Levi Klinger-Christiansen Archives

42 Atlantic County ballots in limbo amid signature dispute

November 18, 2025 5:08 pm

A dispute over a few dozen mail-in ballots has embroiled the Atlantic County Board of Elections in a legal dispute as officials look to certify the results on time. The board, split between two Republicans and two Democrats, deadlocked on...

Egg Harbor Township candidate settles dispute over vote challengers

June 5, 2025 10:18 am

A candidate for the Egg Harbor Township Committee settled a dispute with the Atlantic County Board of Elections over the application of ballot challengers in the town. Prospective challengers for Doris Dilley, a Republican candidate, failed to apply for the...

Judge seems ready to order Mount Holly runoff

November 27, 2024 11:31 pmNovember 28, 2024 12:10 pm

Superior Court Judge John Harrington strongly hinted that he was ready to order a runoff election in Mount Holly, appearing convinced that the township’s old runoff law had never been repealed. “That’s the logical thing that makes sense to me,”...

There’s a huge mess in Watchung, and a judge isn’t sure what to do

October 28, 2024 4:22 pmOctober 28, 2024 4:34 pm

There’s chaos in the race for a seat on the Watchung Borough Council after a Democratic candidate admitted he’s only lived there for eight months and is ineligible to run for office. Marcel Akende made his revelation in a candidate...

Judge orders hand recount of Trenton council race decided by one vote

January 11, 2023 4:51 pmJanuary 12, 2023 1:15 pm

Trenton City Councilwoman Jennifer Williams has been in office for nearly two weeks, but a Superior Court judge today ordered a hand recount of the election that put her there, potentially causing further turmoil in an already-chaotic election cycle for...