In-Person Voting Under Way for June Primary

County voters can vote prior to June 5 primary.

In-person voting is now underway for anyone in Morris County who will not be able to get to the polls for the June 5 primary election. The press release is below: Registered Morris County voters who will not be able to get to the polls for the June 5 primary election may vote in-person now until June 4 at the office of the Morris County Clerk. Joan Bramhall, the Morris County clerk, said in-person voting is being conducted in the County Clerk’s Office from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Thursday, May 31, with the exception of Monday, May 28, Memorial Day, when the office will be closed. Voting will also be conducted in the County Clerk’s Office on Friday, June 1, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, June 2, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.; and Monday, …

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Last Chance: Train to be a Poll Worker

Class required every 2 years to stay certified

Time is running out for poll workers to take certification training if they want to continue to work at election sites. The deadline, according to Tony Desimone, the county’s poll worker training coordinator, is June 2. Title 19 of New Jersey election law requires that all poll workers take an election training class every two years to become or remain a certified board worker, Desimone said in a statement sent to media. Desimone said veteran poll workers who took the class the first time it was offered in 2010 must take a training class by June 2 to become recertified. “It’s the law. This training is mandatory,” Desimone said. “All board workers who have not attended a class in the past two years and all first-time board workers must …

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FDU Poll: Obama's OK, Women Cool on Romney

About half approve of job president is doing

Our Republican governor gets good marks from the Garden State, but so does our Democratic president, according to the latest poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind. Barack Obama also has a solid lead over Mitt Romney in New Jersey, according to the poll — especially among women. Read the full statement from FDU below, then take our own poll to let us know what you think? According the latest poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind™, 50 percent of New Jersey voters say they approve of the way the president is handling his job, while 42 percent disapprove. These numbers mirror the support expressed by New Jerseyans for their Republican governor, Chris Christie, as reported yesterday: 56 percent approve of the job …

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Montville's Quatrone Seeks Two-Year Freeholder Term

Democrat seeks to be write-in candidate to challenge Hank Lyon for unexpired term.

VIDEO: Meet the GOP Freeholder Candidates

Chatham Township hosted the Republican's Candidates Night.

Nine of the 10 Republican candidates for Morris County freeholders gathered at the Chatham Township Municipal Building Tuesday to meet the voters and answer questions at the 2012 Candidate's Night, hosted by the Republican Club of The Chathams. Participants in Candidates Night were incumbent and Freeholder Director William Chegwidden, of Wharton; Florham Park Councilman Charles Germershausen; Morristown Councilwoman Alison Deeb; Parsippany Councilman John Cesaro; former Mount Olive Mayor David Scapicchio and former Washington Township Councilman John Krickus; Jeremy Jedynak, of Rockaway Township and former Denville Mayor Ted Hussa. Incumbent William “Hank” Lyon of Montville also attended and participated in the event. Lyon will run …

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Column: Vote Tuesday, If You Still Can

Most in New Jersey lost that right, but 10 Morris County municipalities are still holding April school elections.

This is a column about how important it is for everyone to go out to the polls tomorrow to vote for candidates for school boards and to vote on local school budgets. But it’s not very relevant for the vast majority of adults in New Jersey because most people will not get the chance to pick candidates or accept or reject the proposed tax bill for their local schools. In Morris County, only 10 municipalities will hold school elections tomorrow, and because some of those towns are in regional districts, it means only eight budgets are up for a vote. (In Patch-covered towns, votes will be held in the School District of the Chathams, the Morris School District, and Mendham Township — that's it). The bill that Gov. Chris Christie signed at the …

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KMN

11:31 pm on Sunday, May 6, 2012

Tracy, Why stop at 70% of our property tax bill? Why are you not advocating to have municipal budgets put to a vote? Do you think 2005's 11.1% municipal tax increase would have passed had it been on a ballot? Your trip down a one way street seems a bit hypocritical don't you think?   more ›

Judge to Birthers: Obama Can Run for President

An effort to have President Barack Obama's name removed from New Jersey's primary ballot was dealt a setback following an administrative judge's recent ruling.

