Tag: Election Day

  • Candidates file for school board elections

    Candidates file for school board elections

    Candidates have filed for the upcoming school board election in November. Elesia L. James, incumbent Richard Liguori and incumbent Hayley Toth will be up for the three, three-year seats on the North Brunswick Board of Education. Toth replaced Claribel Cortes, who joined the North Brunswick Township Council earlier this year after Councilman Robert Corbin passed…

  • Incumbents receive Democratic party nomination for general election in Princeton

    Incumbents receive Democratic party nomination for general election in Princeton

    Incumbent Princeton Council members David Cohen and Leticia Fraga have turned back challenger Dina Shaw for the Democratic Party nomination to run for two Princeton Council seats in the Nov. 3 general election. The official vote tallies, which revealed Cohen and Fraga as the top two vote-getters, were released July 24 by the Mercer County…

  • League of Women Voters to present seminar on election security

    League of Women Voters to present seminar on election security

    The League of Women Voters of the Greater New Brunswick Area will host a virtual presentation on election security at 7 p.m. July 29. Speakers will be Steve Peter, Somerset County clerk, and Thomas Lynch, Middlesex County Board of Elections administrator.   For the Zoom link, email a request to [email protected] and use the subject…

  • Incumbents Cohen, Fraga lead Shaw in bid for Democratic nomination in Princeton

    Incumbents Cohen, Fraga lead Shaw in bid for Democratic nomination in Princeton

    Incumbent Princeton Council members David Cohen and Leticia Fraga appear to have turned back challenger Dina Shaw for the Democratic Party nominations to run for two council seats in the Nov. 3 general election. Results that were available immediately following the July 7 primary election showed that Democratic Party voters gave 2,174 votes to Fraga…

  • Opinion: Dedication, open mind, work ethic make Cohen the right choice for Princeton Council

    Opinion: Dedication, open mind, work ethic make Cohen the right choice for Princeton Council

    You may have noticed a few handpainted lawn signs supporting David Cohen for Council. These signs were painted by volunteers including myself on salvaged plywood with paints gathered from our homes rather than spending dollars on campaign advertising. This conscience choice reflects David’s priorities when so many in our community a have been hit hard…

  • Burlington County clerk reminds voters to watch for mail-in ballots

    Burlington County clerk reminds voters to watch for mail-in ballots

    Burlington County Clerk Joanne Schwartz is reminding voters that they should watch for their mail-in ballots for the July 7 Primary Election. “Mail-In Ballots have been sent to more than 195,000 registered Democrat and Republican voters,” Schwartz said in a prepared statement. “The ballots will arrive in mailboxes this week.” Gov. Phil Murphy’s Executive Order 144 declared…

  • South Brunswick candidates set for primary on July 7

    South Brunswick candidates set for primary on July 7

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Three Democrat incumbents will be challenged by three Republican candidates in the November general election. Three four-year terms on the South Brunswick Township Council will be available. Primary day in New Jersey is July 7. Joe Camarota (D) has been a resident of South Brunswick for 32 years. He is a family…

  • Democrat incumbents listed on ballot for North Brunswick primary

    Democrat incumbents listed on ballot for North Brunswick primary

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – Democratic North Brunswick Township Council incumbents Bob Davis and Claribel Cortes will be running for re-election in the November general election. Below is a brief profile ahead of the July 7 primary. There are no challengers listed on the ballot thus far.   Claribel Cortes has lived in North Brunswick for 17…

  • Three candidates vie for Democratic nomination for general election

    Three candidates vie for Democratic nomination for general election

    From how to help the business community to recover from the recent economic downturn to how to create housing that is affordable for the middle class, three would-be Princeton Council candidates offered their thoughts at a June 11 candidates forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area. Incumbent Princeton Council members…