After voting, Christie got into a bit of an argument with a voter who questioned why he didn't merge His two townspic.twitter.com/n3AQi3PfBk 

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 Christie's penchant for confrontation has helped define his tenure as New Jersey's chief executive 
 
 Washington (CNN) In his final Election Day as New Jersey's governor, Chris Christie added another on-camera upbraiding to his legacy as a politician with a proclivity for punching back. 
 
 New York Times reporter Nick Corasaniti filmed the former Republican presidential candidate speaking to the press after casting his vote. Christie was asked by a passerby why he didn't merge a township and a borough during his eight years in office. 
 
 "Well, as governor, I can't. I can't. I don't have the authority to do it," he said with his wife, Mary Pat, smiling behind him. 
 
 After voting, Christie got into a bit of an argument with a voter who questioned why he didn't merge His two towns pic.twitter.com/n3AQi3PfBk — Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) November 7, 2017 
 
 "Go in and vote for whoever you want. I never said I was going to merge the two towns," he continued. 
 
 "You want to merge Mendham township and Mendham borough, run for the township committee," said Christie, who resides in the township. "No, I know, 'cause that's too hard. It's easier to sit here and complain." 
 
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 The day is finally upon fellow New Jerseyans to elect a new governor to succeed Chris Christie and put an end to a truly interesting and bombastic era. And as a last hurrah before his term ends in January, the much-hated governor decided to end things in the most typical fashion he could pull off: getting into a spat with a voter outside the polls on Tuesday. 
 
 On Tuesday, Christie chatted with reporters outside his local polling site and was chastised by an unidentified woman, who aired her grievances to him. 
 
 "You’re so frustrated and you know what the easiest thing in the world, the easiest thing in the world is to stand where you stand and stand on the sidelines and critique," Christie snapped at the woman, who wanted to know why a local township and borough hadn't been consolidated. "Go in and vote for whatever you want, I never said I was going to merge the two towns." 
 
 After voting, Christie got into a bit of an argument with a voter who questioned why he didn't merge His two towns pic.twitter.com/n3AQi3PfBk — Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) November 7, 2017 
 
 The video was uploaded to Twitter by New York Times reporter, Nick Corasaniti. 
 
 The consolidation of New Jersey's 565 municipalities has been a contentious issue in the state for the last few years, but little progress has been made. In 2013, Christie strongly supported the merging of Mendham Borough and Mendham Township, where he resided.
– Chris Christie still has a couple more months as governor of New Jersey, but on the day his eventual successor was elected, Christie offered what Salon calls a pretty fitting goodbye to voters in his state. While chatting with reporters outside his local polling site Tuesday, Christie was approached by a woman upset he didn't merge a borough and a township (the township where Christie himself resides), CNN reports. "You want to merge Mendham Township and Mendham Borough, run for the township committee," the governor said in the video shot by New York Times reporter Nick Corasaniti. "No, I know, 'cause that's too hard. It's easier to sit here and complain. ... You're so frustrated and you know what, the easiest thing in the world, the easiest thing in the world is to stand where you stand and stand on the sidelines and critique." "Go in and vote for whatever you want, I never said I was going to merge the two towns," he said, adding that he doesn't even have the authority to do so. As the woman walked away, Christie concluded, "But you know what? That's the joy of public service. ... It's serving folks like you that is really such a unique joy. It really is. You're fabulous."