'Gluegate' Ends With Peter Mancuso On Morris Township Committee

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, NJ — As of Monday, Peter Mancuso is officially the victor in the November 5, 2019, general election for the Morris Township Committee.

The election results came after a decision by Judge Stuart Minkowitz to count a number of unsealed provisional and vote-by-mail ballots, the Morristown Green reported.

The ballots had been disregarded because faulty glue left them unsealed, the Morristown Green reported.

According to the news report, five voters testified in court Monday they either had a hard time sealing the glue or thought their ballots had been counted without issue when they were in fact rejected.

But after a weeklong battle in court, the two sides came to an agreement to allow 52 ballots—42 provisional and 10 vote-by-mail—to be counted.

All told, the additional 52 ballots left Mancuso eight votes ahead of his Democratic challenger, William “Bud” Ravitz.

>>> For the full report, visit the Morristown Green.