Reply #11: 2 Democrats sue for new elections

[Melissa G]

2 Democrats sue for new elections
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 12/12/06
BY SHRUTI L. MATHUR
MANAHAWKIN BUREAU

Two high-profile Democrats in southern Ocean County are requesting new elections for five Ocean County municipalities in a lawsuit filed Monday against the county Board of Elections, claiming the agency mismanaged the votes in November in which results were miscalculated.

Michele F. Rosen, 60, of Waretown and Rose Jackson, 63, of Barnegat want a Superior Court judge to throw out the Nov. 7 election results in Barnegat, Lavallette, Seaside Park, South Toms River and Tuckerton and to require a special vote with paper ballots.

"Essentially whoever wins an election, so long as it is run properly, and they win fairly and there is some way of ascertaining they have won fairly, then more power to them," Rosen said of the lawsuit's intent. "So long as we are in a position in Ocean County that we can't know that, I will do whatever I have to do to bring it to the attention of the court."

In their complaint, Rosen and Jackson allege officials for the Board of Elections mismanaged the election and infringed on citizens' rights to vote and have their votes counted correctly. The lawsuit targets the five municipalities where vote counts were close.

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