Unofficial results for primary races in the Morris County township were delayed due to technical difficulties.
“The machine jammed, we won’t have results until tomorrow,” said Theresa Maggiulli, the township registrar. Maggiulli explained that there was a problem with one of the 16 voting machines in the township.
Legislation to return the date of the February presidential primary election to June was approved Thursday by the Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation Committee.
The bill , sponsored by Sen. Donald Norcross, D-Camden, would eliminate the separate presidential primary election held in February and require, instead, that it be held during the regular June primary election, as it was prior to 2005. The move would save approximately $11 million in fiscal year 2012, according to the Office of Legislative Services.
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