Votes Continue To Trickle In For Mahwah Council Race

Mahwah NJ

18 November, 2020

11:58 AM

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MAHWAH, NJ — David May, Kimberly Bolan and Michelle Paz are still leading in the Mahwah Council race, unofficial Bergen County results show. Bergen County last updated vote totals on Nov. 15, but some ballots are expected before Nov. 20, when the county will need to certify the votes. Here's the vote total, as it stands: David May — 7,580Constance Byrne — 5,537Kimberly N. Bolan — 7,526Michelle Paz — 6,711 Bergen County reports a total of 502,808 ballots cast, with provisional ballots still coming in. The county has yet to make an estimate on overall voter turnout, given the remaining ballots, but thus far over 67 percent of registered voters cast ballots, they said. County Clerk John S. Hogan didn't provide much of an update on Twitter earlier this month, stating that results would continue to be posted online. However, the unofficial results page has been updated to include a new, "live" feed. "Unofficial results of the 2020 General Election will be posted on the Clerk's website at http://bergencountyclerk.org as we receive the results from the Board of Elections," he wrote. Unofficial results of the 2020 General Election will be posted on the Clerk's website at https://t.co/Gdpfj0MYAY as we receive the results from the Board of Elections.— John S. Hogan (@JohnHoganClerk) November 4, 2020 Since the change to this year's election was announced by Gov. Phil Murphy because of the coronavirus, there have been many questions about how the process will work. Every the ballot sent through the mail had to be postmarked by Nov. 3. It must be received by your county's election boards by 8 p.m. on Nov. 10. "Every vote should be safe. Every vote should be secure. Every vote should be counted," Murphy said of the process. For full coverage of 2020 elections in New Jersey, click here.