James Pickering Archives

Challenge to county committee election postponement gets 4th judge in 4 days

April 2, 2020 12:42 pmApril 3, 2020 12:31 am

Update: Judge James Savio has set a hearing date of April 7, 2020. A lawsuit challenging a decision by Democratic county chairs in Atlantic and Cape May to postpone county committee elections until next year now has its fourth judge...

New judge in county committee court challenge was also a county chairman

April 1, 2020 3:56 pmApril 2, 2020 11:39 am

A lawsuit challenging the postponement of Democratic county committee elections in Cape May and Atlantic counties just a few days ago already has a new judge. The case was originally assigned to Judge James Pickering, the former Democratic county chairman...

Cape May clerk rejects progressive nominating petitions

April 1, 2020 3:18 pmApril 1, 2020 3:26 pm

A progressive slate of Cape May candidates formed to bracket with Democratic congressional candidate Amy Kennedy has failed to qualify for the June 2 ballot, the county’s top election official said. Cape May County Clerk Rita Marie Fulginiti has rejected...