Uncontested in the First Ward City Council race, Diane Toliver received 1,457 votes, 11 more than the unofficial tally. In the Third Ward, Gloria Taylor received 1,835, seven votes more and Randy Bullock's total was unchanged at 244.
In the Second and Third Ward at-large race, Rebecca Williams won with 3,758 votes officially, up by 15. William Michelson gained one vote for a total of 563.
The school board winners on Nov. 4 - David Rutherford, Carletta Jeffers and Terrence Bellamy Sr, - remained the same. So did tallies for the team backed by Jerry Green and one independent candidate. You can see all the Union County official results here
No reason was given for the week-long delay in release of the official results. In the city, there was talk of an unusually high number of votes cast at one Fourth Ward polling place, but as noted, no major changes occurred in the outcomes.
Ward 4, District 1
One district out five drew 40 percent of the Fourth Ward totals for the Green slate.
The winners will take office on Jan. 1, 2015. The outgoing school board members, Dorien Hurtt, Jameelah Surgeon and Alex Edache, were the last to win in an April election. They ended up serving an extra eight months due to the school board race being moved to November. The current winners will serve an even three years.
On to 2015! As usual, three school board seats will be up and two council seats, representing the Second Ward and the First & Fourth Ward at-large. State Senate and Assembly seats will be on the ballot and the Regular Democratic Organization of Union County will reorganize, electing committee members and a chairman. Plainfield has 68 committee seats, a male and female in each of its 34 voting districts. If you don't want to toss your own hat in the ring, consider helping out in a campaign. At the very least, take time to vote in 2015. All relevant dates will be posted in January and Plaintalker will remind you of filings and elections. Take part, it's your right as a citizen!
--Bernice
This will be Plainfield's opportunity to rid Plainfield of the grand puppeteer Ass. Gerald Green and all of this puppets.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous it figures, same song every two years you need to learn the new tune. its called fooled you and its written by Watson and sung by mapp with backup vocals by the Campbell's
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