The leader of the Ground Zero mosque, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, yesterday said he's a loyal American, and cited his voting record to prove it.
The only problem is that, according to Board of Elections records, Rauf hasn’t voted since 2001. In fact, New Jersey records show that he’s no longer registered in his home state, The Post has learned.
"I vote in elections, I pay taxes, I pledge allegiance to the flag, and I am a Giants fan — I am glad they won yesterday," Rauf quipped during a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations yesterday.
But New Jersey records show that Rauf, once a registered Democrat, voted last in November, 2001, when Jim McGreevey was elected governor.
Rauf, who has had a home in North Bergen since 1998, appears to have missed the last two presidential elections, and wasn’t among the Democrats who cast ballots for Barack Obama, whom he praised yesterday.
A spokesman for Rauf yesterday conceded that he had missed several recent elections.
"Imam Rauf registered to vote in New Jersey in 1979 and has