FLEMINGTON -- A local man who always writes his name in for open local seats on Democrat primary ballots got a surprise this year.

"This time I actually got a letter saying I won," Harry Gerdes told Politico.com.

According to the report, Gerdes' vote for himself qualified him for a Democratic county committee seat, and possibly a chance to be the Democratic nominee for a seat on the Flemington Borough Council. The low turnout in last year's primary means that Gerdes' lone vote was sufficient, Friedman reported.

The Republican primary was much more contested, and a recount is being held Wednesday morning in the race for Flemington Borough Council.

In voting on June 6, four Republicans vied for nomination to two three-year seats on Flemington Borough Council. John Gorman and Susan Peterson were declared the winners, with Gorman getting 163 votes and Peterson getting 161. Alan Brewer followed with 156 votes, and Abraham Seckler got 131. Kim Tilly wasn't challenged in her bid for GOP nomination to a separate one-year unexpired term.

Brewer, Gorman and Tilly ran under the Regular Republican Party line, and they filed a petition for recount in the election in Superior Court. The petition, filed June 13, said the trio "hereby contest the election of Susan Peterson, and the validity of the election." It sited ballot errors and questioned Peterson's residency.

Judge Yolanda Ciccone has ordered the recount to take place Wednesday at 10 a.m., and ordered the County Clerk or county Board of Elections to "investigate the issue of 'domicile' of Susan Peterson and provide a 'written' determination as to whether or not she is eligible to vote and run for local office."

Peterson has said that she's been living on Broad Street in Flemington since November, and has "complete confidence that our County Clerk managed the election properly."

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