The Holley Campaign has initiated a Recount Petition in the County of Union Superior Court.  The primary election for Democratic nominee for Mayor of the Borough of Roselle has been plagued with irregularities that have cast doubt on the legitimacy of the result.  In addition to incorrect mail-in ballots being sent to voters, voting machines not working, and voters being prevented from voting at the polls or provisionally, the County Clerk has informed the Holley Campaign that there are more disqualified and rejected ballots than the margin of votes between the candidates.

The official numbers state that Holley lost to Shaw by 76 votes, 1484 to 1408.  The Union County Clerk has confirmed that there are a total of 77 undervotes and overvotes, but has refused through the County Counsel to answer legitimate requests from the Holley Campaign regarding whether these undervotes and overvotes were from mail-in or in-person ballots and from which District/Ward they originated.  Moreover, no one from the Clerk’s Office, which was responsible to send out mail-in ballots, has answered why registered Democrats received Republican ballots for the primary election.

Because of the close margin between the contestants to the Mayoral primary and the lack of transparency by the County Clerk in reporting irregularities and disqualified ballots, the Holley Campaign has no choice but to institute this legal action to ensure that the voters of the Borough of Roselle can be assured that the election was conducted properly and decided fairly.  The Holley Campaign looks forward to conducting a thorough recount, which will include the review of all election materials, including but not limited to the purported undervotes and overvotes, so as to determine who should be the Democratic nominee for Mayor of Roselle based on the will of the voters.