Wysocki Still Leads Waldrop In Mahwah Mayoral Elections

Mahwah NJ

04 November, 2020

10:46 AM

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This story was last updated at 5:37 p.m. Wednesday. MAHWAH, NJ — James Wysocki leads Howard J. Waldrop in Mahwah's mayoral race, according to unofficial results from Bergen County. Not all votes have been counted, according to the results page that has been updated, but at the moment Wysocki is out to a lead of more than 1,800 votes. Bergen County has yet to update vote totals as of 5:30 p.m. Wednesday evening. An email to the County Clerk's Office seeking information on outstanding votes was not returned. Here's the count so far: James Wysocki — 6,429Howard J. Waldrop — 4602 A current councilman and former police officer, Wysocki hasn't yet posted about the race on social media, as of 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Bergen County reports a total of 376,822 ballots cast, but, according to the unofficial results, only absentee and early precincts have been reported so far, with 71 of 73 in. The county has yet to make an estimate on overall voter turnout. County Clerk John S. Hogan didn't provide much of an update on Twitter Wednesday morning, stating that results would continue to be posted online. "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.