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4TH WARD DISTRICTS

4th Ward Representation and Voting Districts.

The 4th Ward is divided into 4 different districts. Each district has 2 Committee people, 1 male and 1 female. They are elected in the Primary every 2 years. The 2 major political parties, elect 32 Committee People to take concerns to City Council and to drive voter registration and education. The Democratic and Republican Committees each elect officers.

These elected seats seem  unimportant until it is time for each party to select who will get top billing (the line) on Election Ballots. You and I see the arrangement after deals have already been made and one Candidate or the other by any means, it seems, they deem necessary gets "the Democratic line" and other candidates move to the right. We voters have been trained to pick the first name we see at the top or on the far left. Hint, we read from left to right.

Each Committee, Democrats and Republicans have by laws, that are established by statute in Title 19 NJ Election Law.

There is an unusual situation that has come about over the years. It goes like this. The Residents in each ward no longer choose the person who will "get the line", the position farthest to the left on the ballot. 32 people vote for the person who gets the line, not 8. This means that even if the 8 Democratic Municipal Committee Members from the 4th Ward want a particular person to get the line, the rest of the City may vote to give the line to the Candidate they wish to see in office. This person will always win, because the people have been indoctrinated to vote the line.

This writer has often wondered why the names were not just listed together under the office desired with the instructions to "vote for one".

W  D     MALE                       FEMALE
1    1 Howard S. Shafer Nina Mare Ninasi
1    2 Joshua Tanzer Rivkah Gordon
1    3 Horace Ragbir Debra Zarate
1    4 Jose Reyes Melvina Cobb

2    1 Frederick Horowitz           Sarah Rovner
2    2 Yale Shulman Vickie Barnett
2    3 Abe Kaner Eda Greenbaum
2    4 Peter Jansen Vacant
3    1 Walter Young Maria E. Klose
3    2 Joseph Sorbanelli      Ann Sparanese
3    3 Stephen Brown                 Laura Vogel
3    4 Gene A. Backus Aleta Frezzell

4    1 Joseph Hoyle Sr.   June C. Gregg
4    2 Vacant Theresa Thomas
4    3 John P. Babb           Esther Santiago-Babb
4    4 Daniel H. Creighton Shakee Merritt
Below is the list of 4th Ward Districts with the elected Democratic Committee people and the streets included in that district. Find your street and vote in the polling place listed. 

Use the information below in order to hold your elected officials accountable for the conditions of your community by casting and informed and educated vote. Use it also to determine your voting place. Vote like the lives of your children depend on it, because that is the situation.

WARD 4 DISTRICT 1
Committee People:  Joseph Hoyle Sr. & June C. Gregg
Cast Your Votes Here: The Court House, 70 Van Brunt Street
BENNETT RD.
BOGERT COURT         4-1
CORIANDER WAY      4-1
EAST ENGLEWOOD AVENUE 4-1
EAST LINDEN AVENUE
ODDS   1 - 15      4-1
EAST PALISADE AVE
   EVENS   2 - 56
ELMORE AVENUE 4-1
GARRETT PLACE
   ODDS    17 - 45
HARING PLACE    4-1
LAFAYETTE PLACE
   ODDS    71 - 18
PARK AVENUE     4-1
PARKVIEW DRIVE   4-1
SOUTH DEAN STREET
    ODDS    1 - 137       4-1
    EVENS   2 - 188      4-1
SOUTH VAN BRUNT STREET
     1 - 92     4-1
THIRD STREET
    ODDS   141 - 235 4-1
    ODDS   141 - 235 4-1
WEST ENGLEWOOD AVENUE
     EVENS  2 - 234    4-1
WILBUR STREET 4-1
WILLIAM STREET
     ODDS   1 - 91     4-1
     EVENS  16, 80 - 222  

