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Scarpelli, Tucci tie in Nutley, leaving mayor post up for grabs

May 15, 2020 6:53 pmMay 15, 2020 7:43 pm

A final count in Nutley leaves Mayor Joseph Scarpelli and Commissioner Mauro Tucci in a tie for first place in a town where the top vote-getter gets to become the mayor. Scarpelli led Tucci on Tuesday by 19 votes, but...

Belleville VBMs since Tuesday are more than double incumbent’s lead

May 14, 2020 8:44 pm

In Belleville, 1st Ward Councilwoman Marie Strumolo Burke leads labor leader Carmine A. Mattia by 76 votes with an additional 171 ballots being returned since Tuesday. Voters in the 1st Ward returned 1,141 ballots as of Tuesday, but just 846...

517 new ballots in Orange, where one-vote separates two candidates

May 14, 2020 7:04 pmMay 14, 2020 7:05 pm

More than 300 new vote-by-mail ballots were delivered from Orange today, bring the new two-day total to 517 in a race where just one vote separates to candidates. In the race for the third at-large council seat, Weldon Montague leads...

778 new VBM ballots in Nutley, where 105 votes separate two candidates

May 14, 2020 6:08 pmMay 15, 2020 7:41 pm

In Nutley, where 105 votes separate John V. Kelly III and Maria Hamlin for the fifth Town Commissioner seat, 389 additional vote-by-mail ballots were delivered to the Essex County Board of Elections on Thursday, bringing the total number of new...

Nearly 3,000 Montclair votes have come in since Tuesday

May 14, 2020 5:15 pmMay 14, 2020 5:16 pm

The U.S. Postal Service delivered 1,371 new ballots from Montclair today, adding 2,913 more votes to the mix since counting was completed on Tuesday. Sean M. Spiller led the balloting in the mayoral election by 450 votes against Renee Baskerville...

Huge number of new ballots hit Essex County today

May 13, 2020 11:00 pmMay 15, 2020 9:03 am

Thousands of new votes have come in from Essex County since Tuesday afternoon that could change the outcome of several key municipal races conducted entirely through vote-by-mail ballots, the New Jersey Globe has learned. In Montclair, where Sean Spiller led...

Highlights of Tuesdays’ all-VBM elections

May 13, 2020 1:55 am

Several key contests in New Jersey’s first election conducted entirely through vote-by-mail ballots remain undecided, including council races in Paterson and Irvington where allegations of tampering have delayed counts. The May 12 election included a referendum to change the form...