MMM is hearing that there is a movement within at least three county Boards of Elections to stop counting Vote-By-Mail ballots that are in house at 10 pm tonight, rather than complete the count on election day, as is required by statute.
A Court Order is required to stop the count of VBM ballots, according to Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giodano Hanlon.
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Posted: November 6th, 2018 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2018 Elections, New Jersey | Tags: 2018 elections, Board of Elections, New Jersey, Vote by mail ballot counts | 3 Comments »
Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon
Freehold, NJ-Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon announced this morning that there as been an issue throughout the State of New Jersey with the proper delivery of Vote-By-Mail ballots being returned to the Board of Elections in voters respective counties.
Hanlon said that out of over 23,000 ballots requested in Monmouth County, over 4,700 voters have already returned their ballots to the Board of Elections without issue.However, the Clerk’s Office has received about 30 calls from voters who mailed in their ballots and had them return to to their homes by the Post Office.
Postal Service scanners have been picking up the tracking label on the return address of some ballots as the “mail to” address.
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Posted: October 12th, 2016 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Christine Hanlon, Elections, Monmouth County, Monmouth County News, New Jersey | Tags: Board of Elections, Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon, Monmouth County News, New Jersey, Post Office, United State Postal Service, Vote by mail | 3 Comments »
MMM is hearing that there is a movement within at least three county Boards of Elections to stop counting Vote-By-Mail ballots that are in house at 10 pm tonight, rather than complete the count on election day, as is required by statute.