxheba kuzo zombini iingxoxo zekhomishini ngaphandle komhla.
Iphulo laseCorzine liyasiphinda isikhundla salo sokuba uluntu lunikwe ngcono ukuba neengxoxo ezimbini zoburhulumente kamva ngo-Okthobha, utshilo uSomnci Sean Darcy. 'Isikhundla sethu nangona kunjalo, sikulungele ukuthatha inxaxheba kuzo zombini iingxoxo ze-ELEC ezigunyazisiweyo nokuba ingxoxo ye-NJN imiselwe umhla we-22 ku-Okthobha.'
Isivumelwano sikaCorzine sokuthatha inxaxheba kunokwenzeka ukuba senze intlanganiso ye-ELEC ngolwe-Lwesithathu ukuphinda ihlole ishedyuli yengxoxo-mpikiswano. UMvelisi wezeMicimbi yoLuntu wase-NJN uEd Rodgers, onike ubungqina kwintlanganiso, khange afikelelwe kwangoko ukunika izimvo, ke okwangoku akukacaci nokuba uthungelwano luza kuqhubeka na ukutshintsha umhla.
UMlawuli weendaba we-NJN wexeshana uMichael Aron wafuna utshintsho lomhla emva kokuba iphulo laseCorzine limxelele ukuba iRhuluneli ayizukuya kwingxoxo-mpikiswano yango-Okthobha u-1. Nangona iphulo laseCorzine lithetha ukuba umntu ozakubakho kule mpikiswano nge-22 ka-Okthobha, khange bavumelane ngokusesikweni kuyo-indawo yokuncamathela kubakhomishinari namhlanje, kunye nenkampu yokuba inkampu yaseCorzine ayichazanga ukuba kutheni bengazukuya usuku olucwangcisiweyo ekuqaleni.
'Ngaba akukho mntu uphazamiseke ngokunzulu njengam kukuba ikomiti yaseCorzine ayisinikanga sizathu sokungakwazi nokungavumi nge-1 ka-Okthobha?' utshilo uMkomishinala u-Amos Saunders, iJaji yeNkundla ePhakamileyo ethathe umhlala-phantsi esuka kwiPassaic County. Andazi ukuba kuqhubeka ntoni, kodwa ndingathemba ubuncinci ngenxa yesizathu. Andazi ukuba sikhona na isizathu, ukuba ayingomdlalo wezopolitiko. '
Utshintsho olucetywayo luza kunyanzela utshintsho kwingxoxo-mpikiswano ye-gavana we-lieutenant, okwangoku ecwangciselwe u-Okthobha u-8 kodwa kulindeleke ukuba yenzeke phakathi kweengxoxo ezimbini zoorhulumente. Iyakucinezela ishedyuli yengxoxo kwisithuba seveki enye esiphela ngaphantsi kweeveki ezimbini phambi koSuku loNyulo.
UMkomishinala uPeter Tober, obesebenza njengomcebisi kumcebisi kwiirhuluneli ezimbini zeRiphabhlikhi, uthe ishedyuli ethe saa iya kunceda abavoti.
'Ndicinga ukuba ukuba besazile xa besidlan' indlebe nabaxhasi abasi-7 bempikiswano ukuba ishedyuli iyakucinezelwa, ngesele sikhethe abaxhasi abohlukeneyo, utshilo uTober.
Owayesakuba yiNkokeli yeNdibano eNkulu u-Albert Burstein (D-Tenafly) wayengoyena mntu wayexhasa isicelo se-NJN phakathi kwabakomishinala be-ELEC. Uthe kubalulekile ukwenza ingxoxo-mpikiswano 'ibandakanyeke kwezopolitiko kangangoko' kwaye, nangona eqonda iingxaki ezijamelene namaqela nemibutho ebangelwe lutshintsho lomhla, kufanelekile ukuba balungiselele utshintsho olunokwenzeka.
Omnye uMdemokhrasi kwikhomishini, owayesakuba ngu-Sen weSizwe uJerry Fitzgerald English (D-Summit), wavota noBurstein.
UCorzine, ongathathi mali efanayo kurhulumente, akunyanzelekanga ukuba athathe inxaxheba kwiingxoxo. Umtyunjwa we-Republican gumernatorial uChristopher Christie kunye nomgqatswa ozimeleyo uChristopher Daggett - bobabini abafumana iidola ezimbini kurhulumente kwidola nganye abayinyusileyo-bayacelwa ukuba baye kwiingxoxo ezixhaswe yi-ELEC.
