In that Second Ward scrap in Paterson, just as in the Third Ward, challenger Mohammed Akhtaruzzaman won't concede until he is convinced of the exhaustion of a full bore investigation into what happened in the May 12th election.

Right now, eight votes separate him from the winner, incumbent Second Ward Councilman Shahin Khalique.

But "Fraud was afoot," Akhtaruzzaman told InsiderNJ. "We want to know what happened. They have to investigate."

Sources in the Board of Elections office say the FBI is in the city scouring those mysterious bound ballots discarded from the cfinal count issued Tuesday noght. But Akhtarruzzaman - like Third Ward Councilman Bill McKoy - isn't satisfied.

The two are likely to join legal forces for the long haul.

"A lot of people told me, 'Mohammed, I was going to vote for you but my ballot never came," said the candidate.

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