Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-03
ONE MORE POLL
To BE COUNTED
TOF|N|SH WORK
Fourth Ward Was Completed at
Yesterdays Session
NOW WORKING ON FIFTH
Total Of 127 Votes Referred,
rs for Wester-Not Known
When Results Will be Ready
By STAFF Correspondent.

DD OtOU correspondents
NEW BRUNSWICK, Dec. S-The
Middlesex County Board of Elections
recounting the ballots cast in the
last general election in Perth Anrboy
started at o'clock this afternoon to
count the votes in the second poll of
the fifth ward-the last to come be-
fore this body.
The board this morning completed
its count of the first poll of the fifth
| ward. With sixteen of the seventeen
polls in the city completed, a total Of
| 127 votes had been referred to the
court for action as to whether or not
| they should count OF these 127 re-
| ferred ballots, there were seventy-five
| Wester and fifty-two Voorhees, votes.
! The recount returns show that in the
| sixteen polls counted Voorhees,, has
2,267 votes to his credit as compared
| with 1859. This gives Wester a lead of
| of ninety-votes. The original vote.
| however, gave Wester a 109 vote lead
In these sixteen polls, the vote then
standing: Wester 2,429; Voorhees,
1920.
Thus it is seen that the recount
Figures show a loss of seventeen votes
for Wester out of the sixteen polls,
not considering the disposition by the
court of the votes which have been
/ referred.
1t is expected that when the recount
| is completed this afternoon, this
ninety-two votes Tho original vote
second poll of the fifth ward Voorhees,
| defeated Wester by log votes. The
disposition of the referred votes must
| be known before either candidate will
appear a certain winner, although
present indications are that voorhees,
stands an excellent chance OF picking
up the necessary four votes to win.
7 11n In f11 first nf To-
fifth ward this morning gave Voor-
hees 1913 and Wester eighty-fve, as
compared with q vote of 206 to eighty
eight at the general election.
Ten blank ballots were found and fif-
teen referred, of which ten were Voor-
hees votes and five Wester's.
| Yesterday the work of counting the
fourth ward ballots was completed,
total of 112 votes being referred to
court for decision out of the first fif-
teen polls counted. OF these 112 bal
| lots, seventy were votes for John N.
Wester, Republican, who, according
to the election results won out over
William Voorhees,, Democrat, by
three vote margin for the office of AL
hees votes had been referred to the
court up till the time of adjourning
! yesterday afternoon.
In the third poll of the fourth ward
twelve votes were referred, seven OF
which were for Wester and five for
Voorhees,. The recount figures gave
voorhees, IA as compared with his to-
tai of 70 in the general election re
suits, and Wcster 159 as compared
, with 166. There were 19 blank bal
lots.
The count in the fourth poll Of
the fourth ward resulted in nine
votes being referred, six being Wester
ballots and three Voorhees,. Voorhees,
recount vote was log here, as COM
pared with 100 in November, and
WesIer's 120 as compared with 1876.
Total of Votes.
The total number of votes when
had been counted for each candidate
in the recount at the close of work
yesterday afternoon (15 polls COM
pletel showed Wester to have 2,274
and Voorhees, 2,)74, a majority Of 200
for Wester. In the November count,
however, Wester's total for these fif
teen polls was 2,341 and Voorhees,
2,114, or a ma jo1ty of 227. which
shows twenty-seven gain for Voor-
hees.