Helen Kioukis of the League of Women Voters of New Jersey will give a presentation on the redistricting and gerrymandering of legislative boundaries in New Jersey on Monday, March 25, at the Princeton Public Library. The program will begin at 7 p.m. in the library community room. Kioukis, who serves as lead organizer for the…
If you would like to run for a seat on the Princeton Council or another elected office such as county freeholder in the primary races this June, the deadline to file your candidate petition with the county clerk is 4 p.m. on April 1. The voter registration deadline for the primary election is May 14….
Michelle Pirone Lambros has announced that she will seek a seat on the Princeton Council this year and will run in the Democratic primary. Two seats for three-year terms on the council will be on the ballot this year. Councilman Tim Quinn is seeking a second term. Council President Jenny Crumiller has announced that she…
Princeton voters Tuesday approved borrowing $27 million to fund improvements at six public schools. The referendum passed by a vote of 2,186 to 1,613. Just under 3,800 residents voted in the special election, according to unofficial results. The tally does not include provisional ballots. Only about 18 percent of Princeton’s 21,067 registered voters cast ballots in…
For the second time in six years, voters in Princeton will be asked to weigh in on a proposed bond referendum for improvements to the public schools. In 2012, voters approved $11 million for roof, window and door replacements, track and turf replacements, safety and security upgrades, a media center, air conditioning in some second…
New voting machines will be used in one of the four polling locations in the special election next Tuesday, Dec. 11 in Princeton when voters cast their ballots for or against the proposed $27 million public schools bond referendum . Mercer County officials said the new machines will create a verifiable paper trail. The voting machines…
Sixty-three provisional ballots from four voting districts in Princeton were not counted for the November general election because proper protocol was not followed by poll workers, officials at the Mercer County Board of Elections confirmed to Planet Princeton today. The canvas bags poll workers place the provisional ballots in were not properly sealed by poll…
Election workers in some voting districts in Princeton failed to properly seal the canvas bags that contained paper provisional ballots for the Nov. 6 general election. The provisional ballots in those bags can’t be counted under state law, officials said today. It is unclear how many ballots from Princeton voters were tossed out. Provisional ballots in…
In the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, voters also approved a $115 million bond referendum for school renovations. How candidates for other school boards in the Princeton area fared on Tuesday (see our separate story on the Princeton Public Schools): East Windsor Regional School Board – East Windsor representatives, two three-year terms ☑ Christina ‘Tina’ Lands…
First-time school board candidates Brian McDonald and Daniel Dart won two three-year seats on the board of education for the Princeton Public Schools, and incumbent Betsy Kalber Baglio won a second three-year term on the board on Tuesday, according to unofficial results, which do not include absentee and provisional ballots. Incumbent Dafna Kendal, who headed…
If you still have not voted yet and are not sure where your polling location is, you can look up where you are supposed to vote by clicking the link here. The polls are open until 8 p.m. In spite of the rain, districts are seeing strong turnouts. Planet Princeton will post local and state elections…
With two weeks until Election Day, incumbent U.S. Senator Bob Menendez narrowly leads Republican challenger Bob Hugin, 51 percent to 46 percent, among likely voters in New Jersey, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. According to Rutgers experts, Menendez’s tight margin stems from the mark his federal corruption trial has left on his reputation, his…
Dafna Kendal and Betsy Baglio will both seek another term on the school board for the Princeton Public Schools. School Board President Patrick Sullivan has decided not to seek re-election. Voters will choose three school board members to serve three-year terms on the board in the general election on Nov. 6. Residents who want to…
Reed Gusciora, the prosecutor for the municipality of Princeton, won the runoff election Tuesday to become the next mayor of Trenton. Gusciora, who is also a New Jersey Assemblyman, represented Princeton before the municipality was moved to another voting district. He then moved to Trenton to remain an assemblyman in the former district. Gusciora, who is openly…
Newcomers Eve Niedergang and Dwaine Williamson easily won the primary race Tuesday night, beating out three other candidates. Each voter could vote for two candidates for council in the Democratic primary. Niedergang received 2,363 votes and Williamson received 1,792 votes. Michelle Pirone Lambros came in third with 892 votes. Surinder Sharma received 573 votes and Adam…
Six Democrats and one Republican have filed petitions to run for seats on the Princeton Council in the June 5 primaries. Two three-year terms on the six-member council are on the ballot this year. The Democratic candidates are Adam Bierman, Michelle Pirone Lambros, Alvin McGowen, Eve Niedergang, Surinder Sharma, and Dwaine Williamson. A seventh candidate, Myrtha…
Alvin McGowen, a lifelong resident of Princeton who was an assistant prosecutor for Mercer County for a quarter century, will seek a seat on the Princeton Council in the Democratic primary this June. McGowen, a resident of the Witherspoon Jackson neighborhood, is the sixth Democrat to announce a council bid after the two Democratic incumbents…
To the Editor: As chair of the Princeton Democratic Municipal Committee (PDMC) and as president of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization (PCDO), respectively, we are writing to encourage all Princeton Democrats to consider serving their community by getting more involved in the local Democratic Party or the local government. In 2018, this year’s election, there…