'Ngababini nje abagqatswa apho, andicingi ukuba bangayifumana ingxoxo epheleleyo ngayo nayiphi na into, utshilo u-Anchor Jim Hooker, onike ubungqina no-Ed Rodgers, umvelisi wemicimbi yoluntu.
URodgers wathetha ngento yokuba u-Okthobha 22 ngumhla woMdlalo 5 kwi-American League Championship, esithi iNJN izoyisasaza ingxoxo amatyeli aliqela kwaye iya kufumaneka kusasazo lwasasazo kuthungelwano losasazo loluntu kwisiXeko saseNew York naseFiladelphia.
Ukungqina kwangoko emva kukaRodgers noHooker, uSeninasizwe uBill Baroni (R-Hamilton) wathi isicelo se-NJN asihlangabezani nemigangatho ye-ELEC yokutshintsha imihla yengxoxo-mpikiswano, kwaye ukuba ishedyuli ecinezelweyo ekupheleni kwenyanga iya kuthetha ukuba uninzi lwabavoti bathatha inxaxheba Kwinkqubo eyandisiweyo yevoti-nge-imeyile yayiza kuvota ngaphambi kwengxoxo.
'Ngokulinganisela, kumthetho, kumgaqo-nkqubo woluntu, malunga nokuba kulungele ntoni kubavoti baseNew Jersey, ndiyayikhuthaza le khomishini ukuba isikhabe esi sicelo,' utshilo u-Baroni, igqwetha elifundisa umthetho wonyulo kwi-Seton Hall Law.
U-Baroni, othe wagxininisa ukuba ebengathethi ngalo naliphi na iphulo, wathi ukuvumela i-NJN ukuba inyanzelise ingxoxo ukubuyisela uCorzine ukuba athathe inxaxheba kungabeka umzekelo ombi. Abagqatswa abathatha imali yoluntu, uqaphele, banikwa imihla yengxoxo-mpikiswano kwaye baxelelwa ukuba kufuneka bathathe inxaxheba. Kodwa inkampu yaseCorzine, engathathi nxaxheba, iyalela loo mihla.
'Esi sicelo siphatha abagqatswa abathatha inxaxheba ukuba sibi kakhulu kunokuba siphatha abagqatswa abangathathi nxaxheba, utshilo.
Ubunkokeli kuMlawuli oLawulayo waseNew Jersey uTom Dallessio uthe ingxoxo ye-lieutenant ye-lieutenant yokuba iqela lakhe liququzelele iYunivesithi yaseMonmouth iyakubethwa kanobom ngokutshintsha umhla ube ngu-Okthobha 19, 20 okanye 21.
Nangona uDallessio esithi iqela lakhe linokulungisa iingxaki ezinokubangela utshintsho, baya kuphulukana nokubonelelwa yiNew Jersey 101.5 kuba uMlawuli weendaba u-Eric Scott akazukufumaneka.
'Akulunganga kubunkokheli eNew Jersey ... kufuneka nditshintshe umhla wethu ngenxa yesigqibo esenzekileyo nge-NJN, utshilo.
Igqwetha uRichard Crooker, omele uDaggett, wathi uCorzine unikwa unyango olukhethekileyo.
Umgqatswa wam uyilandele inkqubo, kwaye unabaxhasi phaya. Ukuba ebengena apho athi 'andinakubakho ngomhla,' angahlekwa.
Umphathi wePhulo likaChristie uBill Stepien uthe utshintsho kumhla - awaye waziswe ngalo kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo- luzakwenza umonakalo ngephulo lakhe lokunyusa ingxowa-mali kunye neshedyuli yomsitho kwaye 'inyanzelise ikhalenda yethu yomkhankaso.'
UPatrick Murray, uMlawuli weZiko lokuVotela iYunivesithi yaseMonmouth, uqaphele ukuba abavoti baseNew Jersey bahlala bethelekisa irhafu yepropathi njengeyona nto iphambili kubo kodwa akukho namnye kwizibhengezo zabagqatswa othe wawujongana nalo mbandela. Ukuba iingxoxo zidityanisiwe ukuya esiphelweni sephulo, uthe, abavoti baya kuxhomekeka ngakumbi kwezi ntengiso zokwenza isigqibo kunempikiswano, apho iirhafu zepropathi ngokuqinisekileyo ziya kuqwalaselwa.
'Ixabiso eliphambili kwiingxoxo-mpikiswano kukubeka imiba yokukhutshwa kunye nezindululo zomgaqo-nkqubo zabagqatswa abaxhaswa ngurhulumente kwirekhodi, utshilo.
