State officials will contact election officials in all counties today to see if a glitch discovered in vote-reporting software in Union County is more widespread.
A freeholder candidate there was assigned a number that was not recognized by the electronic program, meaning his name will not appear on the summary report used for tabulating results, according to Union County officials. While the results will still accurately reflect the votes cast, they will need to be entered by hand on primary night Tuesday, the officials said.
As the county and the software manufacturer traded blame yesterday, the statewide impact of the problem remained unclear. Linda Von Nessi, president of the New Jersey Association of Election Officials, said she sent a memo to all of the counties recommending they check their machines to see if any candidates there had been assigned the number, but had not yet heard of any.
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