Primary Elections 2019: Choices Up And Down Collingswood Ballot

COLLINGSWOOD, NJ — Collingswood voters will have options up and down the ballot when voting begins in this year’s Democratic primaries on Tuesday. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. for voting in both the Democratic and Republican primaries on Tuesday, June 4.

The Camden County Democrats face challenges from the Democrats of Camden County up and down the ballot.

Incumbent County Clerk Joseph Ripa actually faces two challengers. Rena Margulis is running as a Democrat of Camden County, and last week called for the state attorney general to investigate Ripa over decisions he made related to ballot placement, particularly the disqualification of freeholder candidates Jennifer O’Donnell and Michael Lovett.

The disqualification removed the party’s other candidates from Column 2 and placed them out in Column 4, including Margulis. She is listed in the same column as Mohammad Kabir, who is running under the slogan “Build a new Camden County.” Ripa is in Column 1.

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Melinda Kane, recently appointed to the Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders to replace Bill Moen, will run in a special election to fill the unexpired term. She will be challenged in the primary by Democrat of Camden County candidate Kyle Nash. Kane is in Column 1, and Nash is in Column 4.

Incumbent Freeholders Edward T. McDonnell and Carmen Rodriguez face four challengers in their re-election bids. They are listed in Column 1. In Column 2, voters will find Progressive Democrats for Change candidates Randall J. McGinnis Jr. and Steven Panarello. Real Progressive Candidates for Camden County Amanda Semple and Jason A. Witte are in Column 3.

They even face challengers in the State Assembly race. Louis Greenwald and Pamela Lampitt are running for re-election, and will be challenged by Democrats of Camden County candidates Danie Moss-Velasco and E. Julian Jordan III. Greenwald and Lampitt are in Column 1 and Moss-Velasco and Jordan are in Column 4.

On the Republican side, John Papeika and Cynthia Plucinski are running unopposed for the State Assembly nominations; Roy Gustafson is running unopposed for the county clerk nomination; Keith Cybulski is running unopposed for the nomination in the freeholder special election; and Claire Gustafson and Nicole Nance are running unopposed in the regular freeholder elections.

Tuesday at 4 p.m. is also the deadline for third-party candidates to file their petitions to run in November’s general elections.

Election Day is Nov. 5. To view the full ballot for Collingswood, click here. For the full list of polling places throughout the county, visit camdencounty.com.