Peter Mancuso Archives - New Jersey Globe

Gluegate final: Mancuso wins by 8 votes in Morris Township

January 27, 2020 4:55 pmJanuary 28, 2020 8:37 am

Republican Peter Mancuso has won re-election to his Morris Township committeeman seat, defeating Democrat Bud Ravitz by just eight votes after a judge ordered 52 ballots cast for the November 5, 2019 general election to be counted. Some of the...

Judge orders gluegate ballots counted in Morris Township

January 27, 2020 2:45 pmJanuary 27, 2020 4:57 pm

Judge Stuart Minkowitz today ordered elections officials to county 42 provisional ballots and 10 vote-by-mail ballots in a race for Morris Township committeeman. The Board of Elections is set to count those votes at 4:30 PM today. Peter Mancuso was...

Absence of judge pushes gluegate trial to to next week

January 24, 2020 5:57 pm

A trial to determine whether 42 uncounted provisional ballots in a race for Morris Township Committee was put off until next week due to the judge’s illness. Superior Court Judge Stuart Minkowitz began the trial on Tuesday, but went home...

Morris Township races still in the courts

January 6, 2020 3:57 pm

The race for Morris Township Committee remains in the courts, even though Republican Peter Mancuso will be sworn in to office tomorrow. Mancuso, an 82-year-old Republican who has served on and off since 1978, was declared the winner by 15...

Judge sets conference on Morris Township election challenge

December 30, 2019 10:27 amDecember 30, 2019 12:42 pm

Peter Mancuso will take the oath of office for another term on the Morris Township Committee on January 7, but the election is still not over. Superior Court Judge Stuart Minkowitz has scheduled a case management conference at 2 PM...

Dawkins explores Senate bid against Bucco

December 12, 2019 3:31 pmDecember 13, 2019 11:45 am

Attorney Cliff Dawkins has announced that he will explore a bid for the Democratic State Senate nomination in the 25th district. State Sen. Anthony M. Bucco (R-Boonton) won a special election convention to replace his late father in October and...

Citing defective glue, Democrats file lawsuit to count 42 unsealed Morris ballots

December 5, 2019 10:25 pmDecember 5, 2019 10:31 pm

Democrats have filed a legal challenge to results of a township committee race in Morris Township, where 42 provisional ballots remain uncounted because the envelope was unsealed – possibly as a result of defective glue. Peter Mancuso, an 82-year-old Republican...