Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-26

28 Votes in All Referred to the
Court, 1S for Wester and 10
for Voorhees, No Recount
Action Tomorrow
Rm Stnn Correapondent.

By Staff Correspondents
NEW BRUNSWICK, Nov. 26.-The
County Board of Elections, sitting here
recounting the votes cast in Perth AM
boy at this years general ELECTION IN
order to determine whether or not
John N. Wester. Republican, was elect
ed Alderman-at-Large over william
Voorhees,, Democrat, by three votes, up
till l o'clock this afternoon had com
pleted all of the sixth ward and the
first poll of the first ward. The re-
count of the second poll of the hrst
ward was to commence this afternoon.
With the twenty-one referred bal
lots of the sixth ward included,
total of twenty eight referred ballots
had been set aside up until O'Clock
today, seven of the votes cast in the
first poll of the first ward being held
for the decision of the court as to
whether or not they should count.
The complete count in the first poll
of the first ward gave Voorhees,
eighty seven as compared with nine
ty secured by him according to the
official election reports, and Wester
116 as compared with 119, according
to official reports. Thus it will be
seen both men were three votes be-
hind.4their> former total.
OF the seven votes referred in the
first poll of the first ward four were
Wester ballots and three Voorhees,.
The VOORHEES, ballots were put one
side for the following reasons: One
contained an rs" shaped pencil mark
on the back; another contained an
*" in the square opposite voorhees,
name and a mark in the square oppo-
site Wester's; the third ballot had
pencil mark on the back.
In addition to one of the Wester
ballots which was referred because the
voter had put an *" in the yes"
square for the policemen's raise but
had written the words but have less
men, there were three other Repub-
lican ballots set aside. One had had
an TX" opposite yes for the police
mems increase which was then erased;
another had a "W" or "M' pencil
mark on the back of the ballot and
the forth contained three crosses. one
for the cops pay, one against the in
crease and another in the middle of
the text.
UP till the time the Election Board
convened shortly after noon today,
the recount stood in such a light that
II he court allowed the eighteen
W. 5ter votes and the ten voorhees,
which were referred to it. Wester's
lead over his Democratic opponent
would be increased by two votes.
AS the recount goes on more and
more challenging in being done by the
lawyers ana more NOCeS GeIeFfSU. II
will be impossible to determine the
winner until Judge John J. Bergen
decides for whom the votes referred
to him shall count.
Tomorrow, Thanksgiving, there
Will be no recount. 1t will continue
on Friday but not on Saturday.
The recount of Perth Amboy Sixth
Ward votes was compete by the
Middlesex County Board of Elections
here yesterday afternoon, a total of
twenty-one votes, of which seven
were William Voorhees, and fourteen
for John N. Wester. being referred
to Justice of the Supreme Court
James ]. Bergen for decision as to
whether or not they shall count. The
She count in the third poll of the
Sixth Ward yesterday afternoon re-
suited in 118 Voorhees, otes being
allowed and 1875 Wester ballots. Six
votes for the Democratic candidate
were referred to the court for action
and twelve Republican ballots laid
tside for Judge Bergen to act upon.
There were twenty-six blank ballots In
this poll.
The recount figures in the Sixth
Ward show that 4S2 voorhees, votes
have been counted as compared with
487 in the election results, loss OF
five, while SIS Wester ballots have
Seen counted, loss of eleven, as
compared with the November results
when his vote was $50. AS a result
of these changes Wester's majority
in the sixth ward dropped six votes
it now being ninety-six instead OF .102,
the official figures of the November
election.