Joseph Giralo Archives - New Jersey Globe

Atlantic board counts 24 VBM ballots held hostage by post office

July 15, 2026 9:39 pmJuly 15, 2026 9:53 pm

Twenty-four Atlantic County voters whose cured vote-by-mail ballots sat undelivered at a U.S. Postal Service facility because of a disputed $66,000 bill from 2020 will have their votes counted after the county Board of Elections unanimously rejected the state’s legal...

A look at federal, county and municipal races in Atlantic County in 2026

July 14, 2026 6:55 pmJuly 15, 2026 9:22 am

Atlantic County is arguably the most politically competitive county in New Jersey and has been since the Nucky Johnson-to-Hap Farley GOP machine was overthrown in 1971. Despite the Republican lock on county government, elections in Atlantic County are sometimes closer...

Atlantic County election officials to decide fate of ballots delayed by post office dispute

July 13, 2026 2:33 pmJuly 13, 2026 5:40 pm

Atlantic County election officials will meet Wednesday to decide whether to count 24 vote-by-mail ballots caught in an unusual dispute with the U.S. Postal Service after the agency refused to deliver ballot cure letters because the county allegedly owed postage...

Judge lets voter cast presidential ballot only

November 4, 2024 5:08 pmNovember 4, 2024 8:19 pm

A woman who moved from Ocean to Atlantic County but didn’t change her voter registration to her new address will be permitted to vote only in the presidential election. Superior Court Judge J. Christopher Gibson invoked an obscure statute —the...