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Middlesex County election board reviews recovered, duplicate mail‑in ballots after Woodbridge and Metuchen incidents
Summary
County election staff told commissioners that 18 stolen mail‑in ballots recovered from Woodbridge were returned to the clerk, duplicate ballots were sent to affected voters in Metuchen and Woodbridge, and the board discussed accepting six recovered originals and scheduling adjudication sessions.
The Middlesex County Board of Elections spent much of its meeting reviewing recovered and duplicate mail‑in ballots after two thefts and discussing how to process contested returns.
A county election official told commissioners the Metuchen clerk had mailed duplicate ballots to all affected voters and that the board had received duplicates from those voters. "The signature is an exact match," the official said while describing one case where the original mail‑in ballot was received and the signature matched the voter file.
The official also said Woodbridge and a small number of Edison ballots were stolen while being returned to the board. "Through a warrant served by Woodbridge PD in coordination with the United States Postal Service, those 18 original ballots were brought back to the clerk's office and then given to the board," the…
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