Edward McGettigan Archives - Page 2 of 2

Giralo wants McGettigan to pay for do-over election

January 6, 2021 11:18 am

Joe Giralo demanded Atlantic County Clerk Ed McGettigan personally pay for the cost of a redo election in Atlantic County’s third district spurred by a mistake in the clerk’s office Wednesday. “While the judge’s ruling is a victory for the...

Two Atlantic County commissioners sworn in, but third district seat stays vacant

January 5, 2021 4:43 pmJanuary 5, 2021 4:45 pm

Two Atlantic County commissioners were sworn into another term Tuesday, but a third seat remains vacant amid an election contest spurred by County Clerk Edward McGettigan’s sending incorrect ballots to more than 500 voters. Thelma Witherspoon, who defeated Republican Andrew...

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...

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...

Atlantic County VBM ballots are safe, but flawed

October 27, 2019 4:00 pm

There doesn’t seem to be a problem with the security of vote-by-mail ballots in Atlantic County. The Board of Elections office is located at the old county jail building. Ballots are locked inside carts that are rolled into an old...