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Perth Amboy Council recount denied, but School Board results to be retallied

December 1, 2020 3:45 pm

Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Thomas McCloskey denied a request to recount votes cast in Perth Amboy’s city council race but approved a recheck of ballots submitted in the city’s School Board races. Lisette Lebron, who finished fourth in the...

11 uncounted provisional ballots found in Perth Amboy

November 25, 2020 10:39 am

Election officials in Middlesex County met Wednesday morning to discuss 11 unopened provisional ballots found after results were certified Friday. The new ballots, first reported by New Brunswick Today, were all found in Perth Amboy and aren’t enough to shift...

Perth Amboy recount could delay December 15 runoff

November 20, 2020 5:21 pm

A recount for Perth Amboy City Council creates a mess for election officials trying to turn around a December 15 non-partisan municipal runoff for mayor and two council seats. Vanessa Bermudez, who is 189 votes behind in her bid for...

Some Perth Amboy races within the margin of cure letters

November 17, 2020 10:45 amNovember 17, 2020 1:00 pm

Two close races in Perth Amboy could be decided by the number of 168 outstanding cure letters that are returned by the November 18 deadline and the tightness of one city council race could force a postponement of the December...

Joseph Vas announces bid for Perth Amboy mayor

July 9, 2020 6:16 pmJuly 10, 2020 11:04 am

Joseph Vas, the son of former Perth Amboy Mayor Joe Vas, officially announced his bid for his father’s former seat Thursday. “Whether it’s providing safe drinking water, controlling the spread of Covid-19, the highest rate in the county, or the...