Ann Grossi Archives - New Jersey Globe

Reports of cheap glue could impact close Morris County election

November 15, 2019 12:40 pm

Here’s an Election Day story right out of a Seinfeld episode. More than 100 provisional ballots in Morris County have not been counted because they were unsealed, but several Election Day workers have told the New Jersey Globe that they...

The year of the unlikely voter: why Democrats care so much about VBM reform

August 23, 2019 2:15 amAugust 23, 2019 2:51 pm

New Jersey has elections where candidates for the State Assembly head the ticket twice in four years, every other decade. It occurred in 2015 and won’t happen again until 2035. 2019 is considered an off-off year, when voter turnout is...

Voters who asked for mail-in ballots in last two elections must reapply, state says

August 15, 2019 4:02 pmAugust 16, 2019 1:03 pm

In a move that creates even more confusion with New Jersey election law, Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration has decided that voters who requested vote-by-mail ballots in 2017 and 2018 must reapply to receive mail-in ballots for the upcoming election. That...

Judge orders bi-lingual ballots in Dover

April 9, 2019 12:14 pmApril 10, 2019 3:36 pm

A Superior Court Judge today ordered Morris County Clerk Ann Grossi to print vote-by-mail and machine ballots in both English and Spanish in Dover, one of thirteen New Jersey municipalities with a Hispanic majority. Grossi refused to provide Dover, which...

Appellate court says Dover ballots should be bi-lingual

April 8, 2019 10:48 amApril 9, 2019 12:15 pm

A state appellate court has ruled Morris County Clerk Ann Grossi should print bi-lingual ballots in Dover, overturning a ruling last June by Superior Court Judge Stuart Minkowitz. Grossi had refused to bring vote-by-mail and machine ballots in Spanish last...

NJ judges still mulling Hispanic voting rights case

April 7, 2019 9:53 pmApril 8, 2019 12:19 am

The wheels of justice grind exceedingly slowly. Morris County Clerk Ann Grossi declined to print bi-lingual ballots in Dover during the 2018 primary even though U.S. Census figures show a 69.4% Hispanic population – one of thirteen New Jersey municipalities...

Multiple contested countywide primaries in Morris

April 3, 2019 2:03 pmApril 4, 2019 12:18 pm

Contentious primaries could be coming to Morris County, as three candidates seek the nod for surrogate and as incumbent freeholders face a primary challenge from a slate led by Donald Dinsmore, a former chief counsel for the Assembly Republicans. Assemblyman...