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Should the election of State officials be
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moved to odd-numbered years when no Federal officials are
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elected?
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I see no need for a change here. I think we
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have enough elections now.
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Of course, it was changed once, as you remem-
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ber, when the Democratic party got rather worried about
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the election of a Republican President. We elected o
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Republican President, and when we did that, they went along
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and elected Republicans down the line. I remember in
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Governor Ritchie's administration, they changed that.
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That's why Governor Ritchie served only three years instead
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of four years, served fifteen years instead of sixteen
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years, so he wouldn't coma along with the President, and
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in that way they would be able to elect more Democratic
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governors. I say that in a friendly way, Pres.
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The next question is, Should the Governor take
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office sooner than the fourth Wednesday in January so that
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he can assume responsibility for budget preparation for
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the next legislative session, and ray answer to that is,
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although there is some question to it, I think the present
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