It appears this week is starting off just as bad as last week did for former beauty pageant winner and candidate for US Senate Hirsh Singh. Seven more Republican county chairs from across the state have called on Singh to drop his bid for US Senate. Their press release follows:

Last week multiple Republican county chairs condemned US Senate candidate Hirsh Singh after a mailer that encouraged registered Republicans to commit voter fraud was sent by his campaign. Today Camden County Chairman Rich Ambrosino, Essex County Chairman Al Barlas, Middlesex County Chairwoman Lucille Panos, Union County Chairman Glenn Mortimer, Gloucester County Chairwoman Jacci Vigilante, Hunterdon County Chairman Pat Torpey and Burlington County Chairman Sean Earlen issued the following statement:

“Given the fact that for two days after multiple county chairs called on Hirsh Singh to ‘immediately cease all attempts at confusing voters’ his mailer continued to land in mailboxes. Since Singh and his supporters continue to defend the misleading mailer on social media it is obvious he has no intention of stopping his reckless behavior. It is our duty, as elected Republican party leaders, to put a stop to that reckless behavior.

“We agree with what NJGOP Chairman Doug Steinhardt said on May 15, ‘voter fraud anywhere is a threat to our election’s legitimacy everywhere.’ As such, if we, as a party, are going to call out potential voter fraud on the Democrat side of the aisle we better do a damn good job at policing ourselves.

“Being a county chair isn’t always easy. This past Friday Salem County Chairwoman Linda DuBois made the tough choice to call on Hirsh Singh to suspend his campaign. Unfortunately, because encouraging voter fraud is an inexcusable offense by any candidate and Hirsh Singh continues to defend his reckless behavior he has forced us to make a difficult decision. We join Salem County Chairwoman Linda DuBois in calling on Singh to immediately suspend his campaign. We are hopeful other chairs will join us.”

Burlington County Republican Chairman Sean Earlen joined “fellow GOP leaders Chairmen Ambrosino and Barlas” in calling out Republican US Senate candidate Hirsh Singh for his “vote early and if you change your mind, vote again” strategy. Chairman Earlen’s press release follows:

I'm appalled by Hirsh Singh’s reckless and ill-advised efforts to encourage voter fraud. This unprecedented election is confusing enough without a perennial candidate throwing a political Hail Mary and recommending voters return multiple ballots - which is clearly against the law.

I join fellow GOP leaders including Chairmen Ambrosino and Barlas in condemning Singh's blatant attempt to mislead voters and add more hurdles to the already overburdened vote-by-mail process. This blatant ignorance further emphasizes why 17 county GOP organizations, including Burlington County, endorsed Rik Mehta over Singh. Voters must say no to the Singh-Richter slate who will say anything and do anything in their quest to grab a title. This is the latest example of why all Republicans must say no to these dirty, underhanded tricks by Singh and Richter and support real conservatives Rik Mehta and Kate Gibbs in next month's Primary Election.