Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Petitions for June Primary Now Available

Petitions for the June primary are now available, City Clerk Abubakar Jalloh announced Tuesday. They may be picked up in his office in City Hall, 515 Watchung Ave. during regular business hours.

Candidates must file by 4 p.m.on March 31 to run in the June 3 primary. Three City Council seats are up this year, four-year terms representing the First Ward and the Second & Third Wards at-large and an unexpired term ending Dec. 31, 2015 in the Third Ward.

No one has officially announced for the races. Incumbents are William Reid in the First Ward and Rebecca Williams in the Second & Third Ward at-large seat. Gloria Taylor is serving as an appointee in the Third Ward seat vacated by Adrian O. Mapp, who took office as mayor on Jan. 1

 This is also the year for city Republicans to reorganize, so those interested in serving on the Republican municipal committee must file to run on June 3. Winners of Republican committee seats will meet on June 9 to select a chairman and other officers. As of October 2013, there were only 887 registered Republicans in Plainfield, compared to 13,226 Democrats.

Union County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi has published a list of all 2014 election dates. Click here to see it. Among important dates, those running for the Board of Education must file on June for the November 4 election. Independents running for council seats may also file on June 3 to be on the November 4 ballot.

--Bernice

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