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The Democratic race to challenge U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd, in November is still too close to call after 1,909 mail-in ballots that a judge cleared for counting Friday and about 500 other uncounted ballots were tallied Friday night. Tim Alexander, a civil rights attorney from Galloway Township, now leads businessman Joe Salerno, of Lower Township, by 544 votes in Atlantic County — up from 359.
Whether to count more than 1,900 mail ballots cast in Atlantic County will be up to a judge after their envelopes were unsealed prematurely.
A state judge on Friday ruled that some 1,900 mail ballots in a New Jersey county whose envelopes were prematurely opened should be accepted and counted.
A state judge on Friday ruled that some 1,900 mail ballots in a New Jersey county whose envelopes were prematurely opened should be accepted and counted.
Whether to count more than 1,900 mail ballots cast in Atlantic County will be up to a judge after their envelopes were unsealed prematurely.