Judge sets schedule in challenge to Roselle nomination

Superior Court Judge Mark P. Ciarrocca on Tuesday set the schedule for a challenge to a special Democratic convention that picked the nominee for a Roselle Council seat.

Incumbent Denise Wilkerson, who lost the nomination to Cynthia Johnson, said the emergency meeting where Democrats picked Johnson included voters who were not eligible members. The allegations come in a lawsuit that Wilkerson has filed against the Roselle Democratic Committee, Johnson, and Assemblyman and Roselle Democratic Chair Reginald Atkins.

The court-ordered Democratic committee vote earlier this month wasn’t particularly close — Johnson won 20-7. Still, Wilkerson asked a judge to void the results of that vote because two voting members were allegedly ineligible. The lawsuit claims one person wrongfully substituted another member of the Roselle Democratic Committee, while another was invited to vote despite no longer being a Democrat.

Briefs in the case are due Wednesday at 4 p.m., and a hearing will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. Ciarrocca said he plans to issue a ruling on Friday.


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