By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Election results were finally made official Monday by the county Board of Elections, ending a weekslong ballot counting.
The two open three-year seats and one-year unexpired term remained within the reach of any candidate, but the three candidates who had pulled in the most votes on election night — Democrat Jason Medina, Republican incumbent Bruce Hill and Democrat James Cann — held onto their seats in the final tallies.
Mr. Medina and Mr. Hill will assume the two three-year Township Committee seats and Mr. Cann will fill the one-year unexpired term.
Mayor Bruce Hill received 2,315 votes; incumbent Robert Delaney got 2,230; and incumbent Republican Anita DiMattia received 2,274.
Democrat newcomers Stephen Monson, Mr. Medina, and Mr. Cann had 2,302; 2,358; and 2,354 votes, respectively.
The reason for the delay in getting the final votes, according to county Board of Elections Chairman Joe Dugan, was because several county elections employees were sifting through the provisional ballots, making sure that all ballots cast were from residents who were indeed registered to vote within the county.
“It’s just comparing the provisionals to who is registered in the data bases; that takes the most time,” Mr. Dugan said early in the process.
Mr. Monson said Monday that he congratulates his running mates, Mr. Medina and Mr. Cann, on their recent victory in the election.
He noted that although he did not win the seat, he is gratified and proud of the victory by the Democratic Party and the outpouring of support from township voters.
Incumbent Ms. DiMattia said on Tuesday morning that she congratulates the new members of the Township Committee, and although she hasn’t discussed the details of running next year yet, it is something that she is interested in.
She did reiterate that she is happy with the campaign that she ran.
“It was really a history-making presidential election. They said that people were going to be hitting the Democratic buttons all the way down the party line,” she said.
Mr. Cann said Tuesday that he was satisfied with the amount of time the county Board of Elections took to finalize the votes.
“I don’t mind that the process was so long, so much as it was done properly and correctly,” he said.
He added that he is happy that there is a Democratic voice on the Township Committee, which was previously all-Republican.
“We are ecstatic that we won, and we are of course very thankful to the residents who came out to support our platform,” he said.
“At last there will be a different political voice on the committee, and that will be good,” he added.

