Hello! Just a quick update…
I heard from someone who works closely with the Democratic Party in NJ10 that I got something mixed up in my article about how the replacement for Donald Payne will be picked. I wrote that voters would pick the replacement for the next term, and that party insiders would pick the replacement for now til January.
Winds up, I had that exactly backwards. I swear, it would make more sense than the way it’s really going to work, but here’s how it will work in reality:
The special election — the one that ordinary voters get to participate in — is technically only to fill the position from now til January. The candidate selected during the convention (which I described in the newsletter) will be to fill the position for the next two years.
I’ll keep this brief, but did want to let you know I made a mistake. I’ll be updating the web version of the original article as well. Sorry about this everyone!
— Amy
This sounds totally backasswards.
Thanks for the correction.