The New Jersey Supreme Court has set a deadline of 4 PM tomorrow for parties in the contested Democratic primary for Roselle Borough Council to submit briefs in advance of Saturday’s deadline for Union County to begin mailing vote-by-mail ballots.
It’s unclear when the top court will decide, or if ballots for Roselle will be mailed with other municipalities.
The Supreme Court scheduling order comes hours after attorneys for Councilwoman Denise Wilkerson filed an emergent appeal. Earlier today, an appellate court affirmed Superior Court Judge John Deitch’s ruling that the local Democratic Party could pick the party’s nominee for the November 4 general election Deitch had invalidated the June 10 primary results after finding at least four voters were disenfranchised in a primary Wilkerson won by two votes against Cynthia Johnson; almost 3,000 votes were cast.
Deitch had initially ordered a do-over primary, but after realizing that he couldn’t, he told the local Democratic Party to do so. In a vote on Sunday night, the party selected Johnson, 20-7.
In his decision, Sabatino rejected Deitch’s first ruling: that a special primary be held in December, followed by a special election in January.
