Nordstrom v. Lyon

The opinion of the court was delivered by

HARRIS, J.A.D.

This is a Title Nineteen election contest. In the immediate aftermath following the Republican Party primary election held on June 7, 2011, it appeared that newcomer William “Hank” Lyon (self-dubbed “Lyon for Conservative Freeholder”) had barely defeated four-term incumbent Margaret Nordstrom by ten votes in their battle to secure the Republican nomination for Morris County Freeholder. Three months later, after the Law Division con-*85eluded a trial pursuant to the election contest statute, N.J.S.A. 19:29-1 to -14, concerning Nordstrom’s…