WARD 4 DISTRICT 2

Committee People:  Theresa L. Thomas, Kevin Wilson
Cast Your Votes Here:  First Baptist Church on Englewood Avenue
CHAMIN PLAZA 4-2
DEVIKA DRIVE 4-2
FRANKLIN ROAD 4-2
GARDEN STREET 4-2
GENESEE AVENUE 4-2
GREEN STREET 4-2
HIRLIMAN ROAD 4-2
HOWLAND AVENUE 4-2
LAFAYETTE PLACE
    EVENS  66 - 288    4-2
MATTLAGE PLACE
    EVENS 2 - 82     4-2
MEVAN AVENUE     4-2
OAK STREET            4-2
ORANGE STREET     4-2
PALISADE PLACE    4-2
READE STREET        4-2
SCHOONMAKER ROAD 4-2
SHEPARD AVENUE    4-2
TIETJEN AVENUE
     283 - 309              4-2
TRIBUTARY PLAZA    4-2
WASHINGTON PLACE   4-2
WEST ENGLEWOOD AVENUE
    ODDS    243 - 363    4-2
    EVENS  236 - 360     4-2
WEST PALISADE AVENUE
    EVENS 250 - 398     4-2
WOOD STREET      4-2

WARD 4 DISTRICT 3

Committee People:  Esther Babb, John P. Babb
Cast Your Votes Here: Community Baptist Church
BANCKER STREET                      
COLUMBUS AVENUE 4-3
COOLIDGE AVE  252 – 310  
COLUMBUS AVENUE 4-3
DECATUR AVENUE
    ODDS    293 - 355 4-3
    EVENS  294 - 356 4-3
DEVIKA DRIVE 4-2                             
EAST FOREST AVENUE 4-3
EAST LINDEN AVE
    EVENS  2 - 12   4-3
    EVENS  18 - 50   4-3
EPPS AVENUE 4-3
FIRST STREET 4-3
FLORENCE STREET 4-3
FOURTH STREET 4-3
GRANT STREET 4-3
HAASE PLACE 4-3
HAROLD AVENUE
    EVENS  267 - 295
    EVENS  268 & UP
HONECK STREET 4-3
HUMPHREY ST
    ODDS & EVENS 186 & UP
JACKSON STREET
LAFAYETTE PLACE
   ODDS   197 - 353     4-3
   EVENS  290 - 354     4-3
LEWIS STREET               4-3
MARSHALL AVENUE    4-3
MARY STREET                4-3
PARKER DRIVE               4-3
PRESIDENTIAL DRIVE   4-3
ROSEMONT PLACE       4-3
RUTH STREET                 4-3
SECOND STREET           4-3
SOUTH DEAN STREET
    ODDS    193 - 397       4-3
    EVENS  194 - 432       4-3
THIRD STREET
    EVENS 140 - 236 4-3
THOMSON AVENUE                         4-3
TIETJEN AVENUE
     205 - 277        4-3
TWISBY PLACE    4-3
VAN NOSTRAND AVENUE
    ODDS  17 - 93     4-3
WARREN STREET        4-3
WEBSTER AVENUE      4-3
WEST FOREST AVENUE
     ODDS   1 - 243    4-3
     EVENS  202 - 280 4-3
     ODDS    245 - 319 4-3
     EVENS  282 - 318 4-3
WEST NORDHOFF PLACE 4-3
WILLIAM STREET
    ODDS    191 - 269                              4-3  
    EVENS  228 & UP 4-3

WARD 4 DISTRICT 4

Committee People: Alva Jones, Daniel Creighton
Cast Your Votes Here:   The Court House, 70 Van Brunt Street
ARMORY ST.
BROOKWAY AVENUE   4-4
COTTAGE PLACE           4-4
DU BOIS COURT            4-4
DU BOIS COURT EAST  4-4
DU BOIS WALK              4-4
DU BOIS COURT NORTH   4-4
DU BOIS COURT SOUTH    4-4
GRAND AVENUE
    EVENS     2 - 130
HUMPHREY STREET                    
   ODDS & EVENS 10 - 185
JAY STREET                                  
LAFAYETTE AVENUE    4-4
MATTLAGE PLACE
    ODDS  1 - 87      4-4
SOUTH VAN BRUNT STREET
    95 - 270    4-4
TIBBS COURT   4-4
WEST ENGLEWOOD AVENUE
     ODDS   1 - 237    4-4
WEST LINDEN AVENUE   4-4
WEST PALISADE AVENUE
     EVENS  2 - 244 4-4
WILLIAM STREET
     ODDS    111- 183 4-4
     EVENS  18 - 78 4-4

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