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Maya Yang

New Jersey Republican seeks to throw out daughter’s absentee ballot for rival

The local Republican party of Morris county, New Jersey, which contains Mendham, is planning to file a lawsuit to challenge the election result.
The local Republican party of Morris county, New Jersey, which contains Mendham, is planning to file a lawsuit to challenge the election result. Photograph: Jim Vondruska/Getty Images

A local Republican elected officeholder from New Jersey is looking to throw out the absentee ballot of his daughter who voted for his Democratic opponent, according to a recent report.

On Friday, the Observer-Tribune reported that Tom Baio, an incumbent member of New Jersey’s Mendham township committee, lost his bid by three votes to Laura Spirig, his Democratic challenger during the 8 November midterm elections.

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