Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-12-05
PUSH RECOUNT
At COUNTY SEAT
J. Fred 0rpep Gains Several
Votes in Effort to Hold Free
holder Board Seat

NEW BRUNSWICK, Dec. 5.-The
recount of vote cast in the third and
fourth polls of PiscataWay yesterday
resulted in j. Fred Orpen, defeated
Republican candidate for freeholder,
gaining several votes on Klemmer
Kalteissen, the Democratic candidate
who defeated him by three votes ac-
cording to the official figures.
This increase in the number of
votes resulted when the county cleo
ton board decided to allow the free
holder votes to count on ballots
where the voter had voted for four
assemblymen instead of three. The
Piscataway election boards had re-
jected the ballots because of this
error in voting for too many assem-
blymen. As a result of the county
board admitting these votes yester-
day it looked as though Orpen would
gain seven or eight votes on Kalteis-
sen.
The third, fourth and fifth polls of
Piscataway were counted yesterday
afternoon by the county board which
is now speeding up it's work, having
developed a system whereby consid-
erable time is saved in checking up
and tallying the ballots.
The vote in the third poll of Pts
Getaway, according to the original
figures, was: Dey 141, Orpen 1874,
Quakenbush 140, Kalteissen Sc. The
recount vote was: Dey 14S, Orpen
142, Quakenbush ISL, Kalteissen IS.
There were two votes referred in
this poll, both of which were Re-
publican. This ballot box contained
53 blank ballots as far as freeholder
was concerned. A feature of this
recount has been the uncovering of
a great number of blank freehold
er ballots showing that the voters
were not in favor OF the freeholder
candidates on their ticket but at the
same time they would not cast their
votes for the freeholder candidates
belonging to the other party.
In the fourth poll of Piscataway
the original vote was: Dey 1856, Or
pen 1876, Quakenbush 1874, Kalteis-
sen 80. The recount vote was: Dey
140, Orpen 129 Quakcnbush 141,
Kalteissen 90. There were IL blanks
in this poll.
The fifth poll originally gave Dey
3S, Orpen So Quakenbush 43, and
Kalteissen 5S. The recount figures
are: Dey sc, Orpen As, Quakenbush
49, and Kalteissen 5S. Two Repub-
liean and two Democratic ballots
were referred in this poll and twen-
ty-one blanks were found.
The second poll of Piscataway
township was completed shortly be-
fore noon today. The original vote
gave Dey 179, Orpen 181, Quaken-
bush 1856 and Kalteissen 1876. The
recount gives Dey 159. Orpen 159 4,
Quakenbush 1853 and Kalteissen 1872.
There were twenty-six ballots refer
red in this poll, four of which were
for Kalteissen and twenty-five for
the Republicans. Thirty-two blanks
were found.
The sixth and last poll in Pts
Getaway township was recounted
early this afternoon, resulting in
Dey getting 36 votes, Orpen 56,
Quakenbush 80. Kalteissen 50. The
original count gave Dey 49, Orpen
81, Quakenbush Al and Kalteissen
II. There were nine blanks in this
poll and seven referred votes, four
of which were Republican and three
Democratic.
Madison tawnship was started as
soon as Piscataway's six polls had
been disposed of and the county
board had hopes of finishing both
polls in Madison this afternoon.