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Judge orders Pinkin to hold ballot draw today

April 19, 2022 10:21 amApril 19, 2022 10:32 am

A Superior Court judge has ordered embattled Middlesex County Clerk Nancy Pinkin to hold a ballot drawing today and said that three Piscataway council candidates running off the line on a slate with two county commissioner candidates may compete for...

Middlesex awaiting judge’s ruling on challenge to Pinkin cancellation of ballot drawing

April 18, 2022 3:17 pmApril 18, 2022 6:16 pm

Update: Toto will hold a hearing on Wednesday morning to determine whether GOP congressional candidate Rik Mehta can intervene in a lawsuit filed by Piscataway Democrats against Middlesex County Clerk Nancy Pinkin. Superior Court Judge Michael Toto will decide by...

Lawsuit filed against Pinkin over Middlesex ballot draw

April 14, 2022 8:26 pmApril 15, 2022 8:56 am

A group of Democrats filed a lawsuit on Thursday alleging that Middlesex County Clerk Nancy Pinkin broke the law by cancelling a ballot draw and are asking a judge to order one. A slate of three candidates for Piscataway township...

Mehta calls for Pinkin resignation after county clerk cancels ballot draw

April 14, 2022 4:26 pmApril 14, 2022 4:32 pm

It’s not clear when embattled Middlesex County Clerk Nancy Pinkin hatched her plan to simply cancel today’s ballot draw – maybe it was during a seven-hour flight from Dublin early this morning — and the only certainty is that she...

Pinkin cancels Middlesex ballot draw

April 14, 2022 12:08 pmApril 14, 2022 2:55 pm

One hour after her return from an ill-timed junket to Ireland, Middlesex County Clerk Nancy Pinkin has bizarrely cancelled a ballot draw scheduled for 3 PM this afternoon. “All certifications for candidates nominated to the primary election have been submitted...

From Ireland, Pinkin could impact ballot draws in Monmouth, Passaic

April 13, 2022 2:04 pmApril 13, 2022 4:18 pm

Will different judges in different counties interpret the same law in different ways in the same election? That’s a complicated question in New Jersey, where 21 county clerks make individual decisions on their own ballot draws, which are scheduled for...

Pinkin returning to U.S. on Thursday, will make ballot draw if flight isn’t delayed

April 13, 2022 9:25 amApril 13, 2022 10:33 am

Middlesex County Clerk Nancy Pinkin will return to the United States on Thursday, giving her a narrow window to do her job as the county’s top election officer and run the ballot draw to determine where candidates appear on the...