I volunteered with League of Women Voters of Camden County yesterday to register students to #vote at a local college in southern #NewJersey. I was heartened that a) many already registered, b) 6 registered on the spot; and c) others took a bookmark with QR codes to register later.
LWVCC also set up this "Issue Board" where people could vote on issues of importance to them. It was a big hit & a great way to get the convo going. Sharing so y'all can copy!
Seeeing that the shitheads who run New Jersey have passed a law requiring a license and registration to ride ANY e-bike anywhere in the state.
From my perspective, this is a total ban, and the answer is total defiance and zero compliance.
Two approaches exist:
For communities: pack up, ride in defiance like the ATV and dirt bike kids to in DC. Force the cops to "dogfight" like fighter pilots if they want to stop anyone. The whole pack defends itself from cops, relying on bike handling and superior skills plus the effects of urban traffic blocking police cars and heavy motorcycles from pursuing.
When I am in DC, I always cheer for these kids when I see them. They push the frontline of vehicle licensing and registration back from us bikers and e-bikers, so I consider them allied troops deployed further foreward than myself.
Years ago I saw a video of a DC bike or motorcycle cop trying to jump from his machine onto one of these riders, only to "faceplant" flat on the pavement after missing his jump. The kids rode off laughing, asking no quarter and giving none.
For individuals:
disguise a homemade E-bike as a touring bike. Panniers hide the batteries and a rear motor is concealed behind a big disc brake on one side and a large big cog on the other side.
It is even possible (this is been done to cheat in bike racing) to hide a motor in the seat tube driving the bottom bracket spindle through a bevel gear.
Some of the large motors used in radio controlled model aircraft could work well for this, and fit into the seat tube or into a modified down tube of something like an old Cannondale frame.
If you want a throttle, disguise it as a bell. If you want a display, disguise it as a bike computer.
Batteries and controllers go into panniers, a touring bike will be ignored by the local cop thugs. You are building a stealth bike, designed to penetrate hostile territory and defeat New Jersey's policing. Take the panniers in when you go inside, leave no evidence for city/county thugs with trucks stealing locked bikes if it comes to that. Also consider using the "skunk lock" a bike lock that releases an incredibly foul odorant if cut or a homemade version therof.
In both cases: FUCK the police, FUCK 12, FUCK licensing, and FUCK registration! Fuck the New Jersey statehouse and the lobbyists they rode in on while we are at it. They can all breathe car exhaust.
I speak as one who operated the unlicensed pirate radio station WSQT Guerilla Radio for almost ten years in DC.
This is rather like pirate radio in fact: if you don't have a broadcast license the FCC cannot collect those huge fines for broadcasting without a license. An estimated 90% of Federal fines BTW are never paid.
Beginning in one year when the "grace period" expires, the penalty for defying this will be a $50 ticket-but cops might try arresting riders who have a suspended driver's license instead of the NO license at all that is optimum for any form of illegal bike riding. ANY traffic stop for ANY offense is also by definition an armed confrontation as cops carry guns and other weapons.
Refusing the pay the ticket if you neither have nor want a drivers license should be safe, but the stops themselves could be highly dangerous. Compliant riders become trackable by Flock etc, a further hazard. Some folks might be forced to move out of New Jersey over this one.
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So this is kinda cool. Mikie Sherrill unveiled a dashboard that shows where #NewJersey budget money goes.
https://newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/nj-launches-budget-transparency-portal/
After creating 110 profiles during #April2026ConnectAThon, out of which probably 100 carried the surname #Pfefferle, out of which the majority lived in #Münstertal, I was finally able to triangulate the parents of Philippina Pfefferle, who first lived with one cousin in #Burbank, #California, for a few years, before she moved to another cousin in #Orange, #NewJersey, whom she eventually married 30 years later. It also turned out, that the cousin she married, actually was adopted into the family.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pfefferle-216
Join North Hudson Resistance and Hoboken Resist as we De-ICE Citizens Bank as part of a nationwide day of action to oppose the Trump administration's expansion of ICE warehouse detention and its attack on the due process rights of immigrants and all Americans. Citizens Bank makes loans to The Geo Group and Core Civic who provide services and make a fortune off Trump’s prison camps, like Delaney Hall in Newark, NJ. The Department of Homeland Security is moving to lock thousands of people in massive detention warehouses — disappearing them from their families, their lawyers, and their communities. We're taking to the streets to make clear that stands for dignity, justice, and the rule of law. We'll gather to: - Show visible, public opposition to ICE detention expansion and the criminalization of immigration - Stand in solidarity with detained immigrants and the communities fighting to protect them - Demand that our elected officials defend due process for everyone Bring a sign. Bring your neighbors. Bring your voice. This action is part of the Communities Not Cages National Day of Action organized by the Disappeared In America campaign and partners including Detention Watch Network, Indivisible, Public Citizen, The Workers Circle, MoveOn and many others. A core principle behind all Disappeared In America events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.
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