By Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnist

Democracy is a wonderful thing, except when it’s not, but it’s often difficult to know when it is and when it isn’t. It all depends on, well, politics — or the whims of the governor, which in New Jersey is often pretty much the same thing.

So, according to Gov. Chris Christie, it’s a good thing to have a vote on a civil right — same-sex marriage — but not a good thing to have a vote on local charter schools.

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