Municipal Elections will Be All-Dem
The Republican Municipal Committee named no replacement for Deborah Dowe by the Sept. 17 deadline to fill a vacancy of Primary Election nominees, so it looks like all the candidates will be Democrats. Dowe was running for the Citywide At-Large seat until she dropped out last month.
The roster is now Annie McWilliams for the Citywide At-Large seat, Adrian Mapp for the Third Ward seat and Councilman William Reid for an unexpired First Ward seat. City resident Brenda Gilbert said she is mounting a write-in campaign against Mapp, who formerly served as a Union County freeholder and a city councilman.
McWilliams, daughter of the late Mayor Albert T. McWilliams, is making her first run for elective office.
Mapp and McWilliams, seeking full four-year terms, defeated two incumbents in the June primary, Citywide At-Large Councilman Harold Gibson and Third Ward Councilman Don Davis. Gibson is also the City Council President.
Reid ran unopposed in the primary. He was appointed in January to fill the vacancy created when former First Ward Councilman Rayland Van Blake became a Union County freeholder. The unexpired term runs to Dec. 31, 2010.
The general election is Nov. 4. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. The last day to register to vote in the election is Oct. 14. The last day to apply by mail for an absentee ballot is Oct. 28.
Registered voters can apply in person for absentee ballots during a special opening of the County Clerk's office in Elizabeth on Saturday, Nov. 1. Absentee ballots may be applied for in person up until 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3 at the County Clerk's office.
While Plaintalker is focusing on the hyperlocal part of the election, Nov. 4 will of course see a history-making presidential election. Make sure you vote and be part of it!
--Bernice Paglia
The roster is now Annie McWilliams for the Citywide At-Large seat, Adrian Mapp for the Third Ward seat and Councilman William Reid for an unexpired First Ward seat. City resident Brenda Gilbert said she is mounting a write-in campaign against Mapp, who formerly served as a Union County freeholder and a city councilman.
McWilliams, daughter of the late Mayor Albert T. McWilliams, is making her first run for elective office.
Mapp and McWilliams, seeking full four-year terms, defeated two incumbents in the June primary, Citywide At-Large Councilman Harold Gibson and Third Ward Councilman Don Davis. Gibson is also the City Council President.
Reid ran unopposed in the primary. He was appointed in January to fill the vacancy created when former First Ward Councilman Rayland Van Blake became a Union County freeholder. The unexpired term runs to Dec. 31, 2010.
The general election is Nov. 4. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. The last day to register to vote in the election is Oct. 14. The last day to apply by mail for an absentee ballot is Oct. 28.
Registered voters can apply in person for absentee ballots during a special opening of the County Clerk's office in Elizabeth on Saturday, Nov. 1. Absentee ballots may be applied for in person up until 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3 at the County Clerk's office.
While Plaintalker is focusing on the hyperlocal part of the election, Nov. 4 will of course see a history-making presidential election. Make sure you vote and be part of it!
--Bernice Paglia
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