Zottarelli, Mahoney, Scherer Ahead In Saddle Brook BOE Election

SADDLE BROOK, NJ — With six candidates vying for three seats on the Saddle Brook Board of Education, unofficial Bergen County election results are beginning to paint a picture of who may serve on the board.

Kelly Mahoney, Slyvia Zottarelli and Richard Scherer are maintaining their lead, as of the latest results.

Bergen County last updated vote totals on Nov. 9 around 1:30 p.m., but some ballots are expected before Nov. 20, when the county will need to certify the votes.

Here's the vote total, as it stands Thursday:

• Sylvia Zottarelli — 2,659
• Kelly Mahoney — 2,672
• Richard Scherer — 2,442
• Victoria Torbic — 1,770
• Regina Barrale — 1,942
• Hayley Traverso — 1,648

Bergen County reports a total of 453,020 ballots cast, with provisional ballots still coming in. The county has yet to make an estimate on overall voter turnout, given the remaining ballots, but thus far over 67 percent of registered voters cast ballots, they said.

County Clerk John S. Hogan didn't provide much of an update on Twitter last week, stating that results would continue to be posted online. However, the unofficial results page has been updated to include a new, “live” feed.

"Unofficial results of the 2020 General Election will be posted on the Clerk's website at http://bergencountyclerk.org as we receive the results from the Board of Elections," he wrote.

Since the change to this year's election was announced by Gov. Phil Murphy because of the coronavirus, there have been many questions about how the process will work.

Every the ballot sent through the mail had to be postmarked by Nov. 3. It must be received by your county's election boards by 8 p.m. on Nov. 10.

"Every vote should be safe. Every vote should be secure. Every vote should be counted," Murphy said of the process.

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