Hoboken Residents Cast Their Votes

Polls all over town opened at  2 p.m. today, for Hoboken residents to cast their votes for the Hoboken Board of Education elections.

There are four empty seats on the Board of Education. Long term board member Jimmy Farina and vice president Carrie Gilliard resigned. Board President Rose Marie Markle and board member Irene Sobolov are running for re-election.

Some problems with machines occurred, such as at 220 Adams Street—where residents from wards 4-1 and 3-1 voted today—where one machine was out of order from roughly 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Machines at the Elks Club and at Fox Hill also weren't working for a little while during the day on Tuesday.

The 17 people who came in to vote during that time, filled out provisional ballots, said Symone Braxton, 20,who was working by the faulty machine. 

Those ballots will have to be counted by the County, she said. The machine was replaced in the afternoon. 

Late afternoon, roughly 165 people had voted in 220 Adams. 

In City Hall, turn out for districts 1-6 and 1-1 was lower than usual, said one of the workers. Jerry, who refused to give his last name and who is a Bayonne resident, said he came to Hoboken to earn the $100 to work. 

Around 7 p.m. Jerry, 60, said the turn out was lower than he had seen in previous years. He was signing people in for 1-6.

"It's two hours before the polls close," he said, "and most people are in fact home." He added that a lot of seniors live in the first ward. At the other table in the lobby of City Hall (district 1-1), 27 people had cast their votes around 7 p.m. 

In front of City Hall, Leon Gold was doing some last minute campaigning. In the Fourth Ward, flyers for were put on many cars' windshields. 

No problems with the machines were reported in City Hall. 

Polls are open until 9 p.m.