Humorous fallout from the New Jersey corruption scandal involving politicians, rabbis, body parts, public works and contractors: Former Bergen County Democratic Chairman Joseph Ferriero, convicted about a week ago on federal corruption charges, gets to vote Tuesday because he hasn't yet been sentenced.

As a good Democrat, he would probably vote for Jon Corzine in the gubernatorial race, because Corzine's foe, Chris Christie, was the U.S. attorney who prosecuted Ferriero. But neither Corzine nor Christie is much of a bargain, so what's a crook to do?

Matt Friedman explains at PolitickerNJ.com that New Jersey law allows felons to vote until the time of their sentencing. Ferriero isn't the only pol on this list. So if Republican Christie were to lose the gubernatorial race against incumbent Democrat Corzine by only a few votes, the goniffs would have the last laugh.

Goniff-turned-squealer Solomon Dwek, son of a powerful rabbi, pled guilty last week to defrauding PNC Bank of more than $50 million. Dwek was instrumental in the massive corruption case. No hero, he was busted for fraud and then turned into a yarmulke-wearing undercover rat for the feds in Operation Bid Rig, a continuing sting that in its most recent phase set up politicians, rabbis, and others who were only too greedy not to be set up.

Ferriero is one of the biggest cheeses busted in the sting. By the way, Dwek is still free to vote, too, because his sentencing hasn't yet happened.

The gubernatorial race is close enough that Barack Obama's going to fly to Newark on Sunday to campaign for Corzine, whom Christie has tried to link to the corruption scandal.

Christie has a spotty record as a "reformer," to say the least, as the Times has pointed out. But, then, Obama doesn't have much of a record as a reformer of financial corruption either, as James Lieber points out in this week's Voice.

On the other hand, Corzine was a senior official at Goldman Sachs (under Henry Paulson) before going into politics. And when Goldman went public (after Corzine left), Corzine made $400 million.

So New Jerseyites might as well write in Tony Soprano for governor.