"Elmwood Park mayor arrested on election tampering charges"

Link to article on northjersey.com:

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/crime/2019/04/29/elmwood-park-nj-mayor-arrested-election-tampering-charges/3620698002/

Lodi’s corrupt political machine has done the same thing for decades. Why have Lodi politicians always gotten away with this illegal behavior?