Update: Alex Mendez current leads Bill McKoy by 9 votes, 3,769 to 3,760. In Ward 2, Shahin Khalique leads Mohammed Akhtraruzzman by 98 votes, 2,757 to 2,659. Alex Mendez appears to have taken an exceedingly narrow lead over incumbent 3rd...
Two council incumbents have taken slim leads in local Paterson races being rerun because of a tie and alleged mail-in fraud that spurred criminal charge against a candidate and sitting councilman. In the city’s Third Ward Council race, incumbent Bill...
Council races in Paterson are too close to call. 3rd Ward Councilman William McKoy leads challenger Alex Mendez by 250 votes in a rerun of Paterson’s non-partisan municipal election spurred by voter fraud allegations against the challenger and Councilman Michael...
Gov. Phil Murphy today set the date of a special election for a Paterson city council seat for November 3 after the May 12 municipal election ended in a tie. Councilman Shahin Khalique and challenger Mohammed Akhtaruzzaman are tied at...
A special election for Paterson’s 2nd Ward council seat would be set no earlier than August 15 and no later than August 20, according to an opinion issued by city clerk Sonia Gordon today. After a recount last week, Councilman...
Two candidates running for the Paterson City Council are now tied after a judge ruled that a disputed vote be counted in favor of the challenger. That puts incumbent Shahin Khalique and challenger Mohammed Akhtaruzzaman each at 1,730 votes in...
A second recount in Paterson’s 2nd Ward council race puts incumbent Shahin Khalique ahead by two votes, 1,730 to 1,728 against challenger Mohammed Akhtaruzzaman. The number could return to one, depending on what a judge rules . Allegations of improprieties,...