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Judge files injunction to stop Mendez taking Paterson Council seat

June 30, 2020 10:24 amJune 30, 2020 12:16 pm

Passaic County Assignment Judge Ernest Caposela will issue an injunction to stop Paterson Councilman-elect Alex Mendez from taking his seat at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning, citing voters’ loss in confidence about the election’s results. “There’s so many irregularities with this...

Mendez campaign worker says she was paid to carry ‘stacks of ballots’ in Paterson election, court filing alleges

June 29, 2020 12:40 pmJune 29, 2020 12:41 pm

A campaign worker for Alex Mendez, the Paterson councilman-elect charged with election fraud, told investigators that she was paid to carry bundles of vote-by-mail ballots eight days before the May 12 election. Yahaira “YaYa” Mendez says she carried “numerous stacks...

McKoy asks judge to stop Mendez from taking Paterson council seat

June 27, 2020 12:07 pmJune 27, 2020 2:16 pm

A councilman-elect charged with ballot tampering is due to be sworn in next week, but now the incumbent challenging the results of the tainted May 12 election is asking a judge to decertify the results and stop Alex Mendez from...

Two GOP chairmen slam Singh over mailer urging duplicate ballots

June 25, 2020 1:18 pm

Two Republican County chairmen slammed U.S. Senate Candidate Hirsh Singh over a mailer telling voters to ask their county clerk for a second ballot if they’ve already voted for primary rival Rik Mehta. “In all my years participating in Republican...

Lawyer says Dover ballot lacked bilingual instructions

June 22, 2020 12:29 pm

Some Spanish-speaking voters in Dover are protesting that certain components of the July 7 primary election vote-by-mail documents are printed only in English and violate an appellate court ruling last year that said election materials must be bilingual. “While the...

New Jersey law forced a father to disenfranchise the votes of his sons

May 28, 2020 12:05 amMay 28, 2020 11:40 am

Five days before the Paterson municipal election, Shanki Jumhour went to the offices of the Passaic County Board of Elections to drop off his ballot. He brought four others ballots with him – all members of his immediate family and...

Citing voter fraud allegations, McKoy seeks recount in Paterson

May 22, 2020 2:21 pmMay 23, 2020 1:39 pm

In an election already knee-deep in allegations of ballot tampering, Paterson Councilman William McKoy has filed for a recount after losing his re-election bid by 245 votes in last week’s non-partisan municipal election. Alex Mendez, a former at-large councilman, leads...