Author Jerome Corsi may not think the matter of Barack Obama's birthplace is a done deal, and some leading Morris County GOPers may think he has a point — but a judge said that week the president can still be a presidential candidate. In what attorney Mario Apuzzo is calling a "sham of justice," a state judge has ruled against objectors seeking to remove Obama's name from New Jersey's upcoming primary ballot. According to Apuzzo, the attorney representing New Jersey residents Nick Purpura and Ted Moran, Deputy Director and Administrative Law Judge Jeff Masin ruled against the ballot challenge following a more than three-hour hearing earlier this week. His decision, delivered to Apuzzo via email, was not based on the issues presented in the…

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alaphiah

12:43 am on Friday, April 20, 2012

“I’m no birther, don’t get me wrong,” Monckton said. “I haven’t a clue where Obama was born and I wouldn’t want to entreat into the private grief behind investigating. But the point is, is what he has done on the White House website is he has put up a document which he is plainly a forgery and I would regard that as a very serious matter.” http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/22/lord-monckton-im-no-…   more ›

15 Going After 3 Freeholder Seats

Appeals court ruling issued just before filing deadline causes confusion; Lyon running unopposed as a result for unexpired seat

Ten Republicans, and four Democrats have filed petitions with the Morris County Clerk’s Office seeking their party’s nominations for two, 3-year seats on the Morris County Board of Freeholders. And another Republican, incumbent William “Hank” Lyon of Montville, who took office less than a month ago to fill an unexpired term, will run unopposed to hold onto term seat for the two years it has left. But that's in part because a court's last-minute ruling about Lyon's status—just hours before Monday's filing deadline for candidates—caused confusion among would-be candidates. Confusion from the Court Lyon was put in office after a state appeals court removed incumbent Margaret Nordstrom from office in February, setting up a special county …

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Dan Grant

9:31 am on Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Maybe the issue of public education wasn't available to you where you grew up but it is written into the NJ Constitution. The real problem is that decades long Cowards in the legislature have left the funding of it on the backs of property tax payers alone.   more ›

Morristown Councilwoman Throws Hat Into Freeholder Ring

Alison Deeb among field of candidates headed for June Republican primary.

Good government needs good people.  That, according to Morristown Councilwoman Alison Deeb, has prompted her to run for Morris County Freeholder. "I love Morris County. I love living here," she said Thursday after filing her bid to run for one of three available seats on the all-Republican board. "I want to serve the people of Morris County. I feel with my interest in serving the people, my budget background, public administration, management consulting, and municipal experience, I'm a great candidate and I would be able to serve on that board with objectivity and a good fair mind." According to her official press release announcing her candidacy, Deeb said her philosophy of government lies in Thomas Jefferson's idea that a government …

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Freeholder Primary Gets Crowded, Murphy Out

Seven Republicans have filed primary petitions so far for the county board; several more have declared intentions.

Freeholder John Murphy said Tuesday he is not seeking re-election in the June Republican primary, ending a 21-year public career. The 15-year Republican freeholder from Morris Township said he wants to spend more time with his family. “I did this for 15 years and for six years as mayor and on the  council. It’s time  for my family and children at home,” Murphy said. Murphy’s exit adds a new wrinkle to an already jumbled race for three seats on the currently all-Republican freeholder board. Incumbent Freeholder Director William Chegwidden of Wharton said Tuesday he will file his petition on time, and incumbent Gene Feyl of Denville filed his petition in December. Feyl’s name has surfaced as a potential replacement for Eileen Swan, the …

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MotownRepub

10:16 pm on Sunday, April 15, 2012

John Murphy has served Morris county well, his expertise and experience will be missed, especially after losing Mrs. Nordstrom's equally valuable contributions over the last dozen years. Good luck and thank you JM.   more ›