Barrett v. Monmouth County Board of Elections

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PETRELLA, P.J.A.D.

Albert Reinoso, a candidate for election to the City Council of the City of Asbury Park in the May 13,1997 election, appeals from the determination by Judge Lehrer in the Law Division that twenty-seven absentee ballots were wrongly rejected by the Monmouth County Board of Elections (Board). Before the recount, Louise Murray had been in sixth place with 955 votes, fourteen less than Albert Reinoso. As a result of Judge Lehrer’s determination and the recount, which included the twenty-seven absentee *193ballots, Murray received the fifth…