NJ-11: Mejia now leads Malinowski by 676 votes, with race still uncalled
Analilia Mejia’s lead in the special Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 11th congressional district now stands at 676 votes, giving her a 28.9% to 27.8% lead over her closest competition, former congressman Tom Malinowski.
The race remains uncalled for now, and will likely remain so through the weekend. Essex and Morris Counties released updated vote counts this afternoon, while Passaic County has not done so since last night.
Per periodic reports, Essex County still has at least 1,868 vote-by-mail ballots and 1,171 provisional ballots left outstanding, while Morris County has at least 440 vote-by-mail ballots and 694 provisional ballots; not all provisional ballots will ultimately be counted. It’s less clear what’s still left to count in Passaic County, as the county only lists 19 uncounted vote-by-mail ballots and has not yet published any data on provisional ballots.
Some of the uncounted ballots in each county are from GOP voters rather than Democrats, so the number of ballots left to be counted in the Democratic primary is lower than those numbers would imply, though the uncontested Republican primary naturally had much lower turnout.
https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/mejia-now-leads-malinowski-by-676-votes-with-race-still-uncalled/
