Mercer County Election Nightmare: Official Narrative Doesn't Add Up

Audio clips reveal night of fiery bipartisan testimony depicting election day chaos and alleged corruption

You have been primed to believe voting machines are the source of all election woes. When every ballot tabulator failed to work on Election Day in Mercer County, this belief was reinforced and perpetuated by the media and local officials seemingly without a deeper dive into the human planning and programming that underpinned why the machines didn’t do what they were supposed to.

Once reports of the “glitch” in Mercer County hit the news early on Election Day morning, a familiar narrative took hold which weaved a tale of widespread issues in a Democrat stronghold. This enabled entrenched beliefs of humans to do the rest. The Left could disregard reports as conspiracy theorist BS and the Right could blame the rigged voting machines - a classic red herring fallacy at work! Red herrings are an intentional distraction that divert attention from actual perpetrators or root issues. This bright red fish (flag) distracts the unsuspecting public long enough for the getaway car filled with career bureaucrats and cronies to errr….get away.

On Monday November 21st, the day each County Board of Canvassers met to certify the results from the 2022 midterms, the Mercer County Board of Commissioners asked vendors and officials to appear before them and testify about the countywide equipment failures experienced on Election Day, November 8th. WANJ was in Trenton for the meeting’s nearly 2 hours of testimony given by accountable parties, political operatives and the public.

What we heard during the meeting has not been reported in any other media outlet at the time of this publication. In part 2 of this series coming next week, WANJ will be highlighting the back story of key players featured in the audio clips below. Newspaper archives and primary source materials reveal lengthy political careers and connections as well as alleged pay-for-play, no bid contracts in multiple counties.

AUDIO CLIPS: ELECTION DAY TESTIMONY DURING MERCER COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING

County Clerk and Vendors

Speakers listed in order of appearance.

1. Nathaniel Walker - Mercer County Superintendent of Elections

2. Paula Sollami Covello - Mercer County Clerk

3. Bob Giles, Vice President of Certification and Compliance, Dominion Voting

4. Response from County Clerk Paula Sollami Covello

5. Kevin Passante, Royal Printing

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*Special Address, Assemblyman Wayne De Angelo - 14th Legislative District

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Public Comment

1. Patricia Johnson

2. Donald Ober

3. Lisa Richford - Mercer County GOP Chair

4. Don Staley

5. Mark Byrne

6. Darius Mayfied, Candidate 12th Congressional District

7. Yamira Siu, Campaign Manager for Darius Mayfield

8. Mike Cipriano - Robbinsville Board President

9. Jeremy Whaley - Ewing GOP Chair

10. Cherie Garrette, Candidate Trenton Mayor

11. Jeff Hewitson

12. Taiwanda Terry-Wilson, Candidate Trenton Council-At-Large

13. Sky Gill-Martin

14. Andrew Curcio

15. Barbara Holstein

16. Jennifer DiDonato, Candidate Hopewell Twp. Committee

17. Joe Marchica

18. Stephanie Faughnan, Freelance Reporter, Tap Into Robbinsville-Hamilton

19. Jeff Laurenti - Trenton East Ward Democrat Committeeman

20. Mark Cubberley

21. Stephanie Reichardt - Mercer County Young Republicans Chair