Legal Opinion
In re Contest of November 8, 2011 General Election of Office of New Jersey General Assembly
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 16, 2012PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice LaVECCHIA
This matter involves the November 8, 2011 election for the New Jersey General Assembly representatives for the Fourth Legislative District. Gabriela Mosquera received the second highest number of votes, but her election was challenged, in timely fashion under the election statutes, by Shelley Lovett, the candidate who had the third highest number of votes. Lovett alleged that Mosquera was ineligible because she failed to meet the one-year durational residency requirement for the office set forth in Article IV, Section 1, Paragraph 2 of the New Jersey Constitution. Complicating the matter was…
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