Alex Mendez Archives

Voters could see controversial Paterson Council race run for a third time

May 1, 2021 7:52 pm

The Passaic County Board of Elections has acknowledged that at least 19 ballots in a do-over of a Paterson City Council race that led to voter fraud charges were cast by voters who didn’t live in the city’s Third Ward,...

Scharfenberger bill would require database of election violations

March 22, 2021 11:15 am

A new bill introduced by Assemblyman Gerard Scharfenberger (R-Middletown) would require New Jersey’s State Department create a database of election violations, including civil rights breaches and fraud. “Voters need to be confident that any incident which impacts our elections or...

Grand jury indicts Paterson councilmen Mendez, Jackson on voter fraud charges

March 3, 2021 4:05 pmMarch 3, 2021 7:41 pm

A state grand jury indicted two Paterson councilmen on election fraud charges last month, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced Wednesday. Councilmen Alex Mendez and Michael Jackson were charged with election fraud, mail-in ballot fraud, unauthorized possession of ballots, tampering with...

Updated: Mendez leads by 9 votes in Paterson

November 20, 2020 10:23 amNovember 20, 2020 7:43 pm

Update: Alex Mendez current leads Bill McKoy by 9 votes, 3,769 to 3,760. In Ward 2, Shahin Khalique leads Mohammed Akhtraruzzman by 98 votes, 2,757 to 2,659. Alex Mendez appears to have taken an exceedingly narrow lead over incumbent 3rd...

McKoy, Khalique have slim leads in Paterson

November 11, 2020 9:17 am

Two council incumbents have taken slim leads in local Paterson races being rerun because of a tie and alleged mail-in fraud that spurred criminal charge against a candidate and sitting councilman. In the city’s Third Ward Council race, incumbent Bill...

Paterson Council reruns too close to call

November 4, 2020 12:30 am

Council races in Paterson are too close to call. 3rd Ward Councilman William McKoy leads challenger Alex Mendez by 250 votes in a rerun of Paterson’s non-partisan municipal election spurred by voter fraud allegations against the challenger and Councilman Michael...

Murphy declines to endorse, condemn deputy attorney general’s call for election monitors in campaign headquarters

August 19, 2020 3:52 pmAugust 19, 2020 4:04 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy declined to say whether he agreed with a deputy attorney general’s call for election monitors to be placed inside of certain campaign headquarters and track campaign workers to ensure a fair November election in Paterson. “I have...