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Sussex County Board Of Elections Admin Announces Retirement 9 Days After Ballot Mishap Sussex County Board Of Elections Admin Announces Retirement 9 Days After Ballot Mishap
Sussex County Board Of Elections Admin Announces Retirement 9 Days After Ballot Mishap Sussex County Board of Elections Administrator Marge McCabe has announced her retirement just nine days after more than 1,600 uncounted voter ballots from the primary election in July were discovered in a “mislabeled” storage bin. The 1,666 ballots were found at the board office Sept. 12, before being counted and added to existing totals two days later, though they did not change any election outcomes, NJHerald reports. McCabe — who has served as Administrator since 2006 — shared her intentions to retire Oct. 1 in a statement posted Monday to the board’s website. “It has been a distinct h…

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COVID-19: Why Did Thousands Of Sussex County Ballots Go Uncounted For Months? COVID-19: Why Did Thousands Of Sussex County Ballots Go Uncounted For Months?
Covid-19: Why Did Thousands Of Sussex County Ballots Go Uncounted For Months? Thousands of uncounted ballots from Sussex County's primary election in July were recently discovered -- and did not change the outcome of the July election in any race, according to a recent report. Board of Elections Administrator Marge McCabe told the NJHerald that the nearly 1,666 ballots had been placed in a bin that had been mislabeled and secured in the board office area. The excess votes were have been counted and certified by the county clerk’s office, McCabe said. The newly counted votes “did not change the outcome of any Sussex County primary election in any race for any office,…

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