In re the General Election

BLOOM, J.S.C.

On November 6, 1990, a general election was held in Livingston to choose three members of the township council. This case concerns an application for an election contest pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:29-l(e), in which petitioner, who lost by five votes, contends that ten absentee ballots were improperly rejected by the Essex County Board of Elections. This court holds that the board properly rejected eight of the ballots for lack of signed certifications on the flaps of the envelope containing said ballots. The application for an election contest is denied for the following reasons.

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