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Judge tosses Atlantic commissioner election spoiled by county clerk error

January 4, 2021 5:44 pmJanuary 4, 2021 7:44 pm

Update: Democrats announced on Monday evening that they will appeal this ruling. The controversial election for Atlantic County Commissioner was thrown out by a Superior Court Judge today, triggering a do-over after County Clerk Ed McGettigan goofed and failed to...

Judge won’t allow witness testimony in Atlantic election contest

January 4, 2021 11:12 am

A Superior Court judge declined to allow an expert witness to testify on the likely distribution of votes from voters who received tainted ballots in Atlantic’s third-district county commissioner race Monday. Atlantic/Cape May County Superior Court Judge Joseph Marczyk ruled...

County officials say they never told deputy attorney general to take position in Atlantic election contest

January 4, 2021 9:06 am

A deputy state attorney general who weighed in on a controversial Atlantic County election matter appears to have done so without the consent of his client, the Board of Elections, the New Jersey Globe has learned. At least two Board...

Democrats to oppose Parker’s bid to block Witherspoon swearing in

January 4, 2021 2:05 amJanuary 4, 2021 8:59 am

Democrats in Atlantic County will urge Superior Court Judge Joseph Marczyk to deny Andrew Parker’s request that Democrat Thelma Witherspoon not be allowed to take the third-district county commissioner seat in a hearing Monday morning. Witherspoon defeated Parker 15,034-14,748, a...

Egg Harbor Township, where 18% of Atlantic GOP voters live, goes for Ciattarelli

December 16, 2020 4:39 pm

Egg Harbor Township, which has the greatest number of registered Republicans in Atlantic County, has moved en masse to support Jack Ciattarelli for the Republican nomination for governor. Ciattarelli was endorsed on Wednesday by the entire governing body, former Mayor...

Decision on Atlantic County do-over election might not come until January

December 11, 2020 10:56 am

A bid to overturn the results of an Atlantic County freeholder election where County Clerk Ed McGettigan mistakenly didn’t mail the correct ballot to 554 voters might not be decided until January, Superior Court Judge Julio Mendez said today. Republicans...

Parker files election challenge in Atlantic’s Third District freeholder race

December 2, 2020 9:35 pmDecember 3, 2020 8:48 am

Republican Andrew Parker filed an election challenge after finishing in a narrow second for an Atlantic County district freeholder seat where County Clerk Edward McGettigan mailed incorrect ballots to 554 voters. Parker, a Egg Harbor Township committeeman, finished 286 votes...