Linda Grasso Jones Archives - New Jersey Globe

Judge blocks James Bond from Brielle council ballot

August 20, 2026 12:42 pm

A Superior Court judge has ruled that James E. Bond may not appear on the November general election ballot for Brielle Borough Council, rejecting three potential routes offered by Bond and the local Democratic organization. Judge Linda Grasso Jones found...

From Brielle with Love: James Bond takes his ballot fight to court

August 14, 2026 5:36 amAugust 14, 2026 12:11 pm

The name is Bond. James Bond. His mission: November. His target: one of two seats on the Brielle Borough Council. His villain: Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon has revoked his license to run. A Superior Court judge will hear...

New U.S. citizen can vote because she mailed registration in before deadline, judge says

October 31, 2024 3:41 pm

A Union County woman who became a U.S. citizen in June and registered to vote in September will be allowed to vote for the first time after Superior Court Judge John Deitch found that her voter registration form was mailed...

Judges: If you never registered to vote, their hands are tied

October 31, 2024 11:10 am

Prospective voters who appeared before judges in Monmouth and Ocean counties today in bids to vote in the 2024 general election were unsuccessful under a state law that sets the voter registration deadline. A 19-year-old Monmouth County man told Superior Court...

Judge allows 90-year-old woman to vote despite motor vehicles snafu

October 30, 2024 1:57 pm

A 90-year-old Monmouth County woman will get to vote this year after a judge found that she had made a good-faith effort to register and could not rule out that there could have been a mistake at Motor Vehicles Commission...

N.J. voter registration laws binds hand of judge

October 28, 2024 9:51 pmOctober 28, 2024 10:08 pm

A Monmouth County woman won’t be able to vote this year because she missed the voter registration deadline by four days. The woman told Superior Court Judge Linda Grasso Jones that she wasn’t aware of the October 15 deadline. “I...

Judges were briefed by election official in advance of anticipated challenges

July 1, 2024 6:31 pmJuly 2, 2024 12:04 am

Three Superior Court judges assigned to hear Election Day challenges in Monmouth County met with a top election official two weeks before the May 15 non-partisan municipal elections to discuss claims of fraudulent voter registration in Allenhurst, Deal, and Loch...