James Savio Archives - New Jersey Globe

Judge rebuffs bid by Atlantic City mayoral candidate to allow voting for next few weeks

June 7, 2021 2:37 pm

A Superior Court Judge today refused to order Atlantic County election officials to remain open for the next three weeks to receive messenger ballots for the June 8 primary election. An attorney for Atlantic City mayoral candidate Thomas Foley alleged...

Atlantic County Democratic Chairman Michael Suleiman

Judge allows Atlantic Democrats to postpone county committee elections

May 12, 2020 11:17 amMay 12, 2020 11:20 am

Atlantic County Democrats will elect county committee members in 2021 after parties to a lawsuit agreed to drop their objection. Superior Court Judge James P. Savio today signed a consent order to move the election after Atlantic Democrats approved a...

Atlantic Democrats reopen postponing county committee elections

May 11, 2020 1:02 pmMay 11, 2020 3:07 pm

The race for Democratic county committee in Atlantic County may be off again. Atlantic County Democrats are asking a judge to vacate his order to hold county committee elections in the July 7 primary election after the party organization amended...

Cape May Democrats will seek by-laws change

April 8, 2020 1:56 pmApril 8, 2020 1:59 pm

Cape May County Democrats will hold a special county count committee meeting to extend their terms until 2021 by changing their by-laws. “America is facing an unprecedented pandemic. The economy is frozen, jobs are disappearing, workers are filing for unemployment...

Atlantic Democrats will vote to postpone county committee elections

April 8, 2020 9:55 amApril 8, 2020 10:25 am

Atlantic County Democrats will hold a virtual meeting of the full county committee to vote on the postponement of their terms until 2021. Party leader scheduled the May 7 online vote after Superior Court Judge James Savio ruled yesterday that...

Judge rules no postponement of county committee elections in Atlantic, Cape May

April 7, 2020 4:58 pmApril 7, 2020 5:23 pm

Superior Court Judge James P. Savio today ruled the Democratic county committees in Atlantic and Cape May counties may not postpone elections until next year. Savio ordered the filing deadline to be reopened for an indeterminate period of time. He...

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...