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2020 Election

Election 2020: Preliminary Votes Counted In BOE, County Races

Michael Smith. Update 3: Final certified results were posted on November 20, with no changes in the preliminary results. With 65,996 votes counted in the Board of Education race, the final results were as follows: Michael Smith: 14,108, 21.4 percent.Bill Grippo: 13,277, 20 percentNishita Desai: 13,134, 19.9 percentParul Patel: 12,052, 18 percentKaren Master: 6,006, 9 percentThomas Palczewski: 4,182, 6 percentDevakumar …

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Changes in Election Day Polling Places

Coronavirus restrictions have resulted in changes to some in-person polling places for the November 3 election. The changes are as follows: Kingston Presbyterian Church, Griggstown Fire House, Wynnefield Club House, and Beacon Hill Club House have been changed to Griggstown Fire House, 1037 Canal Road, South of Bunker Hill, for Districts 1 through 7.Society Hill III Club House, the Board …

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Eight Candidates File For Three Board Of Education Seats

Eight township residents are vying for three available three-year seats on the Board of Education. That group includes all three incumbents, Michelle Shelton, Nisihita Desai and Michael T. Smith, who are running as a slate. The incumbents are running for their second terms. The challengers who filed, and who are running individually, are: William GrippoThomas R. PalczewskiParul PatelDevakumar VilluriKaren Masters …

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Somerset County Clerk Starts Extended Hours For Primary Ballots

A 20 x 30-foot tent has been erected outside the Somerset County Administration Building to help residents obtain mail-in ballots for the July 7 primary election. Submitted by the Somerset County Public Information Office. The Somerset County Clerk’s office will hold extended hours leading up to the July 7 Democratic and Republican primaries to issue vote-by-mail ballots, including being open …

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Franklin Prosecutor Tapped By County Dems To Run For Surrogate

Township Prosecutor Tina Jalloh will be the Democratic Party’s standard-bearer for Somerset County Surrogate in November’s election. Jalloh was part of a slate of nominees recently chosen by the Somerset County Democratic Committee, which conducted its annual convention online. Also nominated were North Plainfield Councilman Doug Singleterry and former Hillsborough Councilman Paul Drake for the two Somerset County Freeholder seats …

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