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Possible absentee vote fraud discussed
Evidence that possible absentee vote fraud occurred in the Republican primary election in Parsippany mounted Wednesday at a civil trial in which Morris County Freeholder Margaret Nordstrom is contesting her primary loss to newcomer William “Hank” Lyon.
Superior Court Assignment Judge Thomas Weisenbeck was conferring in his courtroom late Wednesday with lawyers for Nordstrom and Lyon, a state deputy attorney general and Morris County Counsel Daniel O’Mullan on how the GOP freeholder candidacy spot could be filled if he ultimately decides the June 7 freeholder primary results should be thrown out.
Nordstrom, a freeholder for the past 12 years, unofficially and very narrowly lost her bid for the Republican nomination to Lyon, a 23-year-old Montville resident who is making his first run for political office. The countywide vote at the polls was 12,271 votes for Lyon and 12,261 for Nordstrom. A recount of 1,249 absentee or vote-by-mail ballots narrowed the split to six votes in favor of Lyon. (Wright, Gannett)
