NJ’s top election official not worried about voter intimidation

By: Nikita Biryukov

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: April 28, 2026

Words: 630

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago


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New Jersey’s top election official told lawmakers Tuesday that he did not fear intimidation or other election interference from the Trump administration, though he warned voters’ fright over the possibility of federal encroachment could prove a real harm to voting in the state.

Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell, who is New Jersey’s secretary of state, told the Senate Budget Committee he worried the Trump administration’s attempts to exert federal control over elections whose conduct …

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