As the Passaic County Board of Elections (BOE) resumes counting today with over 800 ballots impounded and Ward 3 Council candidate Alex Mendez and his allies crying foul, Passaic County Freeholder Assad Akhter defended BOE Commission Chair John Currie.

“They can spin whatever conspiracy they want, but no one knows election law and procedure better than John Currie and the record of the Elections Division is unblemished,” Ahkter told InsiderNJ.