Edward Correa Archives - New Jersey Globe

Dover mayor accused of politicizing Colombia Festival

August 8, 2019 6:07 pm

A group of Dover residents that include the leaders of the local Democratic organization are asking the state Attorney General to investigate whether Mayor James P. Dodd used a taxpayer-funded Colombian Festival to pitch voters for his re-election campaign. Critics...

Dover settles issue on candidate name

April 11, 2019 11:48 am

Dover municipal clerk Tara Pettoni has reversed her decision to drop a candidate from June primary ballot because he didn’t use his full legal name. In a settlement reached between the clerk and the alderman candidate, Marcos Tapia, will be...

Dover clerk tosses candidate for not using complete legal name

April 11, 2019 10:41 amApril 11, 2019 11:10 am

The Dover municipal clerk has tossed a candidate for alderman from the ballot because he didn’t use his full, legal name, leaving no candidate for the post in the June primary. Tara Pettoni had originally certified the nominating petition of...

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...

FBI questions Dover officials about undocumented immigrants voting, sources say

March 13, 2019 3:17 pmMarch 13, 2019 8:30 pm

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents are interviewing Dover Democratic leaders and volunteers today about local politics, including questions about undocumented immigrants voting in the 2018 primary election, two sources confirmed. FBI agents appeared at the homes and workplaces of several...