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EDITORIAL Oct. 13 is the deadline to register to vote. Please do so if you haven’t yet

In the state of New Jersey, the law prescribes that in order to register to vote in a given election, one must complete such a registration 21 days prior to the election.

As such, to vote in the Presidential Election of 2020, if you’re not yet registered, you must do so by Oct. 13, 2020.

To register, you must: • Be 17 at the time of registration — and turn 18 by Election Day. • Be a citizen of the United States. • Be a resident of the county in which you live for at least 30 days.

Lastly, the State says you may not register to vote if: “You are serving a sentence of incarceration as a result of a conviction of an indictable offense under the laws of this or another state or of the United States.”

We bring you this information because it is imperative that all residents who will be 18 or older on Election Day be registered to vote. Do so online or in person at your county clerk’s office.

And while it has been a 133-year + tradition of this newspaper not to endorse any candidates, we do, every four years, endorse the notion that everyone should be registered and everyone, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, should take the time to vote if you haven’t done so already by paper ballot.

It doesn’t take much to realize how much is at stake in this election. Whether it’s the Coronavirus Pandemic, the economy, unemployment, the environment, the way our nation is seen globally or a myriad of other reasons, there is no reason to sit this one out. So if you’re not registered, get it done by Oct. 13. If you are registered, vote. Nothing else will suffice. Nothing.

Writer: Last week’s letter full of GOP ‘propaganda’ and ‘misinformation’

To the Editor:

Misinformation and Republican propaganda characterized “The Dems have Lost me” letter to the editor in The Observer, Sept. 9, 2020.

The reality is that Trump’s Republican Party is the one responsible since the early 2000s for passing tax breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas, as well as offering huge tax rewards for having offshore tax havens. And Republicans more than a dozen times have blocked the Democrats’ efforts to end these tax breaks largely responsible for pushing US jobs, business and investment overseas.

The trade agreements with China date back to 1979 and resulted from work from both political parties.

And it was mostly the Republican Bush and Reagan administrations’ behind passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

As for Trump, GE, Carrier and other large US corporations have outsourced To the Editor:

Election Day is fast approaching. It is just under 50 days away, although, it won’t be a presidential election like any other we’ve seen in history. We each have a right and a privilege to cast a vote. Every vote counts and yours may just be the one that changes the course of America.

If we seek God's face, turn from darkness to

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

more than 140,000 jobs since he became president, including companies to which his administration gave lucrative federal contracts. Trump’s trade policies and tariffs have been criticized for pushing factory activity not to the US but to poor Asian countries like Vietnam.

All of my claims are verifiable, while I doubt Greg Benarick’s piece would not make it past an objective fact checker.

Everyone needs to do their own research of both sides of an issue and consult objective sources of news and facts this election season. Don’t just listen to one side of the issue and don’t fall for the bluster of a demonstrated liar Don Dzikowski, Kearny

Writer: Only God may heal our hurt nation

now acting as our president. light, He will hear from Heaven, forgive our sins and heal our land. His part, His love and His mercy are all certainties. So which will it be for America, going forward? Judgment or redemption?

Your vote decides our country's fate. Do not delay — mail in your ballot. The nation's future is resting on one word — “If.”

God Bless America. Kathy Mackie, Belleville

In Memoriam Mary A. Tortoreti 1942-2016

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