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In West Amwell, 14% of late ballots rejected because Post Office didn’t postmark

May 15, 2020 4:32 pmMay 15, 2020 7:37 pm

Of the 91 ballots in the West Amwell special election that were delivered to the Hunterdon County Board of Elections on Wednesday and Thursday, 13 of them (14%) were rejected because the U.S. Postal Service had no postmark. The excluded...

Lambertville officials host roundtables to prepare for reopening of non-essential businesses

May 14, 2020 5:19 pmMay 15, 2020 11:21 am

Officials in Lambertville are holding digital roundtables to prepare residents and business owners for limited reopenings that will begin Monday. The town will host the roundtables on Thursday and Saturday. They previously held one such event on May 9. Lambertville...

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...

In West Amwell, Lyons wins again

May 12, 2020 8:04 pmMay 13, 2020 1:34 am

Lucas Lyons defeated Lawrence Herman for the second time in as many years to win a seat on the West Amwell Township Committee Tuesday. Lyons, a Republican, defeated the Democrat 517 to 338. This was New Jersey’s first partisan election...

29% of West Amwell has returned VBM ballots for do-over election

May 7, 2020 11:05 am

In West Amwell, where a judge has ordered a do-over of the 2019 township committee race, 29% of voters have already returned their ballots for the May 12 all-VBM special election between Republican Lucas Lyons and Democrat Lawrence Herman. Registered...

In West Amwell, residency dispute forces rematch

May 1, 2020 4:54 pmMay 1, 2020 5:08 pm

West Amwell voters may be feeling a sense of Déjà vu. Voters in the small town of about 4,000 will again see a Township Committee race between Lucas Lyons and Lawrence Herman. Lyons, a Republican, defeated the Democrat last year...

Hunterdon Democrats move county committee elections to 2022

March 26, 2020 10:30 am

Hunterdon County Democrats have postponed their county committee elections for two years to put them back on their normal federal election year cycle. That means county committee members elected in 2018 will retroactively serve four-year terms. Hunterdon Democrats will return...