Drop Election Lawsuit, Englewood Cliffs GOP Chairwoman Urges Democrats

Englewood Cliffs Republican municipal committee chairwoman Carrol McMorrow is asking former Democratic council members Melanie Simon and Nora Seoane-Jobson to end their legal challenge to the results of November general election, The Record reported.

Simon and Seoane-Jobson are contesting their apparent Nov. 5 loss to Republicans Zhi "Philip" Liang and Nunzio Consalvo; 62 votes separated all four candidates. McMorrow said she disapproved of Englewoods Cliffs voters being served with subpoenas and called the challenge a "witch hunt" and "increasingly desperate," the article said.

McMorrow also complained about former Jersey City Gerald McCann, who served time in prison for bank fraud, working as Simon and Seoane-Jobson's investigator.

A hearing on the legal action is scheduled for Jan. 